- Miss Wisconsin
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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Wisconsin USA.
Christina Thompson, Miss Wisconsin 2007
Tracy Gest, Miss Wisconsin 2005The Miss Wisconsin competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Wisconsin in the Miss America pageant. Wisconsin has once 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 Laura Kaeppeler Kenosha 23 Miss Southern Wisconsin Operatic Vocal 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[1] 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" by Luigi Arditi 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[2] 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
- ^ "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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