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Oak Lawn Hooters Waitress Competes in Vegas Pageant
Kelly Bronson moves from Hooters calendar pages to the main stage at the Miss Hooters International pageant.
Kelly Bronson, the Oak Lawn Hooters waitress who appeared in the 2013 Hooters calendar, has her eye on another prize.
She'd like to be 2014 Miss Hooters International. The 26-year-old mom beat out Chicago-area waitresses from the region's 11 Hooters restaurants to be one of 100 pageant hopefuls vying for the crown on July 23 in Las Vegas.
A 2006 Evergreen Park High School graduate, Bronson has worked at Hooters in Oak Lawn for seven years.
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“I just want this. I want this so bad. There’s so many girls and I’m older. I’m competing against some that are 19 (years old),” she recently told Sun-Times Media.
Local residents have a chance to vote for Bronson in the online Miss Hooters Social competition. If she gets the most votes, she'll win $2,000.
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