The Miss Wisconsin competition is the pageant, held annually in Oshkosh, that selects the representative for the U.S. state of

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in the annual

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pageant. Wisconsin has won the Miss America crown three times (

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). Montello native Mandi Jo Genord, 22, now of

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was crowned Miss Wisconsin 2024 on June 22, 2024, in

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. She competed in the 2025 Miss America competition on January 5, 2025 in Orlando, Florida and placed among the 11 semi-finalists. On September 17, 2024, the state pageant announced that the Miss Wisconsin pageant (as well as the Miss Wisconsin's Teen pageant) will be held in New Berlin, Wisconsin. This will mark the first time that Waukesha County will host the annual state pageants. Miss Wisconsin moved to Oshkosh in 1963 after four years being held in Kenosha. Miss Racine, Willow Ybre Newell of Racine became the first black woman to be crowned Miss Wisconsin; the first Miss Racine to win Miss Wisconsin since 1960 when Karen Marie Fahrenbach, a ballet dancer, earned the state title in Kenosha; and she is the first to be chosen and crowned as Miss Wisconsin in New Berlin after the state pageant moved to Waukesha County after sixty-two years being staged in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

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 (

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) * 1st runners-up: Mary Alice Fox (1960), Joan Mary Engh (1963), Judith Hieke (1974) * 2nd runners-up: Barbara Burk Baugh (1968), Tina Marie Sauerhammer (2004) * 3rd runners-up: N/A * 4th runners-up: Sharon Mae Singstock (1966) * Top 8: Christina Anna Thompson (2008) * Top 10: Keungsuk Kim (1982), Tania Ziegler (1994), Mary-Louise Kurey (2000) * Top 11: Mandi Jo Genord (2025) * Top 12: Paula Mae Kuiper (2014) * Top 15: Clara Ethel Koehler (1924), Betty Miller (1941), Phyllis Ann Kessler (1949), Tianna Marie Vanderhei (2019) * Top 16: Antoine (Toni) 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 Fitness: Mandi Genord (2025) * Preliminary On Stage Interview: Tianna Vanderhei (2019) * Preliminary Talent: Terry Meeuwsen (1973), Maria Kim (1988), Mary-Louise Kurey (2000), Tina Sauerhammer (2004),

(2012), Grace Marie Stanke (2023)

Non-finalist awards

* Non-finalist Interview: Nicole Jean Locy (1998) * Non-finalist Talent: Lynn Byron Holden (1957), Marilyn Jean Sembell (1976), Gail Marie Soller (1983), Maria Kim (1988), Tricia Ann 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 Ann Schmitt (1975) * Quality of Life Award Finalists: Laura Herriot (2002), Molly McGrath (2005) * Special Education Award: Carol Ann Schmitt (1975) * Special Scholarship Award: Barbara Jean Bonville (1964) *STEM Scholarship 2nd runner-up: Jennifer Marie Schmidt (2022) *American Heart Association's Go Red for Women Initiative Finalist: Mandi Genord (2025)

Winners

Notes

References

External links

Miss Wisconsin official website
{{Miss America state

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