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Grace Stanke, a nuclear engineering student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison who has partnered with ANS to promote nuclear energy, has been crowned as Miss America 2023. After competing in the three-night competition at the Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville, Conn., as the reigning Miss Wisconsin, Stanke was honored with the iconic crystal crown and a $50,000 scholarship on December 15

MADISON, Wis. – A Wausau Native who is studying nuclear engineering at UW Madison has been crowned Miss America Thursday night, Dec. 15

Newly crowned Miss America 2023 Grace Stanke exclusively told E! News just how she manages to stand tall in her own skin and own it. Here’s the advice she has for others.

Grace Stanke, a native of Wausau, was crowned Miss America during a ceremony in Connecticut on Thursday. The 20-year-old is a senior at University of Wisconsin-Madison studying nuclear engineering.

Miss Wisconsin Grace Stanke won the 2023 Miss America competition at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, on Thursday night.

A nuclear engineering student from the University of Wisconsin, Grace Stanke played the violin and impressed the panel of judges with comments about nuclear energy to earn the crown