MaryAnne Sapio is a Washington DC lobbyist, and former beauty pageant titleholder.Sapio won the Miss California title in 1999, and competed in the nationally televised Miss America 2000 pageant. She did not place in the competition, but did win the Bert Parks Non-Finalist Talent Award.Sapio is Director of Federal Affairs at Wheat Government Relations. Her husband, Jeffrey Groharing, is a lawyer and an officer in the United States Marine Corps.