More than one crowning achievement
Like many Harvard students, Kelsey Beck ’14 attended this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade. But rather than sporting face paint, Beck wore a more dazzling ensemble — the sash and crown she recently won as Miss Boston 2012. The award brought Beck $7,500 in scholarship and prizes to pay for law school after she finishes her undergraduate studies. Beck is now preparing to compete in the Miss Massachusetts pageant in late June. Should she win that competition, she would go on to represent Massachusetts in the Miss America pageant. Growing up in Winter Park, Fla., Beck identified more as an athlete than a beauty queen, even playing on the Harvard varsity volleyball team for two years. “I was really involved in playing volleyball, soccer, softball, and tennis,” Beck said. “Sports were really my main focus, along with my studies.” In fact, the Miss Boston pageant was Beck’s first time competing in a...