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Miss Wisconsin

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Wisconsin USA.

The Miss Wisconsin competition is the pageant, held annually in Oshkosh, that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Wisconsin in the annual Miss America pageant.

Miss Wisconsin
Formation1927
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersNew Berlin, Wisconsin
MembershipMiss America
Official language
English
WebsiteMiss Wisconsin official website
Laura Kaeppeler, Miss Wisconsin 2011 & Miss America 2012
Christina Anna Thompson, Miss Wisconsin 2007
Tracy Ann Gest, Miss Wisconsin 2005

Wisconsin has won the Miss America crown three times (1973, 2012, and 2023).

Mandi Jo Genord of Montello was crowned Miss Wisconsin 2024 on June 22, 2024, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

On September 17, 2024, the state pageant announced that the Miss Wisconsin pageant (as well as the Miss Wisconsin's Teen pageant) will be held in New Berlin, Wisconsin. This will mark the first time that Waukesha County will host the annual state pageants. Miss Wisconsin moved to Oshkosh in 1963 after four years being held in Kenosha.

Results summary

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The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Wisconsin titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.

Placements

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  • Miss Americas: Terry Meeuwsen (1973), Laura Kaeppeler (2012), Grace Stanke (2023)
  • 1st runners-up: Mary Alice Fox (1960), Joan Mary Engh (1963), Judith Hieke (1974)
  • 2nd runners-up: Barbara Burk Baugh (1968), Tina Marie Sauerhammer (2004)
  • 3rd runners-up: N/A
  • 4th runners-up: Sharon Singstock (1966)
  • Top 8: Christina Thompson (2008)
  • Top 10: Keungsuk Kim (1982), Tania Ziegler (1994), Mary-Louise Kurey (2000)
  • Top 12: Paula Mae Kuiper (2014)
  • Top 15: Clara Ethel Koehler (1924), Betty Miller (1941), Phyllis Ann Kessler (1949), Tianna Vanderhei (2019)
  • Top 16: Antoine Lunde (1946)
  • Top 18: Marie Marguerite Huebner (1933)

Awards

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Preliminary awards

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Non-finalist awards

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  • Non-finalist Interview: Nicole Jean Locy (1998)
  • Non-finalist Talent: Lynn Byron Holden (1957), Marilyn Sembell (1976), Gail Marie Soller (1983), Maria Kim (1988), Tricia Luedtke (1991), Stephanie Klett (1993), Joya Zamora (2001)

Other awards

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  • Miss Congeniality: N/A
  • Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Award: Mary-Louise Kurey (2000)
  • Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Carol Ann Schmitt (1975)
  • Quality of Life Award Finalists: Laura Herriot (2002), Molly McGrath (2005)
  • Special Education Award: Carol Ann Schmitt (1975)
  • Special Scholarship Award: Barbara Jean Bonville (1964)
  • STEM Scholarship 2nd runner-up: Jennifer Marie Schmidt (2022)

Winners

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  •   Declared as winner
  •   Ended as a runner-up
  •   Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist
Year Name Hometown Age Local title Miss America talent Placement at Miss America Special scholarships at Miss America Notes
2024 Mandi Jo Genord Beaver Dam 22 Miss Northern Lights Lyrical jazz dance "You Don't Own Me" by Lesley Gore TBA TBA Previously Miss Wisconsin's Outstanding Teen 2018
2023 Lila Hui Szyryj Madison 22 Miss South Central Classical piano, "Revolutionary Etude" by Frederic Chopin She is the fifth Asian-American, first Chinese-American, and first Madison native to win Miss Wisconsin.
2022 Kylene Elizabeth Spanbauer Fond du Lac 23 Miss Harbor Cities Baton, "Holding Out for a Hero" Did not compete; originally 1st runner-up, later assumed the title after Stanke won Miss America 2023[1]
Previously Miss Wisconsin's Outstanding Teen 2016
Grace Stanke Wausau 20 Miss Badgerland Classical Violin, "The Storm" by Antonio Vivaldi Winner Preliminary Talent Award Winner Previously Miss Wisconsin's Outstanding Teen 2017;[2] first woman to hold both state titles[citation needed]
2021 Jennifer Marie Schmidt[3] Racine 25 Miss Rock River Valley Jazz Dance STEM Scholarship 2nd runner-up
2019–20[a] Alyssa Marie Bohm[6] Mount Pleasant 24 Tap Dance, "Feeling Good"
2018 Tianna Marie Vanderhei[7] Wisconsin Rapids 25 Miss Wood Violet Contemporary Dance, "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers Top 15[8] Preliminary On Stage Interview Award[9] Competed for Miss Wisconsin six times, a state pageant record[citation needed]
2017 McKenna Holly Collins[10] Waunakee 20 Miss Madison Ballet en Pointe, “Habanera” from Carmen Previously a company member at the Madison Ballet[11]

Daughter of Wisconsin's Alice in Dairyland 1992, Kristan Ann Conrad[12]
2016 Courtney Jean Pelot[13] Manitowoc 22 Miss Green Bay Area Dance, "Burnin' Up" by Jessie J
2015 Rosalie Elizabeth Smith[14] Waukesha 19 Miss New Berlin Lyrical Dance, "Heaven" by Beyoncé
2014 Raeanna Mary Johnson Holmen 24 Miss Madison Lyrical Dance, "Hallelujah" 3rd runner-up at National Sweetheart 2011 pageant[15]

First woman to hold the Miss Wisconsin title twice

4th runner-up at Miss Wisconsin USA 2017 pageant[16]
2013 Paula Mae Kuiper[17] Mount Pleasant 19 Miss Madison Piano, "Hungarian Rhapsody" Top 12
2012 Kathryn (Kate) Bess Gorman[citation needed] Onalaska 23 Miss La Crosse/Oktoberfest Vocal, "20th Century Fox Mambo" from Smash
2011 Raeanna Mary Johnson[18] Holmen 21 Miss Seven Rivers Lyrical Dance, "Hallelujah" by Alexandra Burke Did not compete; originally 1st runner-up, later assumed the title after Kaeppeler won Miss America 2012
Laura Kaeppeler Kenosha 23 Miss Southern Wisconsin Operatic Vocal, "Il Bacio" by Luigi Arditi Winner[19] Preliminary Talent Award Contestant at National Sweetheart 2010 pageant[citation needed]

Married TV producer, Mike Fleiss in 2014[20]
2010 Kimberly Brooke Sawyer Egg Harbor 22 Miss Green Bay Area Classical Vocal, "Donde lieta uscì" from La bohème
2009 Kristina Kelly Smaby Holmen 22 Miss Madison Ballet en Pointe, "River Deep – Mountain High"
2008 Briana Rose Lipor Racine 21 Miss South Central Classical Vocal, "Chi Il Bel Sogno di Doretta" from La rondine
2007 Christina Anna Thompson[21] Pleasant Prairie 23 Miss Madison Classical Violin, "Praeludium & Allegro" by Fritz Kreisler Top 8
2006 Meghan Marie Coffey New Berlin 22 Miss New Berlin Baton Twirling, "Stuff Like That There" Previously Wisconsin's National Teenager 2003
2005 Tracy Ann Gest Menomonee Falls 20 Miss New Berlin Classical Piano, "Morceaux de fantaisie" Previously Beauties of America Teen 2003[citation needed]
2004 Molly Jean McGrath Wisconsin Rapids 22 Miss Madison Theatrical Ballet en Pointe, "All That Jazz" Quality of Life Award Finalist
2003 Tina Marie Sauerhammer Green Bay 22 Miss Madison Classical Cello, "Le cygne" 2nd runner-up Preliminary Talent Award
2002 Jayme Michel Dawicki New Berlin 22 Miss Southern Wisconsin Classical Piano, "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen"
2001 Laura Margaret Herriot Princeton 23 Miss Berlin Vocal, "Oh, Lady Be Good!" Quality of Life Award Finalist
2000 Joya Josephine Zamora Kenosha 23 Miss Eastern Shore Vocal, "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" Non-finalist Talent Award
1999 Mary-Louise Kurey Brookfield 24 Miss West Allis Classical Vocal, "Il Bacio" Top 10 Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Award

Preliminary Talent Award
1998 Jill Marie Patzner Arcadia 22 Miss Western Wisconsin Semi-classical Vocal, "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera
1997 Nicole Jean Locy Glendale 22 Miss Western Wisconsin Vocal, "Someone Else's Story" from Chess Non-finalist Interview Award
1996 Jennifer Marie Streblow Oshkosh 18 Miss Oshkosh Vocal, "Someone Like You" from Jekyll & Hyde
1995 Pamela Lynn Polk Berlin 22 Miss Southeastern Wisconsin Vocal, "Operator"
1994 Laura Jean Voss Green Bay 22 Miss Green Bay Semi-classical Vocal, West Side Story Medley
1993 Tania Elizabeth Ziegler Fond du Lac 18 Miss Fond du Lac Classical Violin, "Bruch's Concerto No. 1 in G Minor" Top 10
1992 Stephanie Klett Beloit 25 Miss Wisconsin Central Coronet Medley, "Basin Street Blues" & "Ciribiribin" Non-finalist Talent Award[22] Later Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Tourism[22] (2011-2019)
1991 Brenda Jo Haines Arcadia 19 Miss Arcadia Jazz Clarinet
1990 Tricia Ann Luedtke Oostburg 19 Miss Oshkosh Classical Piano, "Polichinelle in F Sharp Minor" Non-finalist Talent Award
1989 Kimberly Jean Totdahl Racine 23 Miss Kenosha Vocal & Dance, "Being Alive" Previously Miss Wisconsin T.E.E.N. 1982

Later Miss Wisconsin USA 1991
1988 Jeanie Marie Pfeiffer Franksville 25 Miss Milwaukee Vocal, "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody"
1987 Maria Kim Shorewood 20 Miss Madison Classical Piano, "Fantaisie-Impromptu" Non-finalist Talent Award

Preliminary Talent Award 		Previously Miss Wisconsin National Teenager 1983

Previously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 1985
1986 Mara Ann Nesemann Brookfield 20 Miss Waukesha County Gymnastics Dance Routine, "1980"
1985 Mary Kay Anderson St. Francis 20 Miss St. Francis Piano, "Frederik Chopin's Etude, Winter Wind, Op 25, No 11" Later Miss Wisconsin USA 1988
1984 Barbara Marie Mullally Onalaska 22 Miss La Crosse/Oktoberfest Vocal, "Here I Am" Toured with Miss America USO Troupe, 1985
1983 Wendy Lynn Wagner Menomonie / Des Plaines, Illinois 22 Miss Menomonie Vocal, "Mira" from Carnival!
1982 Gail Marie Soller La Crosse 24 Miss La Crosse/Oktoberfest Classical Vocal, "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" Non-finalist Talent Award
1981 Keungsuk Kim Shorewood 19 Miss Milwaukee Classical Piano, "Kabalevsky's Prelude" Top 10
1980 Dana Lorraine Spychalla Appleton 19 Miss Fond du Lac Vocal, "The Music and the Mirror" from A Chorus Line
1979 Kristine Kay Konrad Oshkosh 19 Miss Oshkosh Vocal, "Starting Here, Starting Now"
1978 Carin Ann Kizewic Racine 24 Miss Milwaukee Ballet en Pointe, "The Overture" from Die Fledermaus
1977 Jennifer Mae Woychik Arcadia 19 Miss Arcadia Vocal Comedy, "I Love Trash"
1976 Julie Ann Nowak Greendale 19 Miss West Allis Popular Vocal, "Do You Know Where You're Going To?"
1975 Marilyn Jean Sembell Beloit / St. Louis, Missouri 25 Miss Lake Geneva Classical Piano, "Prelude in G minor" Non-finalist Talent Award
1974 Carol Ann Schmitt Green Bay 22 Miss Milwaukee Vocal, "Speak Softly Love" Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship

Special Education Award
1973 Judith Hieke Menomonee Falls 19 Miss Milwaukee Flute Medley including "Cuanto le Gusta" 1st runner-up Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1972 Linda Marie Henderson Elm Grove 20 Miss Milwaukee-Summerfest Ballet[citation needed] Did not compete; originally 1st runner-up, later assumed the title after Meeuwsen won Miss America 1973
Terry Meeuwsen De Pere 23 Miss Appleton Vocal, "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat! Winner Preliminary Swimsuit Award

Preliminary Talent Award
1971 Patricia Ann Jacobs Wauwatosa 19 Miss Stevens Point Vocal & Dance, "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1970 Linda Jane Johnson Milwaukee 19 Miss Madison Piano, "Polonaise"
1969 Cynthia Ann Morgan Janesville 18 Miss Janesville Vocal, "Old Devil Moon"
1968 Marilyn Kay Brahmsteadt Wisconsin Rapids 21 Miss La Crosse Vocal, "What a Diff'rence a Day Made"
1967 Barbara Burk Baugh Brookfield 20 Miss Milwaukee Vocal, "Mira" from Carnival! 2nd runner-up Barbara Burk Baugh Waters died at age 55 on October 26, 2002, at home in Brookfield, Wis. after a long battle with cancer.
1966 Candace Gail Hinz Milwaukee 19 Miss West Allis Piano & Watercolor Painting, "Tara's Theme" from Gone with the Wind
1965 Sharon Mae Singstock Oshkosh 20 Miss Oshkosh Vocal, "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody" 4th runner-up
1964 Angela Gina Baldi Glendale 18 Miss North Shore Piano, "On Wisconsin in Three Variations"
1963 Barbara Jean Bonville Whitefish Bay 19 Miss North Shore Cello, "Pièce en forme de Habanera" by Maurice Ravel Special Scholarship Award
1962 Joan Mary Engh La Crosse 21 Miss La Crosse Vocal Comedy, "I'll Be Anything You Want Me to Be" 1st runner-up Preliminary Swimsuit Award Served as Wisconsin's Alice in Dairyland in 1960.
1961 Diane Margaret Anderson Eau Claire 19 Miss Eau Claire Violin & Ballet en Pointe, "The Swan"
1960 Karen Marie Fahrenbach Racine 21 Miss Racine Classical Ballet en Pointe, "The Sleeping Beauty" Karen Marie Fahrenbach Thompson died of cancer at age 68 on November 6, 2007, in Racine, Wisconsin.
1959 Mary Alice Fox Sheboygan 20 Miss Sheboygan Soft Shoe Comedy Dance 1st runner-up Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1958 Kay Joan Ross West Allis 24 Miss West Allis Art Presentation with Vocal & Dance
1957 Joan Carol Hentschel Wauwatosa 18 Miss Wauwatosa Interpretive Ballet, "3:00 in the Morning"
1956 Lynn Byron Holden Milwaukee 19 Miss Ripon Piano Non-finalist Talent Award
1955 Margaret Carolynne Walls Milwaukee 18 Miss Milwaukee Ballet, "Dying Swan"
1954 Dixie Ann Sarchet Stevens Point 19 Miss Wisconsin Rapids Modern Dance, "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" Dixie Ann Sarchet Kuenn married Detroit Tigers baseball player and future Milwaukee Brewers coach and manager Harvey Edward Kuenn on October 29, 1955, in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. She died at 69 on March 12, 2004, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1953 Judith Lee Jacobsen Wauwatosa 19 Miss Milwaukee Vocal & Dance, "Make Believe" & "Come Back to Sorrento"
1952 Jeannie Eleanore Huston La Crosse 19 Miss La Crosse Cello
1951 Sheila Marie Murphy Marshfield 18 Miss Marshfield Monologue
1950 Gloria Betty Lange Milwaukee 20 Miss Milwaukee Operatic Vocal, "The Donkey Serenade" from The Firefly
1949 Phyllis Ann Kessler Green Bay 18 Miss Green Bay Baton Twirling Top 15 Phyllis Ann Kessler Lynn Sacho died at age 90 on March 7, 2022, in De Pere, Wisconsin. At the time of her passing, she was the oldest and earliest living Miss Wisconsin titleholder.
1948 Marvene Margaret Fischer Milwaukee 19 Miss Milwaukee
1947 Gladys Elaine Berkley Baraboo 19 Miss Baraboo Monologue Gladys Elaine Berkley Stracy died of a brief illness in Madison, Wisconsin at age 38 on September 10, 1965. She remains as the only Miss Wisconsin from Sauk County.
1946 Antoine (Toni) Bernice Lunde Milwaukee / Westby 20 Miss Milwaukee Top 16 Antonie Lunde Early died at age 78 on March 9, 2006, at home in Greenwood, South Carolina.
1945 Eileen Christianson (Christy) Menomonie 20 Miss Menomonie
1944 Elsie (Elyse) Sutter Milwaukee 20 Miss Milwaukee N/A Did not compete in the Miss America 1944 pageant. She died on September 16, 2019, at 95.
1943 No Wisconsin representative at Miss America pageant
1942 Charlotte Ruth Lemmer Milwaukee 18 Miss Milwaukee
1941 Betty Ann Miller[23] Milwaukee 18 Miss Milwaukee Mid-Summer Festival Artistic Caricature of President Franklin D. Roosevelt Top 15
1940 No Wisconsin representative at Miss America pageant
1939
1938
1937
1936 Aline Fern Schwartz Milwaukee 18 Miss Milwaukee
1935 No Wisconsin representative at Miss America pageant
1934 No pageant was held
1933 Marie Marguerite Huebner Portage[24] 20 Miss Portage Top 18 Marie Huebner Raimer died at 93 on February 15, 2007, in Puyallup, Washington after a brief illness.
1932 No pageants were held
1931
1930
1929
1928
1927 Marjorie Mae Leffingwell Madison / Rio, Wisconsin Miss Madison Marjorie Mae Leffingwell Grate died at age 83 in Madison, Wisconsin on December 23, 1992. Multiple Wisconsin representatives

Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Virginia June Hillyer Fort Atkinson 17 Miss Wisconsin Virginia June Hillyer Kincaid was the first-ever crowned Miss Wisconsin and later died at 77 of heart complications in Panama City, Florida on November 25, 1986.
1926 Dorothy Bernadine Seiler Madison Miss Madison Dorothy Bernadine Seiler Bowley died at age 90 on April 3, 1996, in Augusta, Wisconsin. Multiple Wisconsin representatives

Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Florence Andrees Milwaukee Miss Milwaukee
Name not known Miss Racine
1925 Virginia Sara Armstrong Milwaukee Miss Milwaukee Was later named Miss South Bend (Indiana) 1927. Virginia "Ginny" Sara Armstrong Mahn died in Mount Dora, Florida, on July 16, 2009, at age 99. No Miss Wisconsin

Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
1924 Clara Ethel Koehler Milwaukee 26 Miss Milwaukee Top 15 Clara Ethel Koehler Lord died in Milwaukee at age 86 on June 30, 1984. She was the only contestant from Wisconsin to compete at Miss America who was born in the 19th century (June 1898). No Miss Wisconsin

Competed under local title at Miss America pageant
1923 No Wisconsin representative at Miss America pageant
1922
1921

Notes

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  1. ^ Titleholder extended to a full year in 2020 after state and national pageants postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Craft, Kevin (December 26, 2022). "Kylene Spanbauer to assume the role of Miss Wisconsin". WJFW-TV. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  2. ^ "Conservatory student Grace Stanke named Miss Teen Wisconsin". Wausau Conservatory of Music. Wausau Conservatory. September 27, 2017.
  3. ^ Northwestern, Oshkosh. "Miss Rock River Valley Jennifer Schmidt crowned Miss Wisconsin". The Oshkosh Northwestern. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  4. ^ "Miss Wisconsin Pageant canceled". WHBY. May 11, 2020. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  5. ^ Kuperinksy, Amy (May 8, 2020). "Miss America postpones pageant until 2021, N.J. pageant still set for September". Press of Atlantic City.
  6. ^ Shuda, Nathaniel (June 15, 2019). "Miss Wisconsin 2019 title goes to Miss Rock River Valley Alyssa Bohm". Oshkosh Northwestern.
  7. ^ Shuda, Nathaniel (June 16, 2018). "Miss Wisconsin 2018 title goes to Miss Wood Violet Tianna Vanderhei". Oshkosh Northwestern.
  8. ^ Serpico, Erin (September 8, 2018). "Miss New York crowned Miss America 2019 in Atlantic City". Press of Atlantic City.
  9. ^ "The Latest: Swimsuit-less Miss America competition begins". ABC News. September 5, 2018.
  10. ^ "Miss Madison Capital City McKenna Collins crowned Miss Wisconsin 2017". The Northwestern. June 17, 2017.
  11. ^ "Two sisters, two pageants". The Waunakee Tribune. June 16, 2017.
  12. ^ "Kristan Collins: She shares her passions with her kids". July 3, 2013.
  13. ^ "Miss Green Bay captures statewide crown". Daily Union. June 27, 2016.
  14. ^ Dickmann, Noell (June 21, 2015). "There she is: Meet Miss Wisconsin 2015 Rosalie Smith". Oshkosh Northwestern. Oshkosh, WI: Gannett.
  15. ^ "Holmen's Raeanna Johnson places fourth in national pageant". Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life. September 8, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  16. ^ "Miss Wisconsin USA & Teen USA pageant results". Pageant Update. August 14, 2019.
  17. ^ Bauter, Alison (June 22, 2013). "Former Miss Racine the newest Miss Wisconsin". The Journal Times.
  18. ^ "New Miss Wisconsin announced". News8000.com. WKBT La Crosse. January 21, 2012. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
  19. ^ Oldenburg, Ann (January 14, 2012). "Miss America pageant crowns 2012 winner". USA Today. Gannett.
  20. ^ "Mike Fleiss Marries Laura Kaeppeler", People Magazine, April 9, 2014
  21. ^ "Miss Madison is new Miss Wisconsin". Appleton Post Crescent. 2007-07-01. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
  22. ^ a b "Stephanie Klett biography". Wisconsin Department of Tourism. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  23. ^ "Miss Delaware to Give Atlantic City Beauties Run for U. S. Honors". Wilmington, Delaware: The Morning News. September 4, 1941.
  24. ^ http://missamerica1933.com/newspapers/19330819IronwoodMI-wi.jpg [bare URL image file]
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