bob: i know who that is! that is frank sinatra. it must be my lucky day, not only am i in the b block, unusual but i get to talk about what is happening in my favorite city, sin city. our lovely co-host dana perino is at the thomas & mack center in vegas. wait a minute, why did she get to go and i didn t get to the go? what are you doing in sin city? straightest woman in america in sin city? what are you doing? dana: you know what happened? since i think it s 1975 or 84. the national finals rodeo, the wrangle national finals rodeo has been held in vegas. you know i grew up out west. my uncle and aunt were coming to the rodeo and invited me. the five got to come along,
they re all competing to miss rodeo state. i was miss rodeo south dakota. a week-long competition of interview, model, ride horses you ve never seen before. bob: do you do barrel racing? no. no. that is not in the pageant. a lot of girls do it. it grew up running barrels but a lot of girls do it in the free time but not during the pageant. dana: she started as a young girl. i did. dana: tell me about that. you are from winter, south dakota, your mom and dad weren t rodeo people. but had people that were. my up at was miss rodeo south dakota in 94. she grew up doing 4h. it started and i entered my first 4h rodeo when i was ten. run barrels and growing up. did the queen stuff. i said i d be miss rodeo america. dana: i wonder if greg can give an explanation about tying goats. greg: i have been doing it for years. bob: you look remarkable.
astride horses. dana: isn t it great? kimberly: can you ride a horse? dana: how long did it take me to climb up here? i had help from a cowboy friend here. kimberly: did you get a boost eric: dana: i had a little boost. i used to be do it all on my own. mckenzie is finishing a yea year-long tenure as miss rodeo america. i am. it s been fabulous. i won last year here in vegas and i spent the year traveling the country. and top it off i m here in vegas. dana: and you re on the five on fox. i am. dana: amazing. how cool can that be? dana: there is a big suspense in vegas because a new miss rodeo america is announced tomorrow but nobody knows who it is yet. greg: that is me. bob: what does it take to win miss rodeo besides being remarkably good looking? you have to be a state queen.
one of those damn things to make a living? it was not my fault. my dad started a misquit rodeo and i had the world s biggest dirt playground. dana: now he does rodeo commentary for all sorts of rodeos including this one tonight. second to last night at the ten-day rodeo. you have people from all over the country. well, in the competition, the top 15 money winners in each event qualify. the world championships, they are decided by who wins the most money. it s been awfully exciting so far. dana: one thing i love about the western culture and life is the family atmosphere. you got a lot of families here tonight? all of my family is in the rodeo business. we actually, i got my brothers and his wife and kids, my mom and dad are watching at home on television. we ve got our own bulls that qualify for here. it s more of a lifestyle. dana: not just a competition. but the bulls as well. bob: how much does a cowboy win if they win the big pay?
eric: dana, split all aces and a s and double down anytime you can. greg: dana dana: i didn t even understand that. greg: i wanted to ask you about down roping but i realize it s a rodeo. since you are in vegas, i want to be double down saloon, 4640 paradise road and ask for a bacon martini. dana: that sounds kind of good in a weird sort of way. yeah! bob: andrea is here, she s a vegas vet and used to walk around there a lot. i thought you like vegas? andrea: i do like vegas but i don t walk around a lot in vegas. i m not a betting woman. are you gambling woman? dana: i m not very no, i m not much of a gambler. as cru know, as bob says, i m a i m the straightest woman in america. i got to come here and be part of the rodeo. andrea: one piece of