The joke is a baton twirling beauty queen during the talent competition of Miss America. Kelley Johnson, Miss Colorado, set that stereotype on it’s head with a unique monologue about her experience as a nurse.

She walked onto the stage with her hair in a ponytail, clothed in baggy scrubs with a stethoscope draped around her neck.

After a deep breath, she said, “Every nurse has a patient that reminds them why they became a nurse in the first place. Mine was Joe.”

Listen the the video above to hear how her talent, nursing, is more than just a job to her.

Johnson made it to the Top 10 of Miss America but lost out on the crown to Miss Georgia, Betty Cantrell.