Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Kathryn (Kate) Bess Gorman | Onalaska | 23 | Miss La Crosse/Oktoberfest | Vocal | |||
| 2011 | Raeanna Mary Johnson | Holmen | Miss Seven Rivers | 1st runner-up to Miss Wisconsin 2011; Assumed title when Laura Kaeppeler won the Miss America title; 3rd runner-up to National Sweetheart 2011 | ||||
| Laura Marie Kaeppeler | Kenosha | 23 | Miss Southern Wisconsin | Operatic Vocal "Il Bacio" by Luigi Arditi | Winner | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 2010 | Kimberly Sawyer | Egg Harbor | 22 | Miss Green Bay Area | Classical Vocal "Donde lieta uscì" from La bohème | |||
| 2009 | Kristina Kelly Smaby | Holmen | 22 | Miss Madison | Ballet en Pointe "River Deep – Mountain High" | |||
| 2008 | Briana Rose Lipor | Racine | 21 | Miss South Central | Classical Vocal "Chi Il Bel Sogno di Doretta" from La rondine | |||
| 2007 | Christina Anna Thompson | Pleasant Prairie | 23 | Miss Madison | Classical Violin "Praeludium & Allegro" by Fritz Kreisler | Top 8 at Miss America 2008 | ||
| 2006 | Meghan Marie Coffey | New Berlin | 22 | Miss New Berlin | Novelty Baton Twirling "Stuff Like That There" | Wisconsin National Teenager 2003 | ||
| 2005 | Tracy Gest | Menomonee Falls | 20 | Miss New Berlin | Classical Piano "Polichinelle in F Sharp Minor" | Beauties of America Teen 2003 | ||
| 2004 | Molly McGrath | Wisconsin Rapids | 22 | Miss Madison Area | Theatrical Ballet en Pointe "All That Jazz" | Finalist, Quality of Life award | ||
| 2003 | Tina Sauerhammer | Green Bay | 22 | Miss Madison Area | Classical Cello "The Swan" | 2nd runner-up at Miss America 2004 | Preliminary Talent award | |
| 2002 | Jayme Dawicki | New Berlin | 22 | Miss Southern Wisconsin | Classical Piano "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen" | |||
| 2001 | Laura Herriot | Princeton | 23 | Miss Berlin | Vocal "Oh, Lady Be Good!" | Finalist, Quality of Life award | ||
| 2000 | Joya Zamora | Kenosha | 23 | Miss Eastern Shore | Vocal "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" | Non-finalist talent | ||
| 1999 | Mary-Louise Kurey | Brookfield | 24 | Miss West Allis | Classical Vocal "Il Bacio" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Award; Preliminary Talent award | |
| 1998 | Jill Marie Patzner | Arcadia | 22 | Miss Western Wisconsin | Semi-Classical Vocal "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera | Scholar award | ||
| 1997 | Nicole Jean Locy | Glendale | 22 | Miss Western Wisconsin | Vocal "Someone Else's Story" from Chess | Non-finalist interview award | ||
| 1996 | Jennifer Streblow | Oshkosh | 18 | Miss Oshkosh | Vocal "Someone Like You" from Jekyll & Hyde | |||
| 1995 | Pamela Polk | Berlin | 22 | Miss Southeastern Wisconsin | Vocal "Operator" | |||
| 1994 | Laura Voss | Green Bay | 22 | Miss Green Bay | Semi-Classical Vocal | |||
| 1993 | Tania Ziegler | Fond du Lac | 18 | Miss Fond du Lac | Classical Violin "Concerto No. 1 in G Minor" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1992 | Stephanie Klett | Beloit | 25 | Miss Wisconsin Central | Coronet Medley "Basin Street Blues" & "Ciribiribin" | Non-finalist Talent award | ||
| 1991 | Brenda Haines | Arcadia | 19 | Miss Arcadia | Clarinet Solo | |||
| 1990 | Tricia Ann Luedtke | Oostburg | 19 | Miss Oshkosh | Classical Piano "Polichinelle in F Sharp Minor" | Non-finalist Talent | ||
| 1989 | Kimberly Totdahl | Racine | 23 | Miss Kenosha | Vocal & Dance "Being Alive" | Later Miss Wisconsin USA 1991 | ||
| 1988 | Jeanie Pfeiffer | Franksville | 25 | Miss Milwaukee | Vocal "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" | |||
| 1987 | Maria Kim | Milwaukee | 20 | Miss Madison | Classical Piano "Fantaisie-Impromptu" | Preliminary Talent; Non-finalist Talent | Previously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 1985 | |
| 1986 | Mara Nesemann | Brookfield | 20 | Miss Waukesha County | Gymnastics | |||
| 1985 | Mary Kay Anderson | St. Francis | 20 | Miss St. Francis | Piano Solo | Later Miss Wisconsin USA 1988 | ||
| 1984 | Barbara Mullally | La Crosse | 22 | Miss La Crosse | Vocal Medley | |||
| 1983 | Wendy Wagner | Menomonie | 22 | Miss Menomonie | Vocal "Mira" from Carnival! | |||
| 1982 | Gail Marie Soller | La Crosse | 24 | Miss La Crosse | Classical Vocal "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" | Non-finalist Talent | ||
| 1981 | Keungsuk Kim | Milwaukee | 19 | Miss Milwaukee | Classical Piano "Kabalevsky's Prelude" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
| 1980 | Dana Spychalla | Appleton | 19 | Miss Fond du Lac | Vocal "The Music And the Mirror" from A Chorus Line | |||
| 1979 | Kristine Konrad | Oshkosh | 19 | Miss Oshkosh | Vocal "Starting Here, Starting Now" | |||
| 1978 | Carin Kizewic | Racine | 24 | Miss Milwaukee | Ballet en Pointe "The Overture" from Die Fledermaus | |||
| 1977 | Jennifer Woychik | Arcadia | 19 | Miss Arcadia | Vocal Comedy "I Love Trash" | |||
| 1976 | Julie Ann Nowak | Greendale | 19 | Miss West Allis | Popular Vocal "Do You Know Where You're Going To?" | |||
| 1975 | Marilyn Sembell | Beloit | 25 | Miss Lake Geneva | Classical Piano "Prelude in G minor" | Non-finalist Talent | ||
| 1974 | Carol Ann Schmitt | Green Bay | 22 | Miss Milwaukee | Vocal "Speak Softly Love" | Special Education award, Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship recipient | ||
| 1973 | Judy Hieke | Menomonee Falls | 19 | Miss Milwaukee | Flute Medley including "Cuanto le Gusta" | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit | |
| 1972 | Linda Henderson* | Miss Milwaukee | ||||||
| Terry Anne Meeuwsen | DePere | 23 | Miss Appleton | Vocal "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat! | Winner | Preliminary Talent; Preliminary Swimsuit | ||
| 1971 | Patti Jacobs | Wauwatosa | 19 | Miss Stevens Point | Vocal & Dance "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1970 | Linda Johnson | Milwaukee | 19 | Miss Madison | Piano "Polonaise" | |||
| 1969 | Cindy Morgan | Janesville | 18 | Miss Janesville | Vocal "Old Devil Moon" | |||
| 1968 | Marilyn Kay Brahmsteadt | Wisconsin Rapids | 21 | Miss La Crosse | Vocal "What a Diff'rence a Day Made" | |||
| 1967 | Barbara Baugh | Brookfield | 20 | Miss Milwaukee | Vocal "Mira" from Carnival! | 2nd runner-up | Featured performer in the 1968 Miss America Pageant | |
| 1966 | Candace Gail Hinz | Milwaukee | 19 | Miss West Allis | Piano Solo & Painting Exhibition | |||
| 1965 | Sharon Singstock | Oshkosh | 20 | Miss Oshkosh | Vocal "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody" | 4th runner-up | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1964 | Angela Gina Baldi | Milwaukee | 18 | Miss North Shore | Classical Piano "Premiere Ballade" | |||
| 1963 | Barbara Bonville | Milwaukee | Miss North Shore | Violincello Solo "Pièce en forme de Habanera" by Maurice Ravel | Special Scholarship award | |||
| 1962 | Joan Mary Engh | La Crosse | 21 | Miss La Crosse | Vocal Comedy "I'll Be Anything You Want Me To Be" | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit | |
| 1961 | Diane Anderson | Eau Claire | 19 | Miss Eau Claire | Violin Solo & Ballet en Pointe "The Swan" | |||
| 1960 | Karen Fahrenbach | Racine | 21 | Miss Racine | Classical Ballet en Pointe "The Sleeping Beauty" | |||
| 1959 | Mary Alice Fox | Sheboygan | 20 | Miss Sheboygan | Soft Shoe Comedy Dance | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit | |
| 1958 | Kay Joan Ross | West Allis | Miss West Allis | Art Presentation with Vocal & Dance to an Original Song | ||||
| 1957 | Joan Hentschel | Wauwatosa | Miss Wauwatosa | Interpretive Ballet | ||||
| 1956 | Lynn Byron Holden | Milwaukee | Miss Ripon | Piano | Non-finalist Talent | |||
| 1955 | Margaret Walls | Milwaukee | Miss Milwaukee | Vocal | ||||
| 1954 | Dixie Ann Sarchet | Stevens Point | Miss Wisconsin Rapids | Dance | ||||
| 1953 | Judith Jacobsen | Wauwatosa | Miss Milwaukee | Vocal & Dance "Make Believe" & "Come Back to Sorrento" | ||||
| 1952 | Jeannie Huston | La Crosse | Miss La Crosse | Cello | ||||
| 1951 | Sheila Murphy | Marshfield | Monologue | |||||
| 1950 | Gloria Lange | Milwaukee | ||||||
| 1949 | Phyllis Kessler | Green Bay | Baton Twirling | Top 15 Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1948 | Marvene Fischer | Milwaukee | ||||||
| 1947 | Gladys Berkley | Baraboo | Monologue | |||||
| 1946 | Antoine Lunde | Milwaukee | Top 16 Semi-finalist | |||||
| 1945 | Eileen Christy | Menomonie | ||||||
| 1944 | Elyse Sutter | |||||||
| 1942 | Charlotte Lemmer | Milwaukee | ||||||
| 1941 | Betty Ann Miller | Milwaukee | Top 15 Semi-finalist | |||||
| 1936 | Aline Fern Schwartz | Milwaukee | ||||||
| 1933 | Marie Huebner | Portage | 20 | Semi-Finalist | ||||
| 1927 | June Hillyer | Fort Atkinson | Also competing in the Miss America Pageant was Marjorie Leffingwell, Miss Madison | |||||
| 1926 | No Miss Wisconsin | Dorothy Seiler competed as Miss Madison and Florence Andrees competed as Miss Milwaukee. There was also a Miss Racine who competed in the Miss America Pageant this year, but her name is not known. | ||||||
| 1925 | No Miss Wisconsin | Virginia Armstrong competed as Miss Milwaukee in the Miss America Pageant | ||||||
| 1924 | No Miss Wisconsin | Clara Koehler competed as Miss Milwaukee and placed as a semi-finalist in the Miss America Pageant |
* Succeeded to the crown after Miss Wisconsin won Miss America
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