Miss Wisconsin
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The Miss Wisconsin competition is the pageant, held annually in Oshkosh, that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Wisconsin in the Miss America pageant. Wisconsin has twice won the Miss America crown (1973 and 2012).
Jennifer Schmidt of Racine was crowned Miss Wisconsin 2021 on June 19, 2021 at Alberta Kimball Auditorium at Oshkosh West High School in Oshkosh, Wisconsin after besting 21 other women for the state title on her third attempt. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2022 in November 2021.
Results summary[]
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[]
- Miss Americas: Terry Meeuwsen (1973), Laura Kaeppeler (2012)
- 1st runners-up: Mary Alice Fox (1960), Joan Mary Engh (1963), Judith Hieke (1974)
- 2nd runners-up: Barbara Burk Baugh (1968), Tina 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 Kuiper (2014)
- Top 15: Clara Koehler (1924), Betty Miller (1941), Phyllis Ann Kessler (1949), Tianna Vanderhei (2019)
- Top 16: Antoine Lunde (1946)
- Top 18: Marie Marguerite Huebner (1933)
Awards[]
Preliminary awards[]
- Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Mary Alice Fox (1960), Joan Engh (1963), Terry Meeuwsen (1973), Judy Hieke (1974)
- Preliminary On Stage Interview: Tianna Vanderhei (2019)
- Preliminary Talent: Terry Meeuwsen (1973), Maria Kim (1988), Mary-Louise Kurey (2000), Tina Sauerhammer (2004), Laura Kaeppeler (2012)
Non-finalist awards[]
- Non-finalist Interview: Nicole Jean Locy (1998)
- Non-finalist Talent: Lynn Byron Holden (1957), Marilyn Sembell (1976), Gail Soller (1983), Maria Kim (1988), Tricia Luedtke (1991), Stephanie Klett (1993), Joya Zamora (2001)
Other awards[]
- Miss Congeniality: N/A
- Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Award: Mary-Louise Kurey (2000)
- Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Carol Schmitt (1975)
- Quality of Life Award Finalists: Laura Herriot (2002), Molly McGrath (2005)
- Special Education Award: Carol Schmitt (1975)
- Special Scholarship Award: Barbara Bonville (1964)
Winners[]
- 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 |
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2021 | Jennifer Schmidt[1] | Racine | 25 | Miss Rock River Valley | Jazz Dance | To be announced | ||
2019–20[a] | Alyssa Marie Bohm[4] | Mount Pleasant | 24 | Tap Dance, "Feeling Good" | ||||
2018 | Tianna Marie Vanderhei[5] | Wisconsin Rapids | 25 | Miss Wood Violet | Contemporary Dance, "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers | Top 15[6] | Preliminary On Stage Interview Award[7] | Competed for Miss Wisconsin six times, a state pageant record[citation needed] |
2017 | McKenna Holly Collins[8] | Waunakee | 20 | Miss Madison | Ballet en Pointe, “Habanera” from Carmen | Previously a company member at the Madison Ballet[9] Daughter of Wisconsin's Alice in Dairyland 1992, Kristan Conrad[10] | ||
2016 | Courtney Jean Pelot[11] | Manitowoc | 22 | Miss Green Bay Area | Dance, "Burnin' Up" by Jessie J | |||
2015 | Rosalie Elizabeth Smith[12] | 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[13] First woman to hold the Miss Wisconsin title twice 4th runner-up at Miss Wisconsin USA 2017 pageant[14] | ||
2013 | Paula Mae Kuiper[15] | Mount Pleasant | 19 | Miss Madison | Piano, "Hungarian Rhapsody" | Top 12 | ||
2012 | Kate Gorman[16] | Onalaska | 23 | Miss La Crosse/Oktoberfest | Vocal, "20th Century Fox Mambo" from Smash | |||
2011 | Raeanna Mary Johnson[17] | Holmen | 21 | Miss Seven Rivers | Lyrical Dance, "Hallelujah" by Alexandra Burke | N/A | 1st runner-up at Miss Wisconsin 2011 pageant Assumed title when Laura Kaeppeler won the Miss America 2012 title Later Miss Wisconsin 2014 | |
Laura Kaeppeler | Kenosha | 23 | Miss Southern Wisconsin | Operatic Vocal, "Il Bacio" by Luigi Arditi | Winner[18] | Preliminary Talent Award | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2010 pageant[19] Married TV producer, Mike Fleiss in 2014[20] | |
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 | 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 Thompson[21] | Pleasant Prairie | 23 | Miss Madison | Classical Violin, "Praeludium & Allegro" by Fritz Kreisler | Top 8 | ||
2006 | Meghan 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 McGrath | Wisconsin Rapids | 22 | Miss Madison | Theatrical Ballet en Pointe, "All That Jazz" | Quality of Life Award Finalist | ||
2003 | Tina Sauerhammer | Green Bay | 22 | Miss Madison | Classical Cello, "Le cygne" | 2nd runner-up | 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!" | Quality of Life Award Finalist | ||
2000 | Joya 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 |
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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 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, West Side Story Medley | |||
1993 | Tania 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] | |
1991 | Brenda Haines | Arcadia | 19 | Miss Arcadia | Jazz Clarinet | |||
1990 | Tricia 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 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 Mullally | Onalaska | 22 | Miss La Crosse/Oktoberfest | Vocal, "Here I Am" | |||
1983 | Wendy 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 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 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 Award | ||
1974 | Carol Schmitt | Green Bay | 22 | Miss Milwaukee | Vocal, "Speak Softly Love" | Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship Special Education Award |
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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] | N/A | 1st runner-up at Miss Wisconsin 1972 pageant Assumed title when Meeuwsen was crowned 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 |
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1971 | Patricia 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 | Cynthia 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 Burk Baugh | Brookfield | 20 | Miss Milwaukee | Vocal, "Mira" from Carnival! | 2nd runner-up | ||
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 | |
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" | |||
1959 | Mary Alice Fox | Sheboygan | 20 | Miss Sheboygan | Soft Shoe Comedy Dance | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
1958 | Kay Ross | West Allis | 24 | Miss West Allis | Art Presentation with Vocal & Dance | |||
1957 | Joan 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 Walls | Milwaukee | 18 | Miss Milwaukee | Ballet, "Dying Swan" | |||
1954 | Dixie Sarchet | Stevens Point | 19 | Miss Wisconsin Rapids | Modern Dance, "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" | |||
1953 | Judith Jacobsen | Wauwatosa | 19 | Miss Milwaukee | Vocal & Dance, "Make Believe" & "Come Back to Sorrento" | |||
1952 | Jeannie Huston | La Crosse | 19 | Miss La Crosse | Cello | |||
1951 | Sheila Murphy | Marshfield | 18 | Miss Marshfield | Monologue | |||
1950 | Gloria Lange | Milwaukee | 20 | Miss Milwaukee | Operatic Vocal, "Donkey Serenade" from The Firefly | |||
1949 | Phyllis Kessler | Green Bay | 18 | Miss Green Bay | Baton Twirling | Top 15 | ||
1948 | Marvene Fischer | Milwaukee | 19 | Miss Milwaukee | ||||
1947 | Gladys Berkley | Baraboo | 19 | Miss Baraboo | Monologue | |||
1946 | Antoine Lunde | Milwaukee / Westby | 20 | Miss Milwaukee | Top 16 | |||
1945 | Eileen 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 Sept. 16, 2019 at 95. | ||
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1942 | Charlotte 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 | ||
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1936 | Aline Schwartz | Milwaukee | 18 | Miss Milwaukee | ||||
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1933 | Marie Marguerite Huebner | Portage[24] | 20 | Miss Portage | Top 18 | |||
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1927 | Marjorie Leffingwell | Miss Madison | Multiple Wisconsin representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||||
Virginia Hillyer | Fort Atkinson | 17 | Miss Wisconsin | |||||
1926 | Dorothy Seiler | Miss Madison | Multiple Wisconsin representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||||
Florence Andrees | Miss Milwaukee | |||||||
Name not known | Miss Racine | |||||||
1925 | Virginia Armstrong | Miss Milwaukee | No Miss Wisconsin Competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||||
1924 | Clara Koehler | Miss Milwaukee | Top 15 | No Miss Wisconsin Competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
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Notes[]
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