Sapp was born in Kona to Susan and Fred Sapp , a dance teacher and Lutheran minister , respectively . Her parents divorced amicably when she was an infant . Sapp was raised by her step-grandparents and attended Columbia River Bible Church and Academy in Washington state from kindergarten to 12th grade . After graduating high school she financed her college education at Hawaii Pacific University by winning several pageants including Miss Kona Coffee and Miss Hawaii Pacific University . Sapp competed in Miss Hawaii three times before winning in 1991 , enabling her to represent her state at the Miss America 1992 pageant
Miss America 1992
Miss America 1992
Carolyn Suzanne Sapp