Miss Wisconsin
Appearance
The Miss Wisconsin competition is the pageant, held annually in Oshkosh, that selects the representative for the state of Wisconsin in the Miss America pageant. Wisconsin has twice won the Miss America crown (1973 and 2012).
McKenna Holly Collins of Waunakee was crowned Miss Wisconsin 2017 on June 17, 2017 at Alberta Kimball Auditorium in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2018 on September 10, 2018 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Results summary
The year in parentheses indicates the year of the Miss America competition the award/placement was garnered.
Placements
- Miss Americas: Terry Meeuwsen (1973), Laura Kaeppeler (2012)
- 1st runners-up: Mary Alice Fox (1960), Joan Mary Engh (1963), Judy 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 Elizabeth Ziegler (1994), Mary-Louise Kurey (2000)
- Top 12: Paula Mae Kuiper (2014)
- Top 15: Clara Koehler (1924), Betty Ann Miller (1941), Phyllis Ann Kessler (1949)
- Top 16: Antoine Bernice Lunde (1946)
- Top 18: Marie Marguerite Huebner (1933)
Awards
Preliminary awards
- Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Mary Alice Fox (1960), Joan Mary Engh (1963), Terry Meeuwsen (1973), Judy Hieke (1974)
- Preliminary Talent: Terry Meeuwsen (1973), Maria Kim (1988), Mary-Louise Kurey (2000), Tina Sauerhammer (2004), Laura Kaeppeler (2012)
Non-finalist awards
- Non-finalist Talent: Lynn Byron Holden (1957), Marilyn Sembell (1976), Gail Marie Soller (1983), Maria Kim (1988), Tricia Ann Luedtke (1991), Stephanie Klett (1993), Joya Josephine Zamora (2001)
- Non-finalist Interview: Nicole Jean Locy (1998)
Other awards
- 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 Jean McGrath (2005)
- Special Education Award: Carol Ann Schmitt (1975)
- Special Scholarship Award: Barbara Jean Bonville (1964)
Winners
Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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2017 | McKenna Collins[1] | Waunakee | 20 | Miss Madison | Classical ballet en pointe | Previously a company member at the Madison Ballet[2] Her mother, Kristan Conrad Collins, was Wisconsin's Alice in Dairyland 1992[3] | ||
2016 | Courtney Pelot | Manitowoc | 22 | Miss Green Bay Area | Dance "Burnin' Up" by Jessie J | |||
2015 | Rosalie Smith | Waukesha | 19 | Miss New Berlin | Lyrical Dance "Heaven" by Beyoncé | |||
2014 | Raeanna Johnson | Holmen | 24 | Miss Madison | Lyrical Dance "Hallelujah" | 3rd runner-up at National Sweetheart 2011[4] First woman to hold Miss Wisconsin title twice (in 2011 and 2014) | ||
2013 | Paula Kuiper | Mount Pleasant | 19 | Miss Madison | Piano "Hungarian Rhapsody" | Top 12 | ||
2012 | Kate Gorman | Onalaska | 23 | Miss La Crosse/Oktoberfest | Vocal "20th Century Fox Mambo" from Smash | |||
2011 | Raeanna Johnson[5] | Holmen | 21 | Miss Seven Rivers | Lyrical dance "Hallelujah" by Alexandra Burke | N/A | N/A | 1st runner-up at Miss Wisconsin 2011
3rd runner-up at National Sweetheart 2011[4] 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 | Preliminary Talent Award | Married TV producer, Mike Fleiss in 2014[6] | |
2010 | Kimberly Sawyer | Egg Harbor | 22 | Miss Green Bay Area | Classical Vocal "Donde lieta uscì" from La bohème | |||
2009 | Kristina Smaby | Holmen | 22 | Miss Madison | 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 | Golden Sash Winner - Countdown to the Crown[citation needed] | ||
2007 | Christina Anna Thompson[7] | Pleasant Prairie | 23 | Miss Madison | Classical Violin "Praeludium & Allegro" by Fritz Kreisler | Top 8 | ||
2006 | Meghan Coffey | New Berlin | 22 | Miss New Berlin | Novelty Baton Twirling "Stuff Like That There" | Previously Wisconsin's National Teenager 2003 | ||
2005 | Tracy Ann Gest | Menomonee Falls | 20 | Miss New Berlin | Classical Piano "Polichinelle in F Sharp Minor" | Previously Beauties of America Teen 2003 | ||
2004 | Molly 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 "The Swan" | 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 Patzner | Arcadia | 22 | Miss Western Wisconsin | Semi-classical Vocal "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera | |||
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 "West Side Story melodies" | |||
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[8] | Later Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Tourism[8] | |
1991 | Brenda Haines | Arcadia | 19 | Miss Arcadia | Clarinet Solo "Jazz Clarinet Medley" | |||
1990 | Tricia Ann Luedtke | Oostburg | 19 | Miss Oshkosh | Classical Piano "Polichinelle in F Sharp Minor" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1989 | Kimberly Totdahl | Racine | 23 | Miss Kenosha | Vocal & Dance "Being Alive" | Previously Miss Wisconsin T.E.E.N. 1982 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 | 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 Solo "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" | |||
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 Sembell | Beloit | 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 |
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1973 | Judith (Judy) 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 | Classical Piano | N/A | N/A | 1st runner-up at Miss Wisconsin 1972 Assumed title when Terry Meeuwsen won Miss America 1973 |
Terry Meeuwsen | DePere | 23 | Miss Appleton | Vocal "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat! | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award Preliminary Talent Award |
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1971 | Patricia (Patti) Anne 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 (Cindy) Anne 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 | Featured performer on Miss America 1968 pageant | |
1966 | Candace Gail Hinz | Milwaukee | 19 | Miss West Allis | Piano Solo & Watercolor Painting Exhibition "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 | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
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 | Violincello Solo "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 Solo & 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 Joan Ross | West Allis | 24 | Miss West Allis | Art Presentation with Vocal & Dance to an Original Song | |||
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 Dance "Dying Swan" | |||
1954 | Dixie Ann Sarchet | Stevens Point | 19 | Miss Wisconsin Rapids | Modern Dance "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" | |||
1953 | Judith Lee Jacobsen | Wauwatosa | 19 | Miss Milwaukee | Vocal & Dance "Make Believe" & "Come Back to Sorrento" | |||
1952 | Jeannie Eleanor Huston | La Crosse | 19 | Miss La Crosse | Cello | |||
1951 | Sheila Murphy | Marshfield | 18 | Miss Marshfield | Monologue | |||
1950 | Gloria Betty Lange | Milwaukee | 20 | Miss Milwaukee | Operatic Vocal "Donkey Serenade" from The Firefly | |||
1949 | Phyllis Ann Kessler | Green Bay | 18 | Miss Green Bay | Baton Twirling | Top 15 | ||
1948 | Marvene Margaret Fischer | Milwaukee | 19 | Miss Milwaukee | ||||
1947 | Gladys Elaine Berkley | Baraboo | 19 | Miss Baraboo | Monologue | |||
1946 | Antoine Bernice Lunde | Milwaukee / Westby | 20 | Miss Milwuaukee | Top 16 | |||
1945 | Eileen (Christianson) Christy | Menomonie | 20 | Miss Menomonie | ||||
1944 | Elyse Sutter | Milwaukee | 20 | Miss Milwaukee | N/A | N/A | Did not compete in the Miss America 1944 pageant | |
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1942 | Charlotte Ruth Lemmer | Milwaukee | 18 | Miss Milwaukee | ||||
1941 | Betty Ann Miller | Milwaukee | 18 | Miss Milwaukee Mid-Summer Festival | Artistic Caricature of President Franklin D. Roosevelt | Top 15 | ||
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1936 | Aline Fern Schwartz | Milwaukee | 18 | Miss Milwaukee | ||||
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1933 | Marie Marguerite Huebner | Portage[9] | 20 | Miss Portage | Top 18 | |||
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1927 | Virginia June Hillyer | Fort Atkinson | 17 | Miss Wisconsin | Multiple Wisconsin representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||
Marjorie Mae Leffingwell | Miss Madison | |||||||
1926 | Dorothy Bernadine 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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References
- ^ "Miss Madison Capital City McKenna Collins crowned Miss Wisconsin 2017". The Northwestern. June 17, 2017.
- ^ "Two sisters, two pageants". The Waunakee Tribune. June 16, 2017.
- ^ {{cite web| title= Kristan Collins: She shares her passions with her kids| url=http://www.hngnews.com/waunakee_tribune/community/arts_and_entertainment/article_f1ee5cee-e348-11e2-a50d-001a4bcf6878.html%7Cdate =July 3, 2013
- ^ a b "Holmen's Raeanna Johnson places fourth in national pageant". Onalaska Holmen Courier-Life. September 8, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "New Miss Wisconsin announced". News8000.com. WKBT La Crosse. January 21, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ^ "Mike Fleiss Marries Laura Kaeppeler", People Magazine, April 9, 2014
- ^ "Miss Madison is new Miss Wisconsin". Appleton Post Crescent. 2007-07-01. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
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