The Miss America Organization is proud to announce Brooke Burke as the returning co-host for the 2012 Miss America Pageant! Brooke is a successful host, actress and entrepreneur. She returns for a fifth season as co-host of ABC’s hit competition show, “Dancing with the Stars" in March, having earned the coveted mirror ball trophy as season seven’s champion with her professional dance partner, Derek Hough.

In January, she will release two new fitness DVD’s, Transform Your Body With Brooke Burke: Strengthen & Condition and Tone & Tighten, and her first book The Naked Mom, will be released in paperback in February.  With close to two million Twitter followers, Brooke has made a name for herself as a trusted resource in the world of motherhood and the social media network, motivating her to co-create the website ModernMom.com, an online community for “the woman behind the mom.” As a pro blogger, Brooke offers an in-depth look into her personal life on the site, building upon her own powerful “Mommy” brand. As a successful entrepreneur, Brooke created the online store, BabooshBaby.com in 2007, featuring her popular post-pregnancy belly wraps, Tauts.

Brooke was raised in Tucson, Arizona and currently lives in California with her four children and husband, David Charvet. This is Brooke’s second time co-hosting the Miss America Pageant.