When she’s not posing with drivers in Victory Lane, NASCAR’s newest Miss Sprint Cup, Paige Duke, is chasing deer and ducks across the Southland. This self-proclaimed “country girl,” from the little town of Lancaster, South Carolina, holds an Animal Science degree from Clemson University. She put aside plans for veterinary school to model fulltime. Paige is a former Hawaiian Tropics girl and mighty deadly with a .270.

OUTDOOR LIFE: How did you get started in the outdoors?
DUKE: My dad. When I was little we always went out fishing. You have to make your own fun in Lancaster so we went out fishing on nearby ponds and lakes, and then we started deep-sea fishing. He took me dove hunting, too and then at Clemson I took a class on shot gunning. I wanted to get more into it, so last year I went deer hunting for the first time. And I went duck hunting – I got a really nice wood duck I’m going to get mounted -- and this Sunday I’m going on my first turkey hunt.