So, recently Miss America competition has just announced their Miss America for 2012 and the winner comes all the way from Wisconsin. She won the pageant at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.
What's the name of the beautiful who beat her other competitors? It's Laura Kaepperler! Now that's a name we don't hear every day. And she was announced as winner on Saturday night, where she was also asked a question whether beauty queens should declare their politics and she replied,
" Miss America represents everyone, so I think the message to political candidates is that they represent everyone as well. And so in these economic times, we need to be looking forward to what America needs and I think Miss America needs to represent all.
She even impressed the audience with her opera singing skills that night! Talking about a super awesome woman!
Well then, what will Miss America be doing this year? Take a look,
"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. Kaeppeler was chosen as the winner by a panel of seven judges during a live telecast on ABC. The event was the culmination of a week of preliminary competitions and months of preparations for the titleholders from all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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, the Miss America Organization’s official charity."
Source via: SFLuxe
So, you guys think Miss America's winner is all about looks? Check out a little bit about her here.
Laura Kaeppeler was named Miss America 2012 on the night of January 14, 2012. Laura Kaeppeler is a Wisconsin native who attended St. Joseph High School and then graduated in 2010 from Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin, with a degree in Music and an emphasis in Vocal Performance. She began working as Director of Music Ministries for Northside Bible Church in Kenosha while teaching music privately, and in June of 2011 she entered and won the Miss Wisconsin pageant. In January 2012 she went to the national pageant in Las Vegas, where she performed an operatic aria to “Il Bacio” as her talent and did the usual wearing of bathing suits and evening gowns. It worked: she was named Miss America 2012. She succeeded Miss America 2011, Teresa Scanlan.
Extra credit:
Source via WHO2 BiographyLaura Kaeppeler has plans to "pursue a master’s degree in Speech and Language Pathology," according to the Miss Wisconsin website. The same site says that Kaeppeler "is a life-long suffering Cubs fan" and is a "coffee junkie" whose favorite movie is White Christmas.
The Miss America Organization touts itself as the world’s largest giver of scholarships to women, with about $ 350,000 to be given this year at the national level. -SFLuxePretty cool huh? Exciting.
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