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Below: Senior Samantha Kammerman watches over the cows on her family farm in Milan, Ill. Kammerman is currently training for the Miss Illinois pageant. If she wins she will take a year off to prepare for Miss America.
Above: Kammerman with one of the 20 cows her family raises. Kammerman hopes to expand the cattle operation to 60 cows in the future. Kammerman cites working on a farm as a lesson in strength and independence.
Photo by Ian Magnuson.

Crowning Glory: Samantha Kammerman, bringing agriculture to pageants

April 23, 2015

Samantha Kammerman is a beauty pageant winner with an unusual goal. She dreams of expanding her cattle operation to 60 cows. Kammerman, who won the Miss Blackhawk Valley pageant last month, said she doesn’t...

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