She won the crown at the national pageant held at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. She knocked out contestants from forty nine alternative states, and Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and therefore the District of Columbia. The official photo of Laura Kaeppeler from the Miss America pageant:Ms. Kaeppeler feels like a friendly Wisconsinite and an honest egg. For her talent, she sang the operatic aria Il Bacio ("The Kiss") and did it well enough to win the talent preliminaries earlier on Laura Kaeppeler was born in Kenosha in 1988 -- the precise date is unclear -- and is responsible of the music ministries at the Northside Bible Church there. (Miss America 2011, Teresa Scanlan, was conjointly a faithful Christian.) Kaeppeler may be a 2010 graduate of Carthage faculty, with a degree in music.
She is that the second Miss Wisconsin to win the Miss America crown. the primary was Terry Meeuwsen, Miss Wisconsin of 1973.
She went on to become a daily on Pat Robertson's TV show The 700 Clu As Miss America 2012, Laura Kaeppeler wins a $50,000 scholarship and a year's price of travel and public appearances. Congratulations to her
