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Harvard University is used to producing distinguished alums. But this year, it may have a new type of notable graduate: a Miss America.
Two women will represent America's oldest learning institution at the competition in Atlantic City on September 20. Both Nancy Redd, Miss Virginia, and Laurie Gray, Miss Rhode Island, graduated from Harvard in 2003.
Although critics of the pageant still consider it a "meat market," Redd, who has a Women's Studies degree, thinks of it as an opportunity to advance her career and continue to support 4-H clubs.
Commenting that she sees herself as a positive role model, Redd ...