Miss America 2012

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.

Miss America 2012
Date	January 14, 2012[1]
Presenters	Chris Harrison Brooke Burke
Venue	Theatre for the Performing Arts, Las Vegas, Nevada
Broadcaster	ABC[2]
Entrants	53
Placements	15
Winner	Laura Kaeppeler Wisconsin
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Teresa Scanlan of Nebraska crowned her Laura Kaeppeler of Wisconsin as her successor at the end of this event.^[2][3]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss America 2012	Wisconsin – Laura Kaeppeler[4][5]
1st Runner-Up	Oklahoma – Betty Thompson*[5]
2nd Runner-Up	New York – Kaitlin Monte[5]
3rd Runner-Up	Arizona – Jennifer Sedler[5]
4th Runner-Up	California – Noelle Freeman[5]
Top 10	Illinois – Hannah Smith Iowa – Jessica Pray Louisiana – Hope Anderson Tennessee – Erin Hatley Texas – Kendall Morris
Top 13	Alabama – Courtney Porter** Florida – Kristina Janolo South Carolina – Bree Boyce
Top 15	North Carolina – Hailey Best Virginia – Elizabeth Crot

* - America's Choice

** - Saved by eliminated delegates after Swimsuit Competition to compete in Evening Gown as a "wild card"^[6]

Awards

Preliminary awards

Awards	Contestant
Lifestyle and Fitness	New York - Kaitlin Monte Texas - Kendall Morris[4] Utah - Danica Olsen
Talent	Hawaii - Lauren Cheape[4] Oklahoma - Betty Thompson Wisconsin - Laura Kaeppeler[7]

Quality of Life award

Results	Contestant	Platform
Winner	Kentucky - Ann-Blair Thornton[4]	Alzheimer's Awareness Research
1st runner-up	New Hampshire - Regan Hartley	-
2nd runner-up	Michigan - Elizabeth Wertenberger	-
Finalists[8]	Arkansas - Kristen Glover Hawaii - Lauren Cheape Minnesota - Natalie Davis New York - Kaitlin Monte Ohio - Ellen Bryan	Various

Other awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Nebraska - Kayla Batt
Children's Miracle Network (CMN) Miracle Maker Award	Louisiana - Hope Anderson
Four Points Award	Idaho - Genevieve Nutting[4]
Non-finalist Talent Award	Delaware - Maria Cahill Hawaii - Lauren Cheape Nebraska - Kayla Batt Washington - Brittney Henry
Ric Ferentz Non-finalist Interview Award	District of Columbia - Ashley Boalch

Judges

The seven judges for the competition were:^[9]

• 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 following contestants competed for the title.

State/district/terr.	Name
Alabama	Courtney Porter[10]
Alaska	Katy Lovegreen[11]
Arizona	Jennifer Sedler[12]
Arkansas	Kristen Glover[13]
California	Noelle Freeman[14]
Colorado	Diana Tremaine[15]
Connecticut	Morgan Amarone[16]
Delaware	Maria Cahill[17]
District of Columbia	Ashley Boalch [13]
Florida	Kristina Janolo [13]
Georgia	Michaela Lackey[18]
Hawaii	Lauren Cheape[19]
Idaho	Genevieve Nutting[20]
Illinois	Hannah Smith[21]
Indiana	Jackie Jerlecki[22]
Iowa	Jessica Pray[23]
Kansas	Carissa Kelley[24]
Kentucky	Ann-Blair Thornton[13]
Louisiana	Hope Anderson[25]
Maine	Julia Furtado[26]
Maryland	Carlie Colella[27]
Massachusetts	Molly Whalen
Michigan	Elizabeth Wertenberger[28]
Minnesota	Natalie Davis[29]
Mississippi	Mary Margaret Roark[30]
Missouri	Sydney Friar[31]
Montana	Veronika Ohlinger[32]
Nebraska	Kayla Batt[33]
Nevada	Alana Lee
New Hampshire	Regan Hartley[34]
New Jersey	Katharyn Nicolle[35]
New Mexico	Sarina Turnbull[36]
New York	Kaitlin Monte[37]
North Carolina	Hailey Best[38]
North Dakota	Ariana Walker[39]
Ohio	Ellen Bryan
Oklahoma	Betty Thompson[40]
Oregon	Caroline McGowan[41]
Pennsylvania	Juliann Sheldon
Puerto Rico	Laura Ramirez
Rhode Island	Robin Bonner[42]
South Carolina	Bree Boyce
South Dakota	Anna Simpson
Tennessee	Erin Hatley
Texas	Kendall Morris
Utah	Danica Olsen
Vermont	Katie Levasseur
Virgin Islands	Camila Daniels[13]
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.^[43][44]