A Challenge For Me and Miss North Carolina

Our local newspaper's Thursday edition carried a feature story on one Beth Stovall, recently crowned Miss North Carolina, noting that the young lady was vying to be the second-ever Miss America from the Old North State and that her one predecessor was crowned way back in 1962.  I delight in the irony that Ms. Stovall and I have a similar quest, because Toastmasters records that only one North Carolinian has won the crown of World Champion of Public Speaking (one Larry Beitel, in 1963).  Can Beth Stovall and I end this long historical drought?  All I can say is that her odds are better (1 in 53 compared to my 1 in 92)!  Go North Carolina!