The Miss Wisconsin Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of

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in the

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pageant. It is currently produced by Future Productions based in

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since 2007. Wisconsin has placed at Miss Teen USA on seven occasions. The first placement was in 1984, when Adrianne Hazelwood made the ten semi-finalists, and then endured an eighteen-year dry spell until

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won the

crown in 2002. Then lastly with two consecutive semi-final placements with Katherine (Kate) Patrice Redeker (2013) and Patience Ann Vallier (2014), followed by Shreya Gundelly in 2021 and her sister Sage Gundelly in 2022. Shelby Lynn Hohneke was among the 20 quarter-semi-finalists in 2023 when the national pageant was held in Reno, Nevada. Six Wisconsin teen titleholders have competed at

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, (four as Miss Wisconsin-USA in 1995, 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2023, and one as

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in 1985). One teen, Maria Kim, has also competed at

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in 1987 and won two talent awards. In 2007, Bishara Abridasheed Dorre, Miss Wisconsin Teen-USA 2006, became the first former Miss Teen USA state titleholder to win a

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state title, when she was crowned Miss Wisconsin's Outstanding Teen 2007. Third time was the charm for Olivia Mae Negri of

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who was crowned Miss Wisconsin Teen-USA on her third attempt at the state teen pageant held on June 15, 2024 at the Verona High School's Performing Arts Center in

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over twelve other statewide entrants. She will represent Wisconsin for the title of

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on August 1, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. The 2025 Miss Wisconsin Teen-USA pageant is to be held in June 2025.

Results summary

Placements

*Miss Teen USA:

Vanessa Marie Semrow Vanessa Marie Semrow (born November 17, 1984) is an American model and beauty queen who won Miss Teen USA 2002. Personal life Semrow was born as Vanessa Marie Semrow in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Her mother is Thai, her father American. Pageantry S ...

(2002) *Top 10: Adrianne Hazelwood (1984) *Top 15: Patience Ann Vallier (2014) *Top 16: Katherine Patrice Redeker (2013), Shreya Gundelly (2021), Sage Gundelly (2022) *Top 20: Shelby Hohneke (2023) Wisconsin holds a record of 7 placements at Miss Teen-USA.

Winners

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

External links

Official website
{{Miss Teen USA state

Women in Wisconsin