Wisconsinite won Miss America crown 2012
A 23 year old beauty queen Wisconsin Laura from Kenosha won the Miss America pageant in Las Vegas. Laura Kaeppeler won the pageant Saturday night after strutting in a white bikini and black beaded evening gown, singing opera and answering a question about whether beauty queens should declare their politics by saying Miss America represents everyone. Laura Kaeppeler said ‘Miss America represents everyone so I think the message to political candidates is that they represent everyone. We need to be looking forward to what America needs and I think Miss America needs to represent all.’ Kaeppeler wins a $50,000 scholarship and gets the title for one year.
Her platform during the competition was supporting and mentoring children of incarcerated parents. Miss Oklahoma Betty Thompson came in second and Miss New York Kaitlyn Monte placed third. The new Miss America will spend the next year touring the country to speak to different groups and raising money for the Children’s Miracle Network. Teresa Scanlan of Nebraska won Miss America last year at age 17 to become the pageant’s youngest winner ever. Teresa Scanlan said ‘You can always breathe a sigh of relief” once the live pageant begins.’ Pageant officials earlier announced the winners of preliminary competitions as Miss Hawaii Lauren Cheape, Miss Oklahoma Betty Thompson and Miss Wisconsin Laura Kaeppeler for talent.
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