There she is — an advocate for nuclear energy from the land of Cheeseheads.Miss Wisconsin, Grace Stanke, has been crowned Miss America 2023.Stanke, 20, a nuclear engineering student at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, receives a $50,000 scholarship for her win Thursday at Mohegan Sun Casino & Resort in Uncasville, Connecticut.“I am so incredibly honored,” Stanke, who hails from Wausau, Wisconsin, said backstage after her victory. “I am representing the women who can. We’re not put in boxes, we’re here to make a change and change the world.”The new titleholder, whose pageant talent is violin, advocates for a transition to nuclear energy with her social impact initiative, “Clean Energy, Clean Future.”Grace Stanke, the former Miss Wisconsin, is a nuclear engineering student and advocate for nuclear energy.Miss America Organization“America needs to convert to
Miss America 2023 winner is Grace Stanke, Miss Wisconsin. Nuclear engineering student advocates for clean energy.
