Dino Geek/Pageant Winner? Wow.

I just met the Miss Montana Outstanding Teen Pageant winner... and she's a dinosaur geek.  She's on a tour of the Montana Dinosaur Trail, and was happily admiring, discussing, and getting in amongst the fossils here while wearing her heels, crown, and adorable dress.  She told us sheepishly how she has to have makeup on her back because she got sunburnt on the week-long dig she went on last week (right after being crowned--she wanted to escape the stress).  She's planning on using the scholarship money from her win to attend MSU and study paleontology.  She spoke intelligently of microsites and bonebeds. 

I suddenly find myself with much more respect for the 'scholarship pageant' concept.