Pageant success has opened her eyes to a lot of opportunities, and she doesn't rule out trying a career in show business. But for now, she's planning to go into public relations. She is one of two famous Caseys from Tennessee. The other was Casey Jones, the heroic railroad man, but she isn't named for him. The more we see of her, the more we like it, too.
Some people say pageants are political.
That kind of talk doesn't bother Caitlin McIntosh . Politics is her chosen field. She is a sports acrobat, too, judging and coaching in addition to competing. Visiting a jeweler in Shreveport Rehearsing Ms. McIntosh's mother is an Internet journalist who covered both the Democratic and Republican conventions this year, and Ms. McIntosh plans to study communications, broadcast journalism and community development on her way to a political career. She will miss the first week of college because of the pageant, but she's a very quick study.