Vickie Smith, Miss May, 1992

Vickie Smith, Miss May, 1992It's Common for small-town girls to deploy a flotilla of feminine wiles and guile designed to get themselves out of Nowheresville to Anywhere, but Vickie Smith has always played it straight. As earthy and wide open as the North Texas spaces she hails from (she grew up in Mexia--pronounced Ma-Hey-ya--pop, 6933), Vickie tells the truth no matter how uncool it may sound. Her biggest fear, for instance: "Water! I feel foolish admitting this, but it scares me when the...