Miss America Contestant Will Have Breasts Removed After Pageant

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Nov. 16, 2012

Miss America Contestant Will Lose Her Breasts

When she is finished competing, and finished with surgery, Rose said she hopes to go to law school. She graduated from the University of Maryland, where she studied government and politics, and hopes to work as a constitutional attorney in Washington. The scholarship from being awarded the Miss America crown would help her pay for law school, she said.

PHOTO: Allyn Rose, Miss Maryland, competes in the Miss USA pageant, June 19, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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Allyn Rose, Miss Maryland, competes in the... View Full Size

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Allyn Rose, Miss Maryland, competes in the Miss USA pageant, June 19, 2011, in Las Vegas.

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In the meantime, Rose has been working as a paralegal and a model, working for print advertising and QVC. She said she is thrilled to be representing Washington, D.C., where she now lives, in the pageant.

"I'm really looking forward to really being able to share my message with America. It's the most iconic swimsuit pageant in the world, and a year from now my body won't be the same body as it is then. I want to showcase that this is what my body looks like now. But if I were to win this, if I lose my breasts, it doesn't make me less of a Miss America."