I actually stumbled upon Debbye Turner. I'd never heard of her. She was crowned Miss America in 1990 but let's face it, I was 7. I probably didn't care at that time, and surely wouldn't remember it. So how did I find out about Debbye? I was looking for information about Black veterinarians. I found some statistics from the American Veterinary Medical Association that said that if you look at the total number of veterinarians that graduated in 2009, less than 2.5 percent of them were black. So finding a Black female veterinarian, who was also Miss America is AWESOME to me. She received her DVM from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1991. Starting in 2001 she has worked for the Early Show on CBS, often doing a segment called Pet Planet.
Read more about her at her website: Debbye Turner
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