With a field of fifty-two candidates are whittled down to one, Miss Laura Kaeppeler Wisconsin was selected as the new Miss America during the 2012 Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night (January 14).   Miss Wisconsin

The beauty queen turns 23 years old Planet Hollywood Resort  Casino place while collecting the dream of a crown, with Miss Oklahoma and Miss Betty Thompson of New York Kaitlyn Monte placing second and third, respectively.

During the tight competition, Miss Kaeppeler must answer the question of whether beauty queens should declare their politics.
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Of this amount, he said, "Miss America represents everyone, so I think the message for political candidates is that they represent all the people also, and in these economic times, we need to look ahead to what America needs. And I think Miss America should represent all. "

Being past the title from last year's winner Teresa Scanlan, Kaeppeler also earned himself $ 50,000 scholarship to the Miss America Organization paid a total of $ 349,000 in prizes at the national level.