Miss Wisconsin Makes Father's Prison Time A Miss America Platform.(CBS / AP) LAS VEGAS - Make imprisonment of his father’s platform for the Miss America was a family decision, 23, said Laura Kaeppeli.
Miss Wisconsin wins Miss America contest
The Beauty Queen of Wisconsin, who won the 2012 Miss America pageant, said she wanted the children of incarcerated adults feel less alone, to have mentoring and both continue a relationship with their parents than possible.
"A lot of you out there and I was one of them, but he did not have to define" Kaeppeli told The Associated Press after winning the crown and scholarship $ 50,000 on Saturday night. More than 2million American children have a parent in prison, she said.
The brunette opera singer, who won the preliminary talent, was 18 and just graduated from high school when his father began a sentence of 18 months in federal prison for wire fraud.
His father, Jeff Kaeppeli said when his daughter approached the family to make the staff about his chosen platform, they have supported, even though they knew it would be a public debate.
"He taught us that God can turn anything if you let him," he said. “Laura is totally on board with this idea. It leaves the disk and it inspired him this past year to be ready for that. "
Miss Wisconsin wins Miss America contest
The Beauty Queen of Wisconsin, who won the 2012 Miss America pageant, said she wanted the children of incarcerated adults feel less alone, to have mentoring and both continue a relationship with their parents than possible.
"A lot of you out there and I was one of them, but he did not have to define" Kaeppeli told The Associated Press after winning the crown and scholarship $ 50,000 on Saturday night. More than 2million American children have a parent in prison, she said.
The brunette opera singer, who won the preliminary talent, was 18 and just graduated from high school when his father began a sentence of 18 months in federal prison for wire fraud.
His father, Jeff Kaeppeli said when his daughter approached the family to make the staff about his chosen platform, they have supported, even though they knew it would be a public debate.
"He taught us that God can turn anything if you let him," he said. “Laura is totally on board with this idea. It leaves the disk and it inspired him this past year to be ready for that. "
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