Miss Wisconsin USA & Teen USA 2016 contestant commentary

Miss Wisconsin USA and Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 2016 will be crowned Sunday afternoon in Fond du Lac!  The show starts at 4pm CST and will be webcast here (Future Productions run their own webcasts & the quality is great!).  Numbers for both groups are down on 2015.

Three of last year's runners-up are back in the Miss division: Heidi Golznig (1RU 2015, 2RU 12, 1RU WI Teen USA 2009), Carolyn Cianciolo (2RU 2015 & 2014, and a runner-up in Missouri in 2013), and former Miss WI Teen USA 2011 Victoria Sorone who has been a runner-up the past three years.  Victoria isn't the only former Teen competing: Kate Redeker, Miss WI Teen USA 2013 and a semi-finalist at Miss Teen USA, is competing in Miss for the first time.  Kate's first runner-up Teaka Griesbach, also a Teen runner-up in 2014, is vying to be the second Miss WI's Outstanding Teen to win Miss WI USA.  2014 runner-up Cassandra Besaw, Miss Photogenic three

In Teen, second runner-up Brittany Georgia and fourth runner-up Grace Mackey-Natz are back, as are semi-finalists Morgan Hillmann, and Karly Knaus.

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2015 Miss Top Five | Victoria Sorone Johnston* (4RU), Jenny White (3RU), Haley Laundrie (Miss WI USA), Heidi Golznig* (1RU), Carolyn Ciancolo* (2RU)

2013 Teen Top Five | Patience Vallier (3RU), Jennifer Johnson (4RU), Kate Redeker* (Miss WI Teen USA), Teaka Griesbach* (1RU), Lauren Skelton (2RU)

2015 Teen Top Five | Alexis Preibe (3RU), Brittany Georgia* (2RU), Kenna Mia Harke (Miss WI Teen USA), McKenna Collins (1RU), Grace Mackey-Natz* (4RU)

Asterisks denote 2016 contestants 

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Contestants

MISS WI USA 2016 (45)
Tania Alvarez (NF 15)
Sara Axness (SF 15)
Ana Bakken
Madison Baumgart
Mikayla Berge
Cassandra Besaw (SF 15, 4RU 14, SF 13, SF 12)
Lindsey Bosetski
Neziah Bowers
Hannah Bradley
Ciarra Bullard
Destiny Caithamer (SF WI TUSA 12)
Carolyn Cianciolo (2RU 15, 2RU 14, 4RU MO USA 13, SF MO USA 12) 
Laura Fuchs
Autumn Gabrielson
Heidi Golznig (1RU 15, 2RU 12, 1RU WI TUSA 09) 
Regina Gray (SF 14)
Teaka Griesbach (2RU WI TUSA 14, 1RU WI TUSA 13, WI's OT 10)
Cassandra Guzman
Nefateria Guzman (NF 15, NF WI TUSA 14)
Natalie Hamilton (SF 15, 3RU WI TUSA 14, SF 13)
Madeline Helwig
Natalie Howard (SF 15)
Taylor Kelm
Alexandria Knight
Jennifer Lake
Bailey Mangold
Tyra McFarland
Stephanie Mead
Marissa Miller
Valerie Oswalt
Rheanna Pencak
Samantha Powers (NF 15)
Mariama Rashaed (NF 15, NF 14)
Kate Redeker (Miss WI Teen USA 2013)
Gabrielle Roelse (NF 15)
Willow Smith
Victoria Sorone (4RU 15, 1RU 14, 4RU 13, Miss WI Teen USA 2011, 3RU 10, 3RU 09, SF 08, 4RU 07) 
Sara Spaulding
Dnaika Tramburg
Dakota Vandeberg
Mayra Villagomez
Sarah Westad
Cheyenne Winslow
McKayla Wright
Megan Zielke (NF 15)

MISS WI TEEN USA (23)
Mikayla Becker
Madeline Bruss
Abigail Bryson
Brittany Dohm (NF 15, NF 13)
Brittany Georgia (2RU 15)
Alysha Grosz
Cassandra Hanestad
Rachel Higgins
Morgan Hillmann (SF 15)
Ivy Hoffman
Karly Knaus (SF 15)
Jacquelyn Laursen
Grace Mackey-Natz (4RU 15)
Lily  Marcom
Alabama Matrious
Disheka Moore
Selena Morgan
Alexis Nestel
Paige  Novachek (NF 15)
Sloan Schmitz
Halie Schwingel
Victoria Sciborski
Zoe Sippl
Jacqueline Sporie
Makenzie Vang
Skylar Witte