or she could fire a machine gun while describing tattoos in chine chinese. theresa veil.uces us to the woman changing the way we think about the modern pageant. >> reporter: each year, thousand of young women vie to become the next miss america, a contest that some say is trapped in time. but this year, the competition may be between traditional and cutting edge. >> here we go. good job. >> reporter: the pink or the ink. >> pretty much all the way up. and all the way down. ♪ i am the one >> reporter: miranda jones is who you might picture when you think of a beauty contestant. a world champion baton twirler and veteran of many page enlts. pageants. theresa veil is something different. a grittier, perhaps more modern competitor. >> it is lethal. it's deadly. i tell people not to mess with me. >> reporter: meet the reigning, miss kansas, known as sergeant veil. >> i break stereotypes every day, being a soldier and a beauty queen. >> reporter: veil, a first of sorts. member of the kansas army national guard, and a double major in chinese and chemistry. >> thank you. >> thank