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Update: The newly crowned Ms. United States [hearts] science.

Laura Eilers crowned Ms. United States of America, inspiring girls through science education as a former cheerleader and pageant contestant.

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This is a guest blog post from Darlene Cavalier, founder of ScienceCheerleader.com and ScienceForCitizens.net

Last night, Laura Eilers, AKA

Ms. Virginia,

was crowned MS. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! The Science Cheerleaders--current and former NFL and NBA cheerleaders pursuing science and engineering careers--are very fortunate to have Laura as our extremely talented choreographer and creative director. In addition to being a former cheerleader for the St. Louis Rams, cheerleader and choreographer for the Kansas City Chiefs, and an NFL Hall of Fame Game Cheerleader, she's also the creator of Going Pro Entertainment, LLC, a network of professional cheerleading and dance alumni. In school, her favorite science projects included "creating an amoeba structure out of cookie cake and icing, researching anthropologist Dian Fossey and her work with gorillas, as well as engineering a balsa wood structure that could withstand heavy weights. My team and I tested the structure repeatedly and competed with ...

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