Vermont Woman Crowned Nation's Top Grocery Bagger In Vegas Competition

BURLINGTON, Vt. — A Vermont woman has been crowned the nation's top grocery bagger.

Twenty-four-year-old Krystal Smith of Burlington won the award and the $10,000 prize at the 2011 U.S. Best Bagger National Championship in Las Vegas.

On Monday, Smith beat 21 competitors by filling three grocery bags in 38 seconds at the Mirage Hotel.

The Burlington Free Press says contestants are judged on their ability to bag grocery staples including bread, milk, eggs and canned goods and on their bag-building technique, weight distribution, style, attitude and appearance

Smith has worked for eight years at Hannaford Supermarket.

Comments

[OutAtFirst]

09:38 AM on 02/16/2011

The winner of this competition has been from Utah 10 out of the last 21 years.

[ras121s]

04:21 PM on 02/15/2011

Darn, one of her competitors is a bagger at my grocery store and was SO excited to go the the National Competition - he really wanted to part of the prize that sends the winner to the David Letterman show. I was hoping the little fella would win.

[No stinking fans]

01:24 PM on 02/19/2011

Next time you see the little fella tell him how proud you are of him and encourage him for next year.