Titled:     A pretty vote for Yucca

With nuclear power looking like the only route to energy independance in the near future, the ever-present question of waste disposal comes up. With all the controversy about the Yucca Mountain deep burial facility, a new, refreshing view comes from miss Nevada herself.

When 23 year old Crystal Wosik was interviewed by judges about her views of the Yukka Mountain project she answered:

 "It has to go someplace and Yucca Mountain is the best built facility in the country."

A follow-up question asked what would happen if people died. Her straightforward answer was:

"We just have to take one for the team."

This view was met with outrage from many quarters. Peggy Maze Johnson of Citizen Alert (who is not going to win  Miss America any time soon) said,

"Before she gets up there and starts representing the state of Nevada, she needs to find out more about what the issues are. Instead, she's shooting from the hip with a ridiculous statement that feeds into many people's idea that Miss America contestants are bimbos".

It certainly beats comments on world peace and starving children to those of us that watch the show "purely for the articles."