Miss Wisconsin Crowned Miss America
Miss Wisconsin, 23-year-old Laura Kaeppeler, was named Miss America 2012. Her platform is mentoring children of incarcerated parents.
LAS VEGAS — Miss District of Columbia Ashley Boalch has been awarded the Miss America pageant's first journalism scholarship in the name of late Associated Press writer John Curran. The $1000 scholarship to the University of Maryland student was
There She Is: Meet Miss Mascara, Er, Miss America 2012 Cue the sparkly dresses, hairspray, Chris Harrison, Brooke Burke and the baton twirling—Miss America 2012 has officially been crowned! So which of the 52 ladies, judged by a panel including our
2012 11:05PM ** Updated at 11:05 pm – Miss Wisconsin Laura Kaeppeler won Miss America 2012. She performed operatic vocal, and her platform is "Circles of Support – Mentoring Children of Incarcerated Parents." Note to our readers: We expect photos to be
By Mark Gray Smiling and sobbing, Miss Wisconsin Laura Kaeppeler's dream was realized on Saturday evening – she was crowned Miss America. "In that moment I didn't know what to think," Kaeppeler says. "It was all kind of a blur.
