Miss America 2012

* - America's Choice

** - Saved by eliminated delegates after Swimsuit Competition to compete in Evening Gown as a "wild card"^[6]

The seven judges for the competition were:^[9]

• dancer and musician Mark Ballas
• television personality Raúl De Molina
• television producer Mike Fleiss
• television personality Kris Jenner
• actress Teri Polo
• personal trainer Chris Powell
• television personality Lara Spencer

The following contestants competed for the title.

State/district/terr.	Name
Alabama	Courtney Porter[10]
Alaska	Katy Lovegreen[11]
Arizona	Jennifer Sedler[12]
Arkansas	Kristen Glover[13]
California	Noelle Freeman[14]
Colorado	Diana Tremaine[15]
Connecticut	Morgan Amarone[16]
Delaware	Maria Cahill[17]
District of Columbia	Ashley Boalch[13]
Florida	Kristina Janolo[13]
Georgia	Michaela Lackey[18]
Hawaii	Lauren Cheape[19]
Idaho	Genevieve Nutting[20]
Illinois	Hannah Smith[21]
Indiana	Jackie Jerlecki[22]
Iowa	Jessica Pray[23]
Kansas	Carissa Kelley[24]
Kentucky	Ann-Blair Thornton[13]
Louisiana	Hope Anderson[25]
Maine	Julia Furtado[26]
Maryland	Carlie Colella[27]
Massachusetts	Molly Whalen
Michigan	Elizabeth Wertenberger[28]
Minnesota	Natalie Davis[29]
Mississippi	Mary Margaret Roark[30]
Missouri	Sydney Friar[31]
Montana	Veronika Ohlinger[32]
Nebraska	Kayla Batt[33]
Nevada	Alana Lee
New Hampshire	Regan Hartley[34]
New Jersey	Katharyn Nicolle[35]
New Mexico	Sarina Turnbull[36]
New York	Kaitlin Monte[37]
North Carolina	Hailey Best[38]
North Dakota	Ariana Walker[39]
Ohio	Ellen Bryan
Oklahoma	Betty Thompson[40]
Oregon	Caroline McGowan[41]
Pennsylvania	Juliann Sheldon
Puerto Rico	Laura Ramirez
Rhode Island	Robin Bonner[42]
South Carolina	Bree Boyce
South Dakota	Anna Simpson
Tennessee	Erin Hatley
Texas	Kendall Morris
Utah	Danica Olsen
Vermont	Katie Levasseur
Virgin Islands	Camila Daniels[13]
Virginia	Elizabeth Crot
Washington	Brittney Henry
West Virginia	Spenser Wempe
Wisconsin	Laura Kaeppeler
Wyoming	Catherine Brown