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Artist: Jie Huang, 16 Hometown: Hamilton, Montana Species: Northern pintail
Jie Huang of Hamilton, Mont., was the first female to win the Junior Duck Stamp Contest. At the time of her win, Jie was 16 years old and a junior at Hamilton High School. Guided by her art teacher, James Roth, Jie visited places such as Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge in Stevensville, Mont., taking hundreds of photographs to create a reference file of various species. Jie's winning design entitled "Pintail Duck in a Pond" was created from one of the photographs she gathered during her research.