Formation | 1927 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | New Berlin, Wisconsin |
Membership | Miss America |
Official language | English |
Website | Miss Wisconsin official website |
The Miss Wisconsin competition is the pageant, held annually in Oshkosh, that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Wisconsin in the annual Miss America pageant.
Wisconsin has won the Miss America crown three times (1973, 2012, and 2023).
Montello native Mandi Jo Genord, 22, now of Beaver Dam was crowned Miss Wisconsin 2024 on June 22, 2024, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. She competed in the 2025 Miss America competition on January 5, 2025 in Orlando, Florida and placed among the 11 semi-finalists.
On September 17, 2024, the state pageant announced that the Miss Wisconsin pageant (as well as the Miss Wisconsin's Teen pageant) will be held in New Berlin, Wisconsin. This will mark the first time that Waukesha County will host the annual state pageants. Miss Wisconsin moved to Oshkosh in 1963 after four years being held in Kenosha.