Miss Murray pins on the crown, puts on the boxing gloves

Mallory Rogers, Miss Murray 2012, comes from a boxing family — from her father, who won the 1978 Dallas Golden Gloves, to her grandfather who boxed in the army.

None of them, however, boxed while wearing a crown and heels.

Rogers, a senior at the University of Utah, won the Miss Murray title in September, making her eligible to compete at the Miss Utah pageant in 2012. She has been boxing since she was 15 years old.

"I think that, hopefully, as it gets close to Miss Utah, that maybe she will lay off [boxing] for a while, because going to Miss Utah with a black eye would not be great," pageant director Leesa Lloyd said.

Read more about Rogers at KSL.com