Miss Wisconsin USA
The Miss Wisconsin USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Wisconsin in the Miss USA pageant. Since 2008 the state pageant has been directed by Future Productions of Savage, Minnesota.
Wisconsin is one of the least successful states in the Miss USA system. The state's highest placing was Mary Cook earning 2nd runner-up in 1974, and they had no placements from 1979 until 2007, when Caitlin Morrall made the top fifteen. In 2005, Melissa Ann Young won the Miss Congeniality award and Elyzabeth Pham won Miss Photogenic in 1999.
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[edit] Results summary
[edit] Placements
- 2nd runner-up: Mary Cook (1974)
- 3rd runner-up: Jodi Bonham (1967)
- Top 15: Rita Younger (1954), Jeanne Boulay (1955), Kathryn Wituschek (1979), Caitlin Morrall (2007)
[edit] Awards
- Miss Photogenic: Elyzabeth Pham (1999)
- Miss Congeniality: Melissa Ann Young (2005)
- Best State Costume: Diane Modrow (1973)
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Emily Guerin | Monroe | 22 | |||
| 2011 | Jordan Marie Morkin[1] | Green Bay | 20 | |||
| Shaletta Porterfield | Madison | 26 | Resigned after being charged with three counts of identity theft.[2] | |||
| 2010 | Courtney Lopez[3] | Racine | 19 | Previously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 2008 | ||
| 2009 | Alexandra Wehrley | Pewaukee | 23 | |||
| 2008 | Michelyn Butler | Madison | 24 | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2007 | ||
| 2007 | Caitlin Morrall | Burlington | 23 | Top 15 | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2003 | |
| 2006 | Anna Piscitello | Hartland | 20 | |||
| 2005 | Melissa Ann Young | Menasha | 25 | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 2004 | Jenna Schultz | Pewaukee | 20 | |||
| 2003 | Judith Eckerle | Milwaukee | ||||
| 2002 | Cortney Owen | Muskego | ||||
| 2001 | Kari Jo Dodge | Star Prairie | ||||
| 2000 | Samantha Jo Picha | Verona | ||||
| 1999 | Elyzabeth Pham | 26 | Miss Photogenic | |||
| 1998 | Michelle Altman | Green Bay | ||||
| 1997 | Tara Johnson | |||||
| 1996 | Mary Stoker[4] | First African-American titleholder.[4] | ||||
| 1995 | Tanae Geisler | Previously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 1993 | ||||
| 1994 | Gina Desmond | |||||
| 1993 | Heather Hanson | Madison | ||||
| 1992 | Kelly Bright | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 25 | |||
| 1991 | Kimberly Totdahl[5] | Racine | ||||
| 1990 | Lynn Mulcahy | |||||
| 1989 | Sherri Baxter | Madison | ||||
| 1988 | Mary Anderson[6] | St Francis | Previously Miss Wisconsin 1985.[6] | |||
| 1987 | Regina Part | Stevens Point | ||||
| 1986 | Bonnie Bonnicksen | Madison | ||||
| 1985 | Deborah Strauss[7] | Milwaukee | ||||
| 1984 | Tamara Schoof | Milwaukee | ||||
| 1983 | Susan Peters | Menomonee Falls | ||||
| 1982 | Cheryl Maslowski | Milwaukee | ||||
| 1981 | Dawn Spreeman | Kaukauna | ||||
| 1980 | Susan McGaffigan | Pewaukee | ||||
| 1979 | Kathryn Wituschek | Milwaukee | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1978 | Cynthia Paulson | |||||
| 1977 | Vicki Payne | |||||
| 1976 | Susan Femrite | Madison | ||||
| 1975 | Rita Pedder | Madison | ||||
| 1974 | Mary Cook | Wind Lake | 2nd runner-up | |||
| 1973 | Diane Modrow | Best State Costume | ||||
| 1972 | Suzan Nass | |||||
| 1971 | Pamela Martin | |||||
| 1970 | Joann Soller | Eau Claire | ||||
| 1969 | Christine Sachen | |||||
| 1968 | Janice Kopps | |||||
| 1967 | Jodi Bonham | 3rd runner-up | ||||
| 1966 | Janet Driscoll | |||||
| 1965 | Judith Achtor | |||||
| 1964 | Carolyne Limquite | |||||
| 1963 | Lynn Korchunoff | |||||
| 1962 | Sherri Mathson | |||||
| 1961 | Karen Reisweber | |||||
| 1960 | Sharyn Chalik | |||||
| 1959 | Charlene Krause | |||||
| 1958 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1957 | Natalie Lueck | |||||
| 1956 | Priscilla Perkins | |||||
| 1955 | Jeanne Boulay | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1954 | Rita Younger | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1953 | Jacque Kimmel | |||||
| 1952 | Jeannie Huston | withdrew |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
[edit] References
- ^ "Miss Wisconsin USA Jordan Marie Morkin". Miss Universe. http://www.missuniverse.com/missusa/members/profile/585187/year:2011/#.
- ^ "Miss Wisconsin USA’s dreams of becoming Miss USA shattered as she’s charged with ID theft". Daily Mail. 11 May 2011. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1387280/Miss-Wisconsin-USA-Shaletta-Porterfield-charged-ID-theft.html#ixzz1R1uxboCv.
- ^ "New Miss Wisconsin Crowned". WSAW. 28 September 2009. http://www.wsaw.com/home/headlines/62458712.html.
- ^ a b "Miss Wisconsin on a Mission". The Telegraph-Herald. 25 November 1995. http://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=8VRFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3rsMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6749,5176123&dq=miss-wisconsin-usa&hl=en.
- ^ "Miss Wisconsin USA crowned". The Milwaukee Sentinel. 15 January 1991. http://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=i1ExAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1BIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6243,3310103&dq=miss-wisconsin-usa&hl=en.
- ^ a b "Miss Wisconsin USA was Miss Wisconsin America". The Telegraph-Herald. 2 November 1987. http://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=tZddAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q1wNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5876,651165&dq=miss-wisconsin-usa&hl=en.
- ^ "Special Dream: Pageant winner wants to be kept busy". The Milwaukee Journal. 9 January 1985. http://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=2GsaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HyoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2299,5985042&dq=miss-wisconsin-usa&hl=en.
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