- Miss Wisconsin USA
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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss Wisconsin.
Bishara Dorre, Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 2006, Melissa Ann Young, Miss Wisconsin USA 2005, Anna Piscitello, Miss Wisconsin USA 2006 at the Miss Wisconsin USA 2007 pageant
Caitlin Morrall, Miss Wisconsin USA 2007The 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.
Contents
Results summary
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)
Awards
- Miss Photogenic: Elyzabeth Pham (1999)
- Miss Congeniality: Melissa Ann Young (2005)
- Best State Costume: Diane Modrow (1973)
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 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 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
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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