A feature in Inked Magazine and $25,000 cash. A Crow Agency, Montana woman is currently in the lead.

Carrie Old Coyote tells us that she ran across the Inked magazine competition when a friend sent her the link on Facebook telling her to join.

Old Coyote: "I signed up to be a part of the competition where you can win $25,000 and a cover page in the Inked magazine along with a tattoo session from a world renowned artist. I wasn’t expecting to make it far, and it’s still early on in the competition, but I came out in 1st place in my group through the first cut and now I’m still holding on to my 1st place spot in the top 20 cut."

There's just a couple days left in the competition. Carrie Old Coyote says if she wins the $25,000 she would split $10,000 between her two girls and put it in their savings. "With the rest I would use towards school expenses to finishing my degree in radiology and of course get some new ink."

She also says she got even more excited about the contest when she heard that it was all to generate support for a good cause.

Carrie Old Coyote: "After looking more into the Inked competition, I was more excited about it after seeing they are partnered up with the B+ foundation. This foundation hits close to home, and I am a huge supporter of their goal to help children with cancer. I myself have had family who have suffered through cancer along with knowing other children who have battled cancer. If I was to win this competition it would definitely be a huge blessing and help me to finish my degree in radiology while making sure my children are taken care of. For me it’s not only winning the prizes involved but it would also be amazing to put Montana and my tattoo artist Michael Martin on one of the biggest tattoo magazines."

Click here to vote for Carrie and for more details.

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Using the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey, Stacker ranked the states based on the percentage of the total population that was born in their state of residence.

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