Miss America Hopes wants unity for division regardless of politics

Miss America I hope Sophia Parker wants everyone to have a “seat seat” – regardless of their political affiliation.

Miss Vermont, 27-year-old sergeant National Army Protection, will compete in the pedestrian Miss America on Sunday. She said her mission was to remind Americans who have become more than division and unity.

“Unfortunately, we live in a great division and I saw that it was even in my life” Parker, fighting medicine and nurse at the University of Vermont Medical Center, said on the digital fox.

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“Between Leva and Rights … there is a ton of divide,” she shared. “However, one thing that I think is very important for people from all different opinions on both sides and everyone in the middle so that we can gather and have a basic line that we need to talk to each other. We need to talk to each other. We need to talk to each other. We need to talk to each other. We need to talk to each other. We need to talk to each other

“I believe the role of Miss America and Missing Vermont Is that a person who hears everyone’s perspective, “Parker said.

“I, like Sophia, of course, we have our own personal opinion about things. But I’m not here that I have strong political opinions. I’m here to listen and see. I think it’s the starting point. Father’s establishment He created this country to be a place where you can have different opinions … where everyone can get together and find a place at the table, find the seat at the table. “

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“Like Miss America, like Miss Vermont, that’s what I see as my job,” Parker added.

Parker said that was a teacher at her high school in Vermont who encouraged her to continue to be burdened. It would be the impression of connecting to other daily Americans.

“She recognized that if I go collegeI would actually need some financial aid and scholarships to do that, “Parker said.” … I’ve never thought about the package competition. I was … Tomboy. “

“I lifted wild animals that we needed help and run around in the woods with my friends,” she exiled. “But I’m done absolutely falling in love with the organization … such a privilege and such honor can talk about this organization I love so much.”

Miss America, the sparkling competition, was born from the 1921. Atlantic City. Year competition in Atlantic City, only a year after women received the right to vote, Associated Press reported. Many participants say that the organization – a great provider of help scholarships are young women – represented life change, opening the door for them both personal and professionally.

The organization, one of the most famous brands of the nation, rewards more than 5 million dollars of cash scholarships a year, plus millions more at the national, state and local levels.

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Meeting other competitors from the entire country and listening to their story gave Parker Dual Thanksgiving for our country.

“I’m extremely grateful to be American every day,” she said. “I wake up every day of freedoms and privileges that people in any other country in the world are that I am everything I want to be in Vermont – I can stand here as someone not actually fit the full box.” We can not stop in a lot of boxes. “

“… We like women and as people can be passionate about any number of things,” Parker said. “I believe that as an American, you can be all you want to be. And here I stand like Miss Vermont, as a nurse, as a real girl, and I’m so grateful about the team (role).

The service for serving works in parking veins. Her grandfather fought in World War II And it was in the battle for the bulge. He continued to receive the purple heart. Growing up, Parker often listened to stories about his grandfather from his time in the military – “Good, bad and everything he passed and saw.”

“One of the things always stuck with me (was) as part of something bigger than yourself,” she explained.

“He Had Such a Strong Sense of Comradery With The Fellow Soldiers That He Served With Something Bigger Than Myself … and Immediately Knew That I Wanted To Be a Medic IF and Was Going To Join. And Talked to the recruiter in my town about what was involved. i took the asvab and ended up enlisting as a medic in the vermont army national guard. “

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Between the Miss American and Army Organization, Parker could graduate from Castleton University, Maya with the degree of nursing.

One of the key causes Parker wants to point out this weekend is the rehabilitation of wild animals. The green mountainous state born and her mother were established by the Otter Creek Wildlife Rescue, 501 (C) (3) a non-profit offer dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitation of damaged and orphanage birds and mammals through Vermont.

Parker said he had a vivid memory as a child who brings home wild animals, they care about them and letting them back into their natural habitat when they were healthy. It is currently involved in several local organizations aimed at creating better wild animals policies.

“Currently, the state of Vermont lets things like a legal of trapping and hunt hunt,” she said. “We work to make these things illegal or at least much regulated.”

“We would never endeavor to ban hunting,” she clarified. “Hunting is Age tradition In Vermont. It is very possible to be an extremely ethical hunter. I know many ethical hunters that go out and kill deer and use it to feed the whole family. It is one of the illnesses of the way you can get meat. But Vermont is, unfortunately, there are a lot of archaic policies that allows much abuse of wildlife. And so, I am actively working with our legislation to change these policies. “

“… I think it’s very important that not only the natural world is not just a consumer perspective, but as someone who shares this world with other animals.”

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Today Parker hopes her journey will encourage others to support the reason they are passionate.

“My life service changed my life,” she said. “I made me who I am today. It gives you inspiration, and on the ground floor there is no money. You don’t have to have a crazy talent. You don’t have to have a crazy talent. You don’t have to have some crazy talent.

Miss America’s competition is 7. September. The associated press has contributed to this report.