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Christina Ryan, Tennessee Mrs. America Contestant, Bitten By Rattlesnake in Hotel

Picture of a Timber Rattlesnake, the alike that bite Christina Ryan, Tennessee Mrs. America ContestantI am not sure if Christina Ryan can be called the most unlucky pageant competitor, possibly she is!

TUCSON, Ariz. — A Mrs. America contestant from Tennessee spent about 15 hours in a hospital here after being bitten by a rattlesnake at a hotel.

Christina Ryan of Franklin [Tennessee] said she caught sight of a spider on an outside staircase at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort while walking to a rehearsal last Sunday morning for this weekend’s competition.

She jumped away from it and a rattlesnake bit her right foot, just above her toe.

As time went on, Ryan said the pain got worse. She spent about 15 hours in the hospital and received 10 vials of antivenin before being released.

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