INDEPENDENT SPIRIT 4TH RUNNER-UP

Time for another award for a class celebrity. This time we take a look at the ladies who have shown their own independent spirit in a world of pageantdom that is often times very rigid. We polled the student body for nominees and once again they did not disappoint us. Names like Ariana David, Miss Italy 1994, renown for her iconoclastic gown; Diane Schock, Miss California 1991 and second runner-up at that year's Miss USA, who wanted to meet Lady Godiva; Margaret Bourgeois, Miss Trinidad and Tobago 1997, who wanted to run naked; and Margareta Arvidsson, Miss Universe 1966, who would not play by the rules. All of these spirited women were bandied about. When all was said and done, we found our top five.

We start out with our 4th runner-up (our students have a long memory.) They selected Miss Indonesia 1983, Andi Botenri, who was told by her government to not compete in the swimsuit competition at Miss Universe 1983 as it went against Muslim custom. She did anyway in a Catalina swimsuit. After this display of independence on her part it took twelve years before another Miss Indonesia would compete at Miss Universe. Andi, you go girl!