Dairy princess is lactose intolerant

For two years, Laurel Gordon of Elma, Washington, has been donning a tiara as her county's dairy ambassador.

Now she has her eyes on the statewide title, despite one drawback. She's lactose intolerant. Gordon developed lactose intolerance two years ago.



Unless the 18-year-old takes special pills, her body is unable to digest milk. She mostly opts for soy milk. "I'm kind of a joke around my friends," she says.

But no one challenges Gordon's expertise on the benefits of milk: She grew up on a dairy farm that has been in the family for 150 years.