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Miss America 2012
Date	January 14, 2012
Presenters	Chris Harrison Brooke Burke
Venue	Theatre for the Performing Arts, Las Vegas, Nevada
Broadcaster	ABC
Entrants	53
Placements	15
Winner	Laura Kaeppeler Wisconsin
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Miss America 2012 was the 85th Miss America pageant, held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts of Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 14, 2012.

Teresa Scanlan of Nebraska crowned her Laura Kaeppeler of Wisconsin as her successor at the end of this event.

Results

Placements

* - America's Choice

** - Saved by eliminated delegates after Swimsuit Competition to compete in Evening Gown as a "wild card"

Awards

Preliminary awards

Quality of Life award

Other awards

Judges

The seven judges for the competition were:

• dancer and musician Mark Ballas
• television personality Raúl De Molina
• television producer Mike Fleiss
• television personality Kris Jenner
• actress Teri Polo
• personal trainer Chris Powell
• television personality Lara Spencer

Contestants

The followingontestants competed for the title.

State/district/terr.	Name
Alabama	Courtney Porter
Alaska	Katy Lovegreen
Arizona	Jennifer Sedler
Arkansas	Kristen Glover
California	Noelle Freeman
Colorado	Diana Tremaine
Connecticut	Morgan Amarone
Delaware	Maria Cahill
District of Columbia	Ashley Boalch
Florida	Kristina Janolo
Georgia	Michaela Lackey
Hawaii	Lauren Cheape
Idaho	Genevieve Nutting
Illinois	Hannah Smith
Indiana	Jackie Jerlecki
Iowa	Jessica Pray
Kansas	Carissa Kelley
Kentucky	Ann-Blair Thornton
Louisiana	Hope Anderson
Maine	Julia Furtado
Maryland	Carlie Colella
Massachusetts	Molly Whalen
Michigan	Elizabeth Wertenberger
Minnesota	Natalie Davis
Mississippi	Mary Margaret Roark
Missouri	Sydney Friar
Montana	Veronika Ohlinger
Nebraska	Kayla Batt
Nevada	Alana Lee
New Hampshire	Regan Hartley
New Jersey	Katharyn Nicolle
New Mexico	Sarina Turnbull
New York	Kaitlin Monte
North Carolina	Hailey Best
North Dakota	Ariana Walker
Ohio	Ellen Bryan
Oklahoma	Betty Thompson
Oregon	Caroline McGowan
Pennsylvania	Juliann Sheldon
Puerto Rico	Laura Ramirez
Rhode Island	Robin Bonner
South Carolina	Bree Boyce
South Dakota	Anna Simpson
Tennessee	Erin Hatley
Texas	Kendall Morris
Utah	Danica Olsen
Vermont	Katie Levasseur
Virgin Islands	Camila Daniels
Virginia	Elizabeth Crot
Washington	Brittney Henry
West Virginia	Spenser Wempe
Wisconsin	Laura Kaeppeler
Wyoming	Catherine Brown

Replacements

• Montana - Veronika Ohlinger was originally the 1st runner-up but later was crowned Miss Montana 2011 to replace the original winner Taryn Chuter, who resigned due to a knee injury that required surgery.

References

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24. "Monroe's Hope Anderson is crowned Miss Louisiana". Victoria Advocate. June 25, 2011.
25. "Dayton teen crowned Miss Maine". Morning Sentinel. June 20, 2011. Archived from the original on March 18, 2012.
26. "Hagerstown resident Carlie Colella crowned Miss Maryland 2011". Herald-Mail. June 25, 2011. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011.
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28. "Miss Minnesota Crowned in Eden Prairie". KSAX-TV. June 19, 2011.
29. "Mary Margaret Roark reigns in state pageant". Clarion Ledger. July 2, 2011.
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31. "Corvallis Woman Gives Up Miss Montana Crown Due to Knee Injury". The Missoulian. July 15, 2011.
32. "Miss Nebraska 2011 - Kayla Batt Bio". June 12, 2011.
33. "Dover's Hartley wins Miss New Hampshire title". Union Leader. April 30, 2011.
34. "Wenonah woman is new Miss New Jersey". NJ.com. June 20, 2011.
35. "Future Miss America?". Alamogordo Daily News. June 27, 2011. Archived from the original on September 7, 2011.
36. "Miss New York crown goes to Kaitlin Monte". SILive.com. June 19, 2011.
37. "Hailey Best Crowned As New Miss North Carolina". WFMY News 2. June 27, 2011. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011.
38. "And the winner is: Ariana Walker is crowned Miss ND". Williston Herald. June 11, 2011.
39. "Miss Oklahoma State University Betty Thompson Crowned Miss Oklahoma". News on 6. June 12, 2011.
40. "Caroline McGowan of Corvallis wins 2011 Miss Oregon pageant". The Oregonian. July 2, 2011.
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43. "Veronika Ohlinger". July 15, 2011.

External links

• Miss America 2012
• Miss America official website

• Miss America
• 2012 beauty pageants
• 2012 in Nevada
• Zappos Theater
• January 2012 events in the United States