{"id":1465,"date":"2024-01-19T19:59:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T19:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=1465"},"modified":"2024-01-19T19:59:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T19:59:43","slug":"miss-colorado-becomes-first-ever-active-duty-air-force-pilot-to-compete-for-miss-america-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=1465","title":{"rendered":"Miss Colorado Becomes First Ever Active Duty Air Force Pilot to Compete for Miss America Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Madison Marsh is the young woman who just won 2023\u2019s Miss Colorado pageant. She\u2019s also an active-duty Air Force pilot who recently graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy, which means she will be the first-ever active-duty USAF pilot to compete for the Miss America pageant crown.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fR600b islir\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Dv4WMb mvjhOe\"><a class=\"jlTjKd\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=i&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2024%2F01%2F15%2Fnews%2Fpilot-madison-marsh-becomes-first-active-duty-air-force-officer-to-win-miss-america-title%2F&amp;psig=AOvVaw3arjY4fo33RlC7kzhnxdVX&amp;ust=1705780743935000&amp;source=images&amp;cd=vfe&amp;opi=89978449&amp;ved=0CBQQjRxqFwoTCODIr82e6oMDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-ved=\"0CBQQjRxqFwoTCODIr82e6oMDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAH\" aria-label=\"Visit NY Post\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sFlh5c pT0Scc iPVvYb\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/01\/miss-america-air-force-pilot-comp-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Pilot Madison Marsh becomes first active-duty Air Force officer to win Miss  America title\" aria-hidden=\"false\" \/><span class=\"qhktO\">2,000 \u00d7 1,333<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Marsh also recently appeared on FNC\u2019s \u201cFox &amp; Friends Weekend\u201d to discuss her run for the pageant title and how the military views her decision to go for the crown. This year\u2019s Miss America pageant has been going on since January 6, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>And Marsh is not just a pilot and pageant contestant. \u201cFox &amp; Friends Weekend\u201d host Pete Hegseth, going over her impressive resume, <a href=\"https:\/\/theamericantribune.com\/watch-gavin-newsom-gets-hilariously-trolled-by-guy-with-rental-truck-and-a-bright-idea-in-resurfaced-clip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>,\u00a0\u201cyou\u2019re a National Truman Scholar, two-time National Astronaut scholar, eight-time Dean\u2019s List at the Air Force \u2013 three-times Superintendent\u2019s List, a National Rhodes finalist, certified private pilot, and a black belt in taekwondo, and you\u2019re a graduate of the Kennedy School at Harvard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then, after they joked about how intimidated potential suitors must be, Marsh turned to discussing why her story is one that is important and worth telling. Doing so, she told the hosts,\u00a0\u201cCause I started flying around 15, that\u2019s whenever I kind of fell in love with the Air Force Academy and the idea of serving. And so I walk through what that flight looks like and some of the things that went wrong and how they relate to me today as a leader and an officer, and kind of how that goes into pageantry as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madison Marsh is the young woman who just won 2023\u2019s Miss Colorado pageant. 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