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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

When people meet University of Wisconsin-Madison senior Grace Stanke, they’re often surprised to learn she’s a nuclear engineer.