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Contestants at the local and state levels of the Miss Iowa program use the scholarship money they earn to help pay for college and graduate school. ...

Preliminary to the Miss USA pageant.

As Miguel Batista walked out to shag batting practice today, I stopped him and asked if he had seen a picture of Miss Iowa. "You mean Katherine Connors?" Batista ...

TFD: Miss Iowa responds to Miguel Batista + soccer goal celebration video ... which seems to be worthy of Miss Iowa. Also, this is a little old by ...

Miss Iowa issues challenge to Batista

Predictably, after Miguel Batista joked that his subbing for an injured Stephen Strasburg was like fans showing up to see Miss Universe only to get Miss Iowa instead, the actual Miss Iowa has responded. Her name is Katherine Connors, she...

Predictably, after Miguel Batista joked that his subbing for an injured Stephen Strasburg was like fans showing up to see Miss Universe only to get Miss Iowa instead, the actual Miss Iowa has responded.

Apparently the flowers Miguel Batista sent to Miss Iowa did their job, because we just received a press release announcing that Katherine Connors is scheduled to throw out the first pitch at Nationals Park tomorrow night. Batista filled in for...

Sporting News staff reports Nationals right-hander Miguel Batista is doing damage control a day after his "Miss Iowa" quip. Batista tells The Washington Post he sent flowers to the real Miss Iowa, Katherine Connors, as a mea culpa for a quote some -- including the Miss Iowa folks -- considered disrespectful. First, the back story: Batista pitched five shutout innings Tuesday in an emergency spot ...