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Kaye Lani Rae Rafko

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Kaye Lani Rae Rafko

Kaye Lani Rae Rafko (born August 26, 1963 from Monroe, Michigan) is best known as the winner of the 1988 Miss America pageant.

On September 19, 1987, Rafko was named as the Miss America 1988, after winning the Miss Michigan pageant of 1987. Rafko has participated in a number of fundraising activities and has been a vocal advocate for nursing and hospice programs. She has addressed medical professional organizations around the world on the topic of nursing, including groups in Malaysia, Paris, Rome, and Singapore.

Rafko is a Registered Nurse and is married to Charles (Chuck) Wilson, with whom she has three children, Nicholas, Alana, and Joseph. She is the president of Gabby’s Ladder, a bereavement program for children and their families. She has helped many people and is just all around amazing.[citation needed]

In the Miss America competition her platform included help for hospice services and her talent was a hula dancing perfomance.

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Preceded by Miss America
1988
Succeeded by