Amanda Russell, Long Beach Poly Senior, Wins $20,000 from KFC for a Tweet!


In the Department of Participating in Every Zany Contest Fast-Food Chains Offer comes this news: a Long Beach Poly senior won a $20,000 college scholarship from KFC for the best tweet expressing how the chain would help the student better their lives.

Amanda Russell didn't even have a Twitter account until hearing of the contest, according to a wire account published in the Long Beach Press-Telegram, but got one just to enter. Her winner after the jump!

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“Hey Colonel! Your scholarship's the secret ingredient missing from my
recipe for success! Got the grades, drive, just need cash!''

Okay, so Shakespeare it's not–but it's better than A Separate Peace. Our congrats go out to Russell, we hope she enrolls at Long Beach State or UCLA, and have hope, cabrones: we, too, can win if only we try!

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