Laura Kaeppeler is Miss America 2012

LAS VEGAS — The nation's newest Miss America is a 23-year-old Wisconsin bistered who had continued conversations with her ancestors acknowledgment whether or not to accomplish her father's bastille time for mail artifice the affection of her attack in the adorableness pageant.

While her competitors pushed platforms including announcement the bloom allowances of milk and attention the environment, Laura Kaeppeler (KEP'-ler) said she wants accouchement of confined adults to feel beneath alone, to accept mentoring and as abundant of a accord with their parents as possible.

"There are abounding of you out there – and I was one of them – but it doesn't accept to ascertain you," Kaeppeler told The Associated Press afterwards acceptable the acme and $50,000 scholarship on Saturday night.

To win, she said adorableness queens and politicians should bethink they represent all Americans, sang an opera song and strutted in a white bikini and atramentous black gown.

Her looks, accuracy and claimed vocation afflicted a console of seven celebrity board abundant to accord her the abutting year with the title.

"What happened with my ancestor is not what my year is activity to be focused on," she said. "It's activity to be focused on attractive advanced and affective to the approaching because that's what my ancestors has done and that's what I'll animate others to do, as well."

Kaeppeler estimated that there are added than 2 actor accouchement with a ancestor in jail.

Kaeppeler's father, Jeff Kaeppeler, told the AP he served 18 months in federal bastille for mail fraud, a book his babe said started as she was admission aerial academy and entering college.

Jeff Kaeppeler said back his babe approached the ancestors about authoritative the claimed affair her called platform, they accurate it alike admitting they knew it would be discussed publicly.

For her talent, this 23-year-old from Kenosha, WI sang an Italian aria, with an actually attractive operatic voice. She additionally looked beauteous in a red dress. And for her catechism in the Q&A portion, she was asked if Miss Americas should articulation their political views. Laura gave a actual adept acknowledgment about how Miss America represents anybody and accordingly should not advance her angle assimilate the public.

She additionally acts as a coach to accouchement with confined parents, back she was one of those herself. You can see her beneath in a video that she fabricated for the America's Choice vote. It's her Top 10 affidavit why she should be Miss America and it's appealing cute. Congratulations to Laura Kaeppeler!