An Army Reserve officer and
IT analyst from the District of Columbia has been crowned Miss USA 2016 after
mounting a strong defense of women in combat roles in the military.
She works as an IT analyst for the U.S.
Department of Commerce in Washington D.C. as well as a Logistics Commander for
the 988th Quartermaster Detachment Unit at Fort Meade, Maryland. Her entire
family also served in the army. See more photos of the black beauty after the
cut.
Deshauna Barber, a
26-year-old from the nation's capital, gave the answer during the interview
section of the pageant in Las Vegas on Sunday, talk about brains and beauty. Don't stop just yet the interesting part is still below
When asked by judge Joe Zee whether
the Pentagon's decision to open up all combat roles to women had "put
political correctness over our military's ability to perform," 1st Lt.
Barber responded:
"As a woman in the
United States Army, I think it was an amazing job by our government to allow
women to integrate into every branch of the military."
She continued: "We are
just as tough as men. As a commander of my unit, I'm powerful, I am dedicated
and it is important that we recognize that gender does not limit us in the
United States."
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