BEAVER BEAUTY MEETS UNTIMELY DEATH DOING WHAT SHE LOVEDBEAVER - Emily Wills, the 24-year-old Pennsylvania University graduate and Beaver native, who recently skyrocketed to local fame after winning the swimsuit competition at this year’s 2007 Miss America Pageant at the Aladdin/Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, was euthanized after doctors determined that a shattered right hind leg was inoperable.
Ms. Wills injured her leg while speaking to a group of young Miss America hopefuls at the Beaver Valley Mall Sunday in a promotion dubbed, “Super Girl Sunday," billed as an alternative for females who desired to do something other than watch the Colts trample the Bears. Wills' “Dream Big, Eat Small” speech was met with wild enthusiasm from the audience of mostly tweens and their mothers, who listened with great interest to the mesmerizing, mid-morning lecture before embarking on a day of marathon shopping.
The devastating moment occurred when the swimsuit competition winner sidestepped in her Manolo Blahnik’s to exit the makeshift stage, and her right hind leg torqued out at a gruesome angle.
A father in attendance, who refused to be identified for fear of retaliation and being branded a homosexual by his male neighbors, said he hadn’t seen anything like it since Pirates second basemen Jose Castillo was carried off the field in August 2005 with a torn ligament after St. Louis infielder Hector Luna’s hard slide wiped him out during a double play.
“It’s a shame. Never before in the history of the Miss America pageant has any contestant ever met such a tragic death. If only she had worn the Jimmy Choos,” said a pageant official. “UPMC Beaver Valley officials made every heroic effort to save her, but when they were unable to remove stiletto shrapnel from her hind quarter, they resigned themselves to euthanasia, believing it to be the only humane thing to do.” A young male fan of the Miss America pageant, who also asked not to be identified, said that Wills' death, unlike the contest itself, was not in vain. “It is a testament to those equine-like thighs, taut buttocks and perky breasts that we care so much,” said the mournful young man.
Funeral services will be private.
