Miss Wisconsin Crowned Miss America 2012

Laura Kaeppeler, Miss Wisconsin, was recently crowned Miss America 2012 during the Miss America pageant in Las Vegas. Laura Kaeppeler also won a $50,000 dollar scholarship with a year long term with the crown. Kaeppeler's platform during the competition was supporting children who have or have had incarcerated parents. Answering her question of whether beauty queens should declare their political views or not, Kaeppeler responded with the strong answer of "Miss America should represent everyone. The message to political candidates is that they should represent everyone as well. And so in these economic times, we need to be looking forward in what America needs, and I think Miss America needs to represent all." 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, and the Miss America Organization's official charity.   http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/46002432?ocid=ansmsnbc11#.TxWn6qXOwig