Who Won the 2012
Miss America

Kaeppeler to receive 'Outstanding Kenoshan' award
Kenosha News (subscription)
Laura Kaeppeler, Miss America 2012, has been selected the Outstanding Kenoshan 2013 by the Rotary Club of Kenosha-West. Kaeppeler, a graduate of St. Joseph High School and Carthage College, will be honored at a fundraising banquet beginning at 5 ...

Kaeppeler to address Carthage graduates
Kenosha News (subscription)
Miss America 2012 and Carthage alumna Laura Kaeppeler will give the address at Carthage College's 140th commencement on May 26. The ceremony begins at 3 p.m. in the N. E. Tarble Athletic and Recreation Center Field House. The Rev. Ross Larson ...

6-year-old Oliver Emerson's legacy might be his favorite word: 'Happy'
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
A favorite photo shows Oliver meeting Miss America, Laura Kaeppeler, when she visited Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in March 2012. Kaeppeler has her head thrown back in laughter, responding to Oliver's string of jokes and antics. Emerson and his wife ...

Miss America loses 'there she is. . .' theme song
Washington Post (blog)
Laura Kaeppeler at her crowning as Miss America in 2012, the last time the pageant used the theme song. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images). There goes “there she is. . . .”! The kitsch-classic Miss America theme song is no longer a part of the pageant, having ...