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Hold on to your tiara’s y’all!

This girl is like the real life version of Sandra Bullock’s character from the movie “Miss Congeniality.”

The notoriously conservative Miss America pageant is in full swing with preliminary competitions last week and televised pageant on ABC this past Sunday (Sept 15). But the squeaky-clean pageant is in a state of shock after one contestant decided to brazenly commit a major pageant taboo: She’s rocking some HUGE tattoos.  

Meet Miss Kansas, Sgt. Theresa Vail. She’s only the second contestant in the military to ever compete in the Miss America pageant (Miss Utah 2007 was a combat medic in the Army National Guard). Read more here