And if she doesn't win, there will be at least one advantage, she said.
"I am so excited to be here," she said, "but I kind of miss my friends at school."
One of her friends, who is a member of the Radcliffe Pitches along with Turner, said she is not the stereotypical beauty pageant contestant.
"Marcia has done a lot for the part of a beauty pageant you don't really think about--past the beauty and the glamour and 'stuff," said Dana D. Dore '97 of Turner's public service work.
And Dore said Turner's personality is one that makes people like her.
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"She's just very genuine, which is hard to find these days," Dore said