Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss Wisconsin USA and Teen USA pageants, from the first winner to the most recent. Get to know every single Miss and Teen titleholder with a full listing, hometown map and extensive photo archive, with state pageant photos, Miss USA and Teen USA competition photos and more.
17 • Rhinelander
22 • Hubertus
28 • Madison
20 • Milwaukee
26 • Milwaukee
21 • Waunakee
2nd runner-up
at Miss USA
2nd runner-up
Mary Lynn Cook (1974), Alexis Loomans (2023)
3rd runner-up
Jodi Bonham (1967)
Semi-finalist
Rita Younger (1954), Jeanne Boulay (1955), Kathy Wituschek (1979)
Top 8/10/11/12*
Bishara Dorre (2014)
Top 15/16/20*
Caitlin Morrall (2007)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Congeniality
Melissa Ann Young (2005)
Photogenic
Elyzabeth Lee Pham (1999), Kate Redeker (2016)
State Costume
Diane Modrow (1973)
Other Awards
Best in Interview • Alexis Loomans (2023)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2023 | Alexis Loomans* | Waunakee | 21 | 2nd runner-up | Previously Miss WI Teen USA 2018 | |
 | 2022 | Hollis Brown | Milwaukee | 26 | |||
 | 2021 | Samantha Keaton | Milwaukee | 20 | |||
 | 2020 | Gabriella Deyi | Madison | 28 | |||
 | 2019 | Danika Tramburg | Hubertus | 22 | |||
 | 2018 | Regina Gray | Milwaukee | 24 | |||
 | 2017 | Skylar Witte | Schofield | 19 | |||
 | 2016 | Kate Redeker* | Sheboygan | 19 | Photogenic | Previously Miss WI Teen USA 2013 (SF Miss Teen USA) | |
 | 2015 | Haley Laundrie | Lake Mills | 21 | |||
 | 2014 | Bishara Dorre°* | Milwaukee | 24 | Top 10 | Previously Miss WI Teen USA 2006 & Miss WI's OT 2007 (SF MAOTeen) | |
 | 2013 | Chrissy Zamora | Milwaukee | 26 | |||
 | 2012 | Emily Guerin | Monroe | 23 | |||
 | 2011 | Jordan Morkin | Green Bay | 21 | Assumed title | ||
 | 2011 | Shaletta Porterfield | Madison | 26 | Resigned prior to Miss USA due to charges of identity theft | ||
 | 2010 | Courtney Lopez* | Racine | 20 | Previously Miss WI Teen USA 2008 | ||
 | 2009 | Alexandra Wehrley | Pewaukee | 21 | |||
 | 2008 | Michelyn Butler | Madison | 25 | |||
 | 2007 | Caitlin Morrall | Burlington | 23 | Top 15 | ||
 | 2006 | Anna Piscitello | Hartland | 20 | |||
 | 2005 | Melissa Ann Young | Menasha | 25 | Congeniality | ||
 | 2004 | Jenna Schultz | Pewaukee | 20 | |||
 | 2003 | Judith Kim Eckerle | Milwaukee | 25 | |||
 | 2002 | Cortney Owen | Muskego | 22 | |||
 | 2001 | Kari Jo Dodge | Star Prairie | 22 | |||
 | 2000 | Samantha Picha | Verona | 20 | |||
 | 1999 | Elyzabeth Lee Pham | Madison | 26 | Photogenic | ||
 | 1998 | Michelle Altman | Green Bay | 21 | |||
 | 1997 | Tara Jo Johnson | Onalaska | 21 | |||
 | 1996 | Mary Jo Stoker | Madison | 26 | |||
 | 1995 | Tanae Geisler* | Hudson | 19 | Previously Miss WI Teen USA 1993 | ||
 | 1994 | Gina Desmond | Milwaukee | 25 | |||
 | 1993 | Heather Hanson | Madison | 23 | |||
 | 1992 | Kelly Bright | Greenfield | 25 | |||
 | 1991 | Kimberly Totdahl^ | Racine | 24 | Previously Miss WI 1989 | ||
 | 1990 | Lynn Mulcahy | Madison | 20 | |||
 | 1989 | Sherri Baxter | Madison | 19 | |||
 | 1988 | Mary Anderson^ | St Francis | 22 | Previously Miss WI 1985 | ||
 | 1987 | Regina Part | Stevens Point | 19 | |||
 | 1986 | Bonnie Bonnicksen | Madison | 22 | |||
 | 1985 | Deborah Strauss | Thiensville | 22 | |||
 | 1984 | Tamara Schoof | Milwaukee | 24 | |||
 | 1983 | Susan Peters | Menomonee Falls | 22 | |||
 | 1982 | Cheryl Maslowski | Milwaukee | 21 | |||
 | 1981 | Dawn Spreeman | Kaukauna | 18 | |||
 | 1980 | Susan McGaffigan | Pewaukee | 20 | |||
 | 1979 | Kathy Wituschek | Milwaukee | 23 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1978 | Cynthia Paulson | Altoona | 23 | |||
 | 1977 | Vicki Payne | Menomenie | ||||
 | 1976 | Susan Femrite | Madison | 18 | |||
 | 1975 | Rita Pedder | Madison | 18 | |||
 | 1974 | Mary Lynn Cook | Wind Lake | 19 | 2nd runner-up | ||
 | 1973 | Diane Modrow | Green Bay | 18 | State Costume | ||
 | 1972 | Susan Nass | Menomenie | 18 | |||
 | 1971 | Pamela Martin | Milwaukee | 25 | |||
 | 1970 | Jo Ann Soller | Eau Claire | 18 | |||
 | 1969 | Christine Sachen | Racine | 20 | |||
| 1968 | Janis Kopps | Milwaukee | 19 | ||||
 | 1967 | Jodi Bonham | Milwaukee | 19 | 3rd runner-up | ||
 | 1966 | Janet Driscoll | Wauwatosa | 20 | |||
 | 1965 | Judith Achtor | Wauwatosa | 19 | |||
 | 1964 | Carolyn Lindquist | Wauwatosa | ||||
 | 1963 | Lynn Korchunoff | Fox Point | 20 | |||
 | 1962 | Sherri Mattison | |||||
 | 1961 | Karen Reisweber | Fox Point | 20 | |||
 | 1960 | Sharyn Chalik | Wauwatosa | 19 | |||
 | 1959 | Charlene Krause | Milwaukee | 19 | |||
| 1958 | – | ||||||
 | 1957 | Natalie Lueck | Two Rivers | 20 | |||
 | 1956 | Priscilla Perkins | DePere | 20 | |||
 | 1955 | Jeanne Boulay | Fond du Lac | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1954 | Rita Younger | Baraboo | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1953 | Jacque Kimmel | Janesville | 21 | |||
 | 1952 | Jeannie Huston | La Crosse | 19 |
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Alexis Loomans* | Waunakee | 21 | 2nd runner-up | Previously Miss WI Teen USA 2018 | |
| 2022 | Hollis Brown | Milwaukee | 26 | |||
| 2021 | Samantha Keaton | Milwaukee | 20 | |||
| 2020 | Gabriella Deyi | Madison | 28 | |||
| 2019 | Danika Tramburg | Hubertus | 22 | |||
| 2018 | Regina Gray | Milwaukee | 24 | |||
| 2017 | Skylar Witte | Schofield | 19 | |||
| 2016 | Kate Redeker* | Sheboygan | 19 | Photogenic | Previously Miss WI Teen USA 2013 (SF Miss Teen USA) | |
| 2015 | Haley Laundrie | Lake Mills | 21 | |||
| 2014 | Bishara Dorre°* | Milwaukee | 24 | Top 10 | Previously Miss WI Teen USA 2006 & Miss WI's OT 2007 (SF MAOTeen) | |
| 2013 | Chrissy Zamora | Milwaukee | 26 | |||
| 2012 | Emily Guerin | Monroe | 23 | |||
| 2011 | Jordan Morkin | Green Bay | 21 | Assumed title | ||
| 2011 | Shaletta Porterfield | Madison | 26 | Resigned prior to Miss USA due to charges of identity theft | ||
| 2010 | Courtney Lopez* | Racine | 20 | Previously Miss WI Teen USA 2008 | ||
| 2009 | Alexandra Wehrley | Pewaukee | 21 | |||
| 2008 | Michelyn Butler | Madison | 25 | |||
| 2007 | Caitlin Morrall | Burlington | 23 | Top 15 | ||
| 2006 | Anna Piscitello | Hartland | 20 | |||
| 2005 | Melissa Ann Young | Menasha | 25 | Congeniality | ||
| 2004 | Jenna Schultz | Pewaukee | 20 | |||
| 2003 | Judith Kim Eckerle | Milwaukee | 25 | |||
| 2002 | Cortney Owen | Muskego | 22 | |||
| 2001 | Kari Jo Dodge | Star Prairie | 22 | |||
| 2000 | Samantha Picha | Verona | 20 | |||
| 1999 | Elyzabeth Lee Pham | Madison | 26 | Photogenic | ||
| 1998 | Michelle Altman | Green Bay | 21 | |||
| 1997 | Tara Jo Johnson | Onalaska | 21 | |||
| 1996 | Mary Jo Stoker | Madison | 26 | |||
| 1995 | Tanae Geisler* | Hudson | 19 | Previously Miss WI Teen USA 1993 | ||
| 1994 | Gina Desmond | Milwaukee | 25 | |||
| 1993 | Heather Hanson | Madison | 23 | |||
| 1992 | Kelly Bright | Greenfield | 25 | |||
| 1991 | Kimberly Totdahl^ | Racine | 24 | Previously Miss WI 1989 | ||
| 1990 | Lynn Mulcahy | Madison | 20 | |||
| 1989 | Sherri Baxter | Madison | 19 | |||
| 1988 | Mary Anderson^ | St Francis | 22 | Previously Miss WI 1985 | ||
| 1987 | Regina Part | Stevens Point | 19 | |||
| 1986 | Bonnie Bonnicksen | Madison | 22 | |||
| 1985 | Deborah Strauss | Thiensville | 22 | |||
| 1984 | Tamara Schoof | Milwaukee | 24 | |||
| 1983 | Susan Peters | Menomonee Falls | 22 | |||
| 1982 | Cheryl Maslowski | Milwaukee | 21 | |||
| 1981 | Dawn Spreeman | Kaukauna | 18 | |||
| 1980 | Susan McGaffigan | Pewaukee | 20 | |||
| 1979 | Kathy Wituschek | Milwaukee | 23 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1978 | Cynthia Paulson | Altoona | 23 | |||
| 1977 | Vicki Payne | Menomenie | ||||
| 1976 | Susan Femrite | Madison | 18 | |||
| 1975 | Rita Pedder | Madison | 18 | |||
| 1974 | Mary Lynn Cook | Wind Lake | 19 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1973 | Diane Modrow | Green Bay | 18 | State Costume | ||
| 1972 | Susan Nass | Menomenie | 18 | |||
| 1971 | Pamela Martin | Milwaukee | 25 | |||
| 1970 | Jo Ann Soller | Eau Claire | 18 | |||
| 1969 | Christine Sachen | Racine | 20 | |||
| 1968 | Janis Kopps | Milwaukee | 19 | ||||
| 1967 | Jodi Bonham | Milwaukee | 19 | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 1966 | Janet Driscoll | Wauwatosa | 20 | |||
| 1965 | Judith Achtor | Wauwatosa | 19 | |||
| 1964 | Carolyn Lindquist | Wauwatosa | ||||
| 1963 | Lynn Korchunoff | Fox Point | 20 | |||
| 1962 | Sherri Mattison | |||||
| 1961 | Karen Reisweber | Fox Point | 20 | |||
| 1960 | Sharyn Chalik | Wauwatosa | 19 | |||
| 1959 | Charlene Krause | Milwaukee | 19 | |||
| 1958 | – | ||||||
| 1957 | Natalie Lueck | Two Rivers | 20 | |||
| 1956 | Priscilla Perkins | DePere | 20 | |||
| 1955 | Jeanne Boulay | Fond du Lac | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1954 | Rita Younger | Baraboo | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1953 | Jacque Kimmel | Janesville | 21 | |||
| 1952 | Jeannie Huston | La Crosse | 19 |
18 • Mosinee
19 • Lyndon Station
19 • Mequon
Semi-finalist
at Miss Teen USA
15 • Mequon
Semi-finalist
at Miss Teen USA
19 • Hudson
Semi-finalist
at Miss Teen USA
Winner
Vanessa Semrow (2002)
Semi-finalist
Adrianne Hazelwood (1984), Kate Redeker (2013), Patience Vallier (2014), Shreya Gundelly (2021), Sage Gundelly (2022), Shelby Hohneke (2023)
Photogenic
Adrianne Hazelwood (1984)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2023 | Shelby Hohneke | Hudson | 19 | Top 20 | ||
 | 2022 | Sage Gundelly | Mequon | 15 | Semi-finalist | Sister of Miss WI Teen USA 2021 Shreya Gundelly | |
 | 2021 | Shreya Gundelly | Mequon | 19 | Semi-finalist | Sister of Miss WI Teen USA 2022 Sage Gundelly | |
 | 2020 | Olivia Lulich | Lyndon Station | 19 | |||
 | 2019 | Sydney Bobinski | Mosinee | 18 | |||
 | 2018 | Alexis Loomans | Waunakee | 16 | Later Miss WI USA 2023 | ||
 | 2017 | Abby Bryson | Brookfield | 19 | Sister of Miss WI Teen USA 2009 Elizabeth Bryson | ||
 | 2016 | Karly Knaus | Plymouth | 18 | |||
 | 2015 | Kenna Mia Harke | Greenville | 17 | |||
 | 2014 | Patience Vallier | Lake Mills | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2013 | Kate Redeker* | Sheboygan | 17 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss WI USA 2016 (Photogenic @ Miss USA) | |
 | 2012 | Briana Yamat | Oak Creek | 15 | |||
 | 2011 | Victoria Sorone Johnston | Eau Claire | 19 | |||
 | 2010 | Kirsten Norderhaug | Brookfield | 17 | Daughter of Miss ND USA 1976 Linda Paulson | ||
 | 2009 | Elizabeth Bryson | Brookfield | 18 | Sister of Miss WI Teen USA 2017 Abby Bryson | ||
 | 2008 | Courtney Lopez* | Oak Creek | 18 | Later Miss WI USA 2010 | ||
 | 2007 | Shauna Sabir | Milwaukee | 17 | |||
 | 2006 | Bishara Dorre°* | Milwaukee | 16 | Later Miss WI's OT 2007 (SF MAOTeen) & Miss WI USA 2014 (T10 Miss USA) | ||
 | 2005 | Anisa Phillips | Stevens Point | 18 | |||
 | 2004 | Myla DelBasio | Racine | 17 | |||
 | 2003 | Jenna Tighe | Madison | 17 | |||
 | 2002 | VANESSA SEMROW | Rhinelander | 17 | Miss Teen USA | ||
 | 2001 | Kellyann Langford | Muskego | 17 | |||
 | 2000 | Erica Gustafson | Bristol | 16 | |||
 | 1999 | Deanndra DeBlack | Monroe | 16 | |||
 | 1998 | Heidi Cody | Markesan | 16 | |||
 | 1997 | Allison Schroeder | Milwaukee | 16 | |||
 | 1996 | Nicole Werra | South Milwaukee | 16 | |||
 | 1995 | Rebecca Rowe | Prescott | 17 | |||
 | 1994 | Tara Luellwitz | Brookfield | 17 | |||
 | 1993 | Tanae Geisler* | Hudson | 19 | Later Miss WI USA 1995 | ||
 | 1992 | Trina Landowski | Stevens Point | 17 | |||
 | 1991 | Pamela Schroeder | |||||
 | 1990 | Deborah Santacroce | Glendale | 17 | |||
 | 1989 | Shannon Redmond | Hayward | 17 | |||
 | 1988 | Jennifer Schwalenberg | Kaukauna | 17 | |||
 | 1987 | Barbara Nelson | Oshkosh | 16 | |||
 | 1986 | Lanae St.John | La Crosse | 16 | |||
 | 1985 | Maria Kim^ | Shorewood | 18 | Later Miss WI 1987; sister of Miss WI 1981 Keungsuk Kim | ||
 | 1984 | Adrianne Hazelwood* | Glendale | 16 | Semi-finalist | Photogenic | Later Miss CT USA 1985 |
 | 1983 | Jane Zawada | Niagara | 17 |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Shelby Hohneke | Hudson | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2022 | Sage Gundelly | Mequon | 15 | Semi-finalist | Sister of Miss WI Teen USA 2021 Shreya Gundelly | |
| 2021 | Shreya Gundelly | Mequon | 19 | Semi-finalist | Sister of Miss WI Teen USA 2022 Sage Gundelly | |
| 2020 | Olivia Lulich | Lyndon Station | 19 | |||
| 2019 | Sydney Bobinski | Mosinee | 18 | |||
| 2018 | Alexis Loomans | Waunakee | 16 | Later Miss WI USA 2023 | ||
| 2017 | Abby Bryson | Brookfield | 19 | Sister of Miss WI Teen USA 2009 Elizabeth Bryson | ||
| 2016 | Karly Knaus | Plymouth | 18 | |||
| 2015 | Kenna Mia Harke | Greenville | 17 | |||
| 2014 | Patience Vallier | Lake Mills | 17 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2013 | Kate Redeker* | Sheboygan | 17 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss WI USA 2016 (Photogenic @ Miss USA) | |
| 2012 | Briana Yamat | Oak Creek | 15 | |||
| 2011 | Victoria Sorone Johnston | Eau Claire | 19 | |||
| 2010 | Kirsten Norderhaug | Brookfield | 17 | Daughter of Miss ND USA 1976 Linda Paulson | ||
| 2009 | Elizabeth Bryson | Brookfield | 18 | Sister of Miss WI Teen USA 2017 Abby Bryson | ||
| 2008 | Courtney Lopez* | Oak Creek | 18 | Later Miss WI USA 2010 | ||
| 2007 | Shauna Sabir | Milwaukee | 17 | |||
| 2006 | Bishara Dorre°* | Milwaukee | 16 | Later Miss WI's OT 2007 (SF MAOTeen) & Miss WI USA 2014 (T10 Miss USA) | ||
| 2005 | Anisa Phillips | Stevens Point | 18 | |||
| 2004 | Myla DelBasio | Racine | 17 | |||
| 2003 | Jenna Tighe | Madison | 17 | |||
| 2002 | VANESSA SEMROW | Rhinelander | 17 | Miss Teen USA | ||
| 2001 | Kellyann Langford | Muskego | 17 | |||
| 2000 | Erica Gustafson | Bristol | 16 | |||
| 1999 | Deanndra DeBlack | Monroe | 16 | |||
| 1998 | Heidi Cody | Markesan | 16 | |||
| 1997 | Allison Schroeder | Milwaukee | 16 | |||
| 1996 | Nicole Werra | South Milwaukee | 16 | |||
| 1995 | Rebecca Rowe | Prescott | 17 | |||
| 1994 | Tara Luellwitz | Brookfield | 17 | |||
| 1993 | Tanae Geisler* | Hudson | 19 | Later Miss WI USA 1995 | ||
| 1992 | Trina Landowski | Stevens Point | 17 | |||
| 1991 | Pamela Schroeder | |||||
| 1990 | Deborah Santacroce | Glendale | 17 | |||
| 1989 | Shannon Redmond | Hayward | 17 | |||
| 1988 | Jennifer Schwalenberg | Kaukauna | 17 | |||
| 1987 | Barbara Nelson | Oshkosh | 16 | |||
| 1986 | Lanae St.John | La Crosse | 16 | |||
| 1985 | Maria Kim^ | Shorewood | 18 | Later Miss WI 1987; sister of Miss WI 1981 Keungsuk Kim | ||
| 1984 | Adrianne Hazelwood* | Glendale | 16 | Semi-finalist | Photogenic | Later Miss CT USA 1985 |
| 1983 | Jane Zawada | Niagara | 17 |
