Sharry Konopski, Miss August, 1987

August, 1987

If you're ever in Longview, Washington—a logging town beside the Columbia River where firs, cedars and alders brood until Sharry Konopski's dad and his men cut them down—stop at Bruno's Pizzeria. There you'll find the prettiest pizza slinger in the great Northwest. "Someday I'll be a model, actress, mom or all three," says Sharry with a smile that could fell the tallest fir or the most macho lumberman. "Right now, I'm 19. I'm still figuring out my life. I'm a waitress, a good one,...

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