The senior at Kansas State has two large tattoos. One is an insignia for the U.S. Army Dental Corps on her left shoulder. The other is the "Serenity Prayer," which covers most of her right side ...

So we’ll just say Miss Kansas, Theresa Vail, is the first beauty queen to prominently sport a large tattoo during a pageant. But that’s not the only thing that sets her apart from most bombshells.

A hot topic in pop culture since Miss Kansas came on the scene in 2013 has been beauty pageants and tattoos. Miss Kansas, aka Sgt. Theresa Vail, competed in the Miss America Pageant with exposed ...