FeaturesMarch 26, 2016

4x4 Barbie

Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed "4x4 Barbie," performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck "Southern Crush."

Laura Simon
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com Seventeen-year-old Pleasant Cook, nicknamed “4x4 Barbie,” performs in front of thousands in her pink-and-black 1/3-size monster truck “Southern Crush.”
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