Miss America 2012 (12 photos)

Evening of January 14 in Las Vegas, it was announced the name of the winner of the beauty contest "Miss America 2012".

She was the 23-year-old resident of Wisconsin Laura Keppeler (Laura Kaeppeler).

Speaking to members of the jury, Keppeler said that intends to become a speech therapist, receiving an appropriate education.

For winning the contest Keppeler receive a scholarship of 50 thousand dollars.

The competition involved 53 girls - one representative of each of the 50 states, as well as contestants of the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.