Laura Kaeppeler, representing the state of Wisconsin, was crowned Miss America Saturday night at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kaeppeler, 23, beat out 53 other contestants and takes over the crown from Teresa Scanlan, who, as a then-17 year-old Miss Nebraska, became the youngest woman ever to win the pageant, in 2011.

Pat Pruitt probably studied hard in school, earned an advanced degree, got an accounting job with Ernst and Young, and passed a series of several professional tests over many years. He finally had made it as a legitimate accountant.

Do you love Miss America, but wish the pageant included a marksmanship competition? If so, start getting pumped for Miss Liberty Ameica, a pageant that will give “America’s elite feminine patriots” the opportunity to show off their “patriotism, intelligence, talent, beauty”—and sharp-shooting.

Hats off to Rush Limbaugh, leading the 21st Century feminist charge in his roll as a judge for this year’s Miss America pageant. It was hard work! Says Rush. Also: “I love the women’s movement — especially when walking behind it.”

The Miss America 2010 Pageant is over, and aside from Miss Virginia Caressa Cameron, the winner was hot-button pop culture references. Miss Alaska made a quick and cheery Sarah Palin takedown, while other contestants skewered Tiger Woods and leathery Jersey Shore star The Situation. Maybe it’s too much to expect world peace.

Rush Limbaugh was a judge for the Miss America Pageant Saturday evening, looking rather dapper in a tuxedo as he sat in judgment of a map’s worth of young lovelies vying for the crown. When asked by co-host Gretchen Carlson — yes, that Gretchen Carlson, she of Fox & Friends, but also of the 1989 Miss America Crown — what he looked for in a Miss America, he said “poise, confidence, articulation — and she must like herself.”