Kate Redeker

The Miss Wisconsin USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Wisconsin in the Miss USA pageant.Since 2007, 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 with only seven placements in over sixty years as the state has yet to win the Miss USA title. The most recent placement was Alexis Maria Loomans in 2023, placing 2nd runner-up that is the state highest placing since Mary Cook earning 2nd runner-up in 1974 as well, 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 1999 and Kate Redeker at Miss USA 2016.

Hollis Brown of Milwaukee 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.

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  Melissa Ann Young, Miss Wisconsin USA 2005

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  Anna Piscitello, Miss Wisconsin USA 2006

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  Caitlin Morrall, Miss Wisconsin USA 2007

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  Bishara Dorre, Miss Wisconsin USA 2014 and Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 2006

Placements

• 2nd runner-up: Mary Lynn Cook (1974), Alexis Maria Loomans (2023)
• 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 8 placements at Miss USA.

Awards

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

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