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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Wisconsin USA.
The Miss Wisconsin competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Wisconsin in the Miss America pageant. Wisconsin has twice won the Miss America crown.
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Raeanna Johnson[1] | Holmen | Miss Seven Rivers | 1st runner-up to Miss Wisconsin 2011; Assumed title when Laura Kaeppeler won the Miss America title; 3rd runner-up to National Sweetheart 2011[2] | ||||
| Laura Kaeppeler | Kenosha | 23 | Miss Southern Wisconsin | Operatic Vocal "Il Bacio" by Luigi Arditi | Winner | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 2010 | Kimberly Sawyer | Egg Harbor | 22 | Miss Green Bay Area | Classical Vocal "Donde lieta uscì" from La bohème | |||
| 2009 | Kristina Kelly Smaby | Holmen | 22 | Miss Madison Capital City | Ballet en Pointe "River Deep – Mountain High" | |||
| 2008 | Briana Lipor | Racine | 21 | Miss South Central | Classical Vocal "Chi Il Bel Sogno di Doretta" from La rondine | |||
| 2007 | Christina Thompson[3] | Pleasant Prairie | 23 | Miss Madison-Capital City | Classical Violin "Praeludium & Allegro" by Fritz Kreisler | Top 8 at Miss America 2008 | ||
| 2006 | Meghan Coffey | New Berlin | 22 | Miss New Berlin | Novelty Baton Twirling "Stuff Like That There" | Wisconsin National Teenager 2003 | ||
| 2005 | Tracy Gest | Menomonee Falls | 20 | Miss New Berlin | Classical Piano "Polichinelle in F Sharp Minor" | Beauties of America Teen 2003 | ||
| 2004 | Molly McGrath | Wisconsin Rapids | 22 | Miss Madison Area | Theatrical Ballet en Pointe "All That Jazz" | Finalist, Quality of Life award | ||
| 2003 | Tina Sauerhammer | Green Bay | 22 | Miss Madison Area | Classical Cello "The Swan" | 2nd runner-up at Miss America 2004 | Preliminary Talent award | |
| 2002 | Jayme Dawicki | New Berlin | 22 | Miss Southern Wisconsin | Classical Piano "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen" | |||
| 2001 | Laura Herriot | Princeton | 23 | Miss Berlin | Vocal "Oh, Lady Be Good!" | Finalist, Quality of Life award | ||
| 2000 | Joya Zamora | Kenosha | 23 | Miss Eastern Shore | Vocal "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" | Non-finalist talent | ||
| 1999 | Mary-Louise Kurey | Brookfield | 24 | Miss West Allis | Classical Vocal "Il Bacio" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Award; Preliminary Talent award | |
| 1998 | Jill Patzner | Arcadia | 22 | Miss Western Wisconsin | Semi-Classical Vocal "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera | Scholar award | ||
| 1997 | Nicole Locy | Glendale | 22 | Miss Western Wisconsin | Vocal "Someone Else's Story" from Chess | Non-finalist interview award | ||
| 1996 | Jennifer Streblow | Oshkosh | 18 | Miss Oshkosh | Vocal "Someone Like You" from Jekyll & Hyde | |||
| 1995 | Pamela Polk | Berlin | 22 | Miss Southeastern Wisconsin | Vocal "Operator" | |||
| 1994 | Laura Voss | Green Bay | 22 | Miss Green Bay | Semi-Classical Vocal | |||
| 1993 | Tania Ziegler | Fond du Lac | 18 | Miss Fond du Lac | Classical Violin "Concerto No. 1 in G Minor" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1992 | Stephanie Klett | Beloit | 25 | Miss Wisconsin Central | Coronet Medley "Basin Street Blues" & "Ciribiribin" | Non-finalist Talent award | ||
| 1991 | Brenda Haines | Arcadia | 19 | Miss Arcadia | Clarinet Solo | |||
| 1990 | Tricia Ann Luedtke | Oostburg | 19 | Miss Oshkosh | Classical Piano "Polichinelle in F Sharp Minor" | Non-finalist Talent | ||
| 1989 | Kimberly Totdahl | Racine | 23 | Miss Kenosha | Vocal & Dance "Being Alive" | Later Miss Wisconsin USA 1991 | ||
| 1988 | Jeanie Pfeiffer | Franksville | 25 | Miss Milwaukee | Vocal "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" | |||
| 1987 | Maria Kim | Milwaukee | 20 | Miss Madison | Classical Piano "Fantaisie-Impromptu" | Preliminary Talent; Non-finalist Talent | Previously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 1985 | |
| 1986 | Mara Nesemann | Brookfield | 20 | Miss Waukesha County | Gymnastics | |||
| 1985 | Mary Kay Anderson | St. Francis | 20 | Miss St. Francis | Piano Solo | Later Miss Wisconsin USA 1988 | ||
| 1984 | Barbara Mullally | La Crosse | 22 | Miss La Crosse | Vocal Medley | |||
| 1983 | Wendy Wagner | Menomonie | 22 | Miss Menomonie | Vocal "Mira" from Carnival! | |||
| 1982 | Gail Marie Soller | La Crosse | 24 | Miss La Crosse | Classical Vocal "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" | Non-finalist Talent | ||
| 1981 | Keungsuk Kim | Milwaukee | 19 | Miss Milwaukee | Classical Piano "Kabalevsky's Prelude" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1980 | Dana Spychalla | Appleton | 19 | Miss Fond du Lac | Vocal "The Music And the Mirror" from A Chorus Line | |||
| 1979 | Kristine Konrad | Oshkosh | 19 | Miss Oshkosh | Vocal "Starting Here, Starting Now" | |||
| 1978 | Carin Kizewic | Racine | 24 | Miss Milwaukee | Ballet en Pointe "The Overture" from Die Fledermaus | |||
| 1977 | Jennifer 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 Sembell | Beloit | 25 | Miss Lake Geneva | Classical Piano "Prelude in G minor" | Non-finalist Talent | ||
| 1974 | Carol Ann Schmitt | Green Bay | 22 | Miss Milwaukee | Vocal "Speak Softly Love" | Special Education award, Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship recipient | ||
| 1973 | Judy Hieke | Menomonee Falls | 19 | Miss Milwaukee | Flute Medley including "Cuanto le Gusta" | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit | |
| 1972 | Linda Henderson* | Miss Milwaukee | ||||||
| Terry Anne Meeuwsen | DePere | 23 | Miss Appleton | Vocal "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat! | Winner | Preliminary Talent; Preliminary Swimsuit | ||
| 1971 | Patti Jacobs | Wauwatosa | 19 | Miss Stevens Point | Vocal & Dance "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1970 | Linda Johnson | Milwaukee | 19 | Miss Madison | Piano "Polonaise" | |||
| 1969 | Cindy Morgan | Janesville | 18 | Miss Janesville | Vocal "Old Devil Moon" | |||
| 1968 | Marilyn Brahmsteadt | Wisconsin Rapids | 21 | Miss La Crosse | Vocal "What a Diff'rence a Day Made" | |||
| 1967 | Barbara Baugh | Brookfield | 20 | Miss Milwaukee | Vocal "Mira" from Carnival! | 2nd runner-up | Featured performer in the 1968 Miss America Pageant | |
| 1966 | Candace Hinz | Milwaukee | 19 | Miss West Allis | Piano Solo & Painting Exhibition | |||
| 1965 | Sharon Singstock | Oshkosh | 20 | Miss Oshkosh | Vocal "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody" | 4th runner-up | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1964 | Angela Gina Baldi | Milwaukee | 18 | Miss North Shore | Classical Piano "Premiere Ballade" | |||
| 1963 | Barbara Bonville | Milwaukee | Miss North Shore | Violincello Solo "Pièce en forme de Habanera" by Maurice Ravel | Special Scholarship award | |||
| 1962 | Joan Engh | La Crosse | 21 | Miss La Crosse | Vocal Comedy "I'll Be Anything You Want Me To Be" | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit | |
| 1961 | Diane Anderson | Eau Claire | 19 | Miss Eau Claire | Violin Solo & Ballet en Pointe "The Swan" | |||
| 1960 | Karen Fahrenbach | Racine | 21 | Miss Racine | Classical Ballet en Pointe "The Sleeping Beauty" | |||
| 1959 | Mary Alice Fox | Sheboygan | 20 | Miss Sheboygan | Soft Shoe Comedy Dance | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit | |
| 1958 | Kay Joan Ross | West Allis | Miss West Allis | Art Presentation with Vocal & Dance to an Original Song | ||||
| 1957 | Joan Hentschel | Wauwatosa | Miss Wauwatosa | Interpretive Ballet | ||||
| 1956 | Lynn Holden | Milwaukee | Miss Ripon | Piano | Non-finalist Talent | |||
| 1955 | Margaret Walls | Milwaukee | Miss Milwaukee | Vocal | ||||
| 1954 | Dixie Ann Sarchet | Stevens Point | Miss Wisconsin Rapids | Dance | ||||
| 1953 | Judith Jacobsen | Wauwatosa | Miss Milwaukee | Vocal & Dance "Make Believe" & "Come Back to Sorrento" | ||||
| 1952 | Jeannie Huston | La Crosse | Miss La Crosse | Cello | ||||
| 1951 | Sheila Murphy | Marshfield | Monologue | |||||
| 1950 | Gloria Lange | Milwaukee | ||||||
| 1949 | Phyllis Kessler | Green Bay | Baton Twirling | Top 15 Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1948 | Marvene Fischer | Milwaukee | ||||||
| 1947 | Gladys Berkley | Baraboo | Monologue | |||||
| 1946 | Antoine Lunde | Milwaukee | Top 16 Semi-finalist | |||||
| 1945 | Eileen Christy | Menomonie | ||||||
| 1944 | Elyse Sutter | |||||||
| 1942 | Charlotte Lemmer | Milwaukee | ||||||
| 1941 | Betty Ann Miller | Milwaukee | Top 15 Semi-finalist | |||||
| 1936 | Aline Fern Schwartz | Milwaukee | ||||||
| 1933 | Marie Huebner | Portage[4] | 20 | Semi-Finalist | ||||
| 1927 | June Hillyer | Fort Atkinson | Also competing in the Miss America Pageant was Marjorie Leffingwell, Miss Madison | |||||
| 1926 | No Miss Wisconsin | Dorothy Seiler competed as Miss Madison and Florence Andrees competed as Miss Milwaukee. There was also a Miss Racine who competed in the Miss America Pageant this year, but her name is not known. | ||||||
| 1925 | No Miss Wisconsin | Virginia Armstrong competed as Miss Milwaukee in the Miss America Pageant | ||||||
| 1924 | No Miss Wisconsin | Clara Koehler competed as Miss Milwaukee and placed as a semi-finalist in the Miss America Pageant |
* Succeeded to the crown after Miss Wisconsin won Miss America
References
- ^ "New Miss Wisconsin announced". News8000.com. WKBT La Crosse. January 21, 2012. http://www.news8000.com/news/New-Miss-Wisconsin-announced/-/326/8481808/-/hwylb4/-/. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Holmen’s Raeanna Johnson places fourth in national pageant". Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life. September 8, 2011. http://lacrossetribune.com/courierlifenews/news/local/article_4faf81f2-da75-11e0-a65e-001cc4c03286.html. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Miss Madison is new Miss Wisconsin". Appleton Post Crescent. 2007-07-01. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20070928135913/http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070701/APC0101/707010572/1979. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
- ^ http://missamerica1933.com/newspapers/19330819IronwoodMI-wi.jpg
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