Miss America 2013

Miss America 2013 will be the 86th Miss America pageant to be held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts, Paradise, Nevada on January 2013. Miss America 2012 winner Laura Kaeppeler from Wisconsin will crown her successor at the end of the event. All 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico will compete for the prestigious title and the pageant will be broadcast live on ABC across the U.S.^[1] The pageant will also broadcast across most of Africa, Australia, Europe, Latin America, New Zealand and Singapore.

Expected contestants

State	Name	Hometown	Age	Talent	Placement	Special awards	Notes
New Hampshire	Megan Lyman	Gilford		Tap Dance			Previously Miss New Hampshire's Outstanding Teen 2008; Contestant at National Sweetheart 2010
Pennsylvania	Jordyn Colao	Erie
Rhode Island	Kelsey Fournier	Pawtucket					Cheerleader for the New England Patriots

State pageant schedule

Date	State
June 9, 2012	Alabama
June 9, 2012	Oklahoma[2]
June 16, 2012	Alaska
June 16, 2012	Colorado
June 16, 2012	Delaware
June 16, 2012	Wisconsin[3]
June 16, 2012	New Jersey[4]
June 17, 2012	District of Columbia
June 23, 2012	Arizona
June 23, 2012	Georgia
June 30, 2012	California
June 30, 2012	Connecticut
July 7, 2012	Florida
July 14, 2012	Arkansas
July 14, 2012	Puerto Rico[5]

International Broadcasters

•  Algeria: La Terrestre
•  Andorra: TVA
•  Angola: RTP África
•  Argentina: Canal 9
•  Armenia: Armenia TV
•  Aruba: ATV
•  Australia: ABC
•  Austria: ORF1
•  Bahamas: ZNS-TV
•  Belgium: Vitaya
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina: Pink BH
•  Bolivia: TNT Latin America
•  Brazil: Rede Globo
•  Bulgaria: bTV Lady
•  Canada: CTV and Télévision de Radio-Canada (dubbed in French)
•  Republic of the Congo and  Democratic Republic of the Congo: RTP África
•  Chile: Canal 13
•  Colombia: Caracol TV
•  Côte d'Ivoire: TV2
•  Cape Verde: RTP África
•  Costa Rica: Teletica
•  Croatia: HRT
•  Czech Republic: ČT2
•  Denmark: STAR!
•  Dominican Republic: Antena Latina
•  Ecuador: Ecuavisa
•  Ethiopia: ETV1
•  Equatorial Guinea: Televisión Guinea Ecuatorial and RTP África
•  Finland: STAR!
•  France: Paris Première
•  Gabon: TV3
•  Germany: ZDF
•  Georgia: Rustavi 2
•  Ghana: TV3 Ghana
•  Greece: Star Channel
•  Guatemala: Canal 7
•  Honduras: Televicentro
•  Iceland: SkjárEinn
•  Ireland: RTÉ Two
•  Israel: Channel 10
•  Italy: Foxlife Italia
•  Jamaica: TVJ
•  Luxembourg: NonStop Television
•  Mexico: Canal de las Estrellas
•  Morocco: 2M TV
•  Netherlands: NET 5
•  Nicaragua: Canal 2
•  Nigeria: OnTV Nigeria
•  New Zealand: Vibe
•  Norway: STAR!
•  Panama: Telemetro
•  Paraguay: Telefuturo
•  Peru: Frecuencia Latina
•  Poland: Polsat
•  Portugal: RTP1
•  Puerto Rico: ABC Puerto Rico, WAPA-TV
•  Romania and  Moldova: Antena 1
•  Russia: CTC
•  São Tomé and Príncipe: RTP África
•  Senegal: 2sTV
•  Serbia: RTV Pink
•  Singapore: MediaCorp TV Channel 5
•  Slovakia: TV JOJ
•  Slovenia: TV Slovenija 2
•  South Africa: M-Net
•  Spain: Antena 3
•  Sweden: STAR!
•  Switzerland: SF2
•  Tunisia: Tunisie 21
•  Ukraine: Direct Sight
•  United Kingdom (including  Northern Ireland): BBC Two
•  United States: ABC
•  Uruguay: TNT Latin America
•  Venezuela: Venevisión
•  Zambia: M-Net

References

External links

• Miss America official website