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

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in the

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pageant. Since 2007, the state pageant has been directed by Future Productions of

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. Wisconsin is one of the least successful states in the Miss USA system with only seven placements in over sixty years as the state has yet to win the Miss USA title. The most recent placement was Bishara Dorre in 2014, placing Top 10. 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. Elyzabeth Lee Pham won Miss Photogenic in

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and Kate Redeker at

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. Hollis Brown of

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was crowned Miss Wisconsin USA 2022 on May 8, 2022, at Madison Marriott West Hotel in Middleton. She represented Wisconsin for the title of Miss USA 2022.

Gallery of titleholders

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Results summary

Placements

*2nd runner-up: Mary Lynn Cook (1974) *3rd runner-up: Jodi Bonham (1967) *Top 10/12: Kathryn Wituschek (1979), Bishara Dorre (2014) *Top 15/20: Rita Delores Younger (1954), Jeanne Boulay (1955), Caitlin Morrall (2007) Wisconsin holds a record of 7 placements at

Awards

*Miss Photogenic: Elyzabeth Lee Pham (1999), Kate Redeker (2016) *Miss Congeniality: Melissa Ann Young (2005) *Best State Costume: Diane Modrow (1973)

Winners

;Color key

References

External links

* {{Miss USA state

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