- Headshots -- Patty, 05:34:32 04/23/25 Wed
I came here to see what y’all were saying about headshots. And nothing???
Come on! Let’s chat! Ha ha!
Some of these edits & photo shop skills…these photographers need some help!
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- Class of 2025 complete! -- Wisconsin fan, 13:35:22 04/09/25 Wed
Now that the Miss WI class is complete… what is everyone’s predilections for how state will play out?
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- Miss Wisconsin Sweeps -- Fan, 08:08:17 03/28/25 Fri
Who do you think will earn the last 3 spots in the Miss Wisconsin Class of 2025?
The 15 contestants are:
Safina Klepzig
Lizzie Sage
Vivian Stephenson
Kylee Duessler
Valerie Johnson
Evelyn Green
Emily Phillips
Morgan Kelsey
Tori Smith
Cristel Rivera
Allison Wisinski
Aryssa Wright
Halle Bender
Brooke McArdle
Brystal Schultz
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- Miss Rock River Valley -- Fake southern?, 21:55:05 03/29/25 Sat
Anyone else keep track of how many times Catherine changed her accent tonight?
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- Horrible mean people -- Grow up, 10:10:57 03/12/25 Wed
I can’t believe the mean spirited things some of you write behind the safety of your keyboards. Things you would NEVER have the guts to say to someone’s face.
I’ll bet you anything the meanest main poster of all is good ‘ole pageant stalker Jeff Ripp, because no one obsesses over pageant girls like him. And no one has all the crazy pageant history that he collects and obsesses over.
All I have to say is I’d never want to compete in Wisconsin because so many of you are MEAN!
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- Hitting the right note on diplomacy? -- Milw, 22:50:36 03/21/25 Fri
You all heard of fake news.....well, contrary to what some say, that Oval Office visit on Friday, February 28th by embattled Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy was yelled at by President Donald Trump and scolded by Vice President James David (JD) Vance. Perhaps that is fake news.
However, here is the video footage of what looks and sounds like a very wonderfully enchanting state visit in the Oval Office with Trump in the White House:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-15yqacBdrE
Any song requests for Mr. Zelenskyy?
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- Meet Miss America 1908..lol -- Fan, 23:05:00 03/16/25 Sun
http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/woman-who-lived-to-117-had-microbiota-of-a-child/ar-AA1ASgnd?ocid=mailsignout&pc=U591&cvid=7036e4f3b28840fdff99cc0f98031564&ei=18
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- Why was no Miss Fond du Lac crowned? -- Curious, 09:19:12 03/16/25 Sun
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- Queen Spotlight: Allison Wisinski -- Fan, 12:51:09 03/05/25 Wed
Congratulations goes out to Allison for being the Queen Spotlight for the Swimsuit Edition in the Wisdom Edition on Pageant Wisdom Instagram.
What a stunning photo capturing the true beauty of a naturally beauty woman. Allison is a woman who embraces her natural beauty and embodies body positivity and self-confidence.
There is no doubt in my mind that if Swim Suit was still part of the contest that she would win the prelim nights for Swim Suit based off of the confidence in how she carries herself on stage.
I think this could be her year to take home the title of Miss Wisconsin, she was a true stand out last year taking home prelim talent and being invited back to sing her talent on final night. She has marketed herself all year in the State of Wisconsin by being asked by President Trump himself to sing at all of his events leading up to him winning the presidency.
Allison is the American Dream girl and what Wisconsin needs to have on the Miss America stage this year for a chance to bring home the crown once again!
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- Alice in Dairyland 2025 finalist -- Fan, 21:35:27 03/14/25 Fri
Last Friday (March 7, 2025) officials from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) in Madison announced the six finalists to become Alice in Dairyland 2025, after dozens of applicants were reviewed and interviewed in February. The top six would become finalists for the title in May.
The candidates are: Allison Foster of Waupun, Mikayla Flyte of Coloma, Sarah Hagenow of Poynette, Natalie Roe of Monticello, Michelle Stangler of Watertown, and Olivia J. Lulich of Lyndon Station, who previously was Miss Wisconsin Teen-USA 2020. She also competed for Miss Wisconsin's Outstanding Teen in 2018 as Miss Harbor Cities' Outstanding Teen.
All six are first-time Alice in Dairyland finalists, and Sarah Hagenow is the sister of Alice in Dairyland 2023, Ashley Elizabeth Hagenow.
The selection of Wisconsin's 78th Alice in Dairyland will be held during a finale banquet on Saturday, May 17 at the Performing Arts Center in Prairie du Chien after the six candidates spent three days touring the county. On July 7, she will succeed Alice in Dairyland 2024, Halei Elizabeth Heinzel, 23, of Oconomowoc, who won her title last May in Sturgeon Bay.
The biography for Olivia J. Lulich says:
She currently teaches agricultural education at Viroqua Area Schools in Vernon County. Olivia graduated from Iowa State University with a Bachelor of Science in agriculture education, holding leadership roles in Block and Bridle, National Agri-Marketing Association, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Ambassadors, and the International Sales Team while there.
Additionally, she was a 4-H and FFA member, and raised and showed beef cattle and market lambs. Olivia has interned with Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin, the National Western Stock Show, and DATCP. Today, she co-owns Lulich Show Stock, with her brother, that sells beef cattle throughout the Midwest.
Wisconsin Farmer news website featuring the 2025 candidates:
http://www.wisfarmer.com/story/news/2025/03/10/top-six-candiates-vying-for-states-alice-in-dairyland-role-are-announced/82201554007/
Official March 7th announcement from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture:
http://datcp.wi.gov/Pages/78thAliceinDairylandTopCandidatesAnnounced.aspx
Good luck to Olivia when she competes for the title of Alice in Dairyland 2025 on May 17th in Crawford County.
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- Special day today -- Fan, 12:04:48 02/26/25 Wed
Sending Happy 58th birthday greetings to former Miss Wisconsin-USA 1987 contestant Stephanie Ann Klett, who was also Miss Beloit 1990, Miss Wisconsin Central 1992, and Miss Wisconsin 1992.
Of course, it should be noted that Stephanie won a non-finalist talent award at Miss America in 1992 with her cornet melody performance, which she and others claim that she was the first to use a cornet for the national talent competition.
Coincidentally, the winner of Miss America that year was non-other-than Miss Florida, Eva Leanza Cornett (who later died in October 2020 from head injuries due to a fall in her kitchen) who held the title of Miss America 1993.
We hope Stephanie, who currently works for some tourism outfit in Lake Geneva, enjoys her special day today, February 26th.
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- Who is out next Miss WI? -- Miss WI Fan, 11:30:37 02/01/25 Sat
Based on how comp season has been going so far, who do we think our next Miss WI is going to be?
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- Sympathy -- Fan, 21:12:36 02/25/25 Tue
Condolences to the family and many friends of Judith Ann Mount Radcliffe, 87, of Hillsboro (Vernon County), Wisconsin, who passed away on January 22, 2025.
Brunette Judith was Miss Wauwatosa of 1956 and competed in the Miss Wisconsin pageant that year, which was held for the fourth time in Reedsburg, Wisconsin (1953--1958).
The other contestants voted for Judith as the winner of the coveted 1956 Miss Congeniality prize. The happy victor of the state pageant that year was Miss Ripon, Lynn Byron Holden of Milwaukee, who would later win a non-finalist talent award at Miss America for her piano performance.
Judith will forever be remembered. March 15, 1937--January 22, 2025
http://www.torkelsonfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Judith-M-Radcliffe?obId=34742808
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- Inauguration today -- Fan, 05:46:04 01/20/25 Mon
Happy Donald Trump Day!!!
Is Miss Wisconsin 2024, Mandi Genord in Washington, D.C. today to represent Wisconsin during the inauguration events?
The live Donald Trump--John David (JD) Vance event begins at 10:00 am Wisconsin time airing on CNN, PBS, C-SPAN-1, ABC, CBS, and NBC.
Later, watch the inaugural dance balls on some of those channels at around 8:00--11:00 pm Central time tonight. Enjoy.
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- Miss South Central? -- Over it, 17:43:42 01/17/25 Fri
How is Catherine Smith able to compete for at Miss South Central while still currently holding her title as Miss South Central? Also…I don’t even think she lives in WI full time so how can she compete at all in WI? I’m over the crown chasing.
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- Sympathy -- Fan, 17:04:49 01/16/25 Thu
Condolences to former paid-appointed Miss Stevens Point 2023 and Miss Northwoods 2024, Allison Wisinski and her family on the passing of her grandmother, Mary R. Bronk Wisinski of Stevens Point.
She passed away at age 82 in Stevens Point on Wednesday, January 8, 2025.
http://www.pisarskifuneralhome.com/obituary/mary-r-wisinski
Mary's funeral is tomorrow morning (Friday, January 17, 2025), the day before Allison is to compete in the 2025 Miss South Central and Miss Rock River Valley competition in Beloit. Condolences to the Wisinski family.
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- Miss Northern Lights -- Audience Member, 20:34:38 01/11/25 Sat
While it was probably a given that Jordenne Butler would win the Northern Lights title, I don't understand how these women can go from one title to another without skipping a beat. I was hoping another candidate would take the title, but when Jordenne was announced as both the overall talent and interview winner, it was obvious she would be crowned-- absolutely no suspense in that announcement. HOWEVER, in the teen division, the overall talent and interview winner not only didn't win the title, but was also not the 1st runner-up. How in the hell does that happen when there are only six contestants?
This is why (and I don't understand why local directors can't get this through their heads) you NEVER announce both the overall talent and overall interview winners before the final announcements because you either end up with the first scenario where the winner is totally obvious -- or you end up with the second scenario where the outcome makes totally no sense.
If you absolutely need to announce these awards, do it after the titleholders are announced.
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- Who will look the worst? -- Patty, 01:16:54 01/07/25 Tue
With Miss Northern Lights the weekend should we take bets on which local title holder shows up looking her ver worst?
Sparta? More than likely!
Oktoberfest? Bets on if she’s in those damn glasses?
Harbor City? Non existent director!
Madison? Tara won’t allow it!
Onalaska? Won’t happen. She’s Miss WI ready!
Rapids? Who knows…haven’t seen much of her.
Racine? Doubtful with her crazy directors
Who else?? Worst look of the weekend? Who will look the best?
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- The 2025 Miss America online broadcast -- Fan, 12:33:00 01/05/25 Sun
For those who wish to watch the live free online broadcast of the 2025 Miss America competition show from Orlando, Florida, featuring Miss Wisconsin 2024, Mandi Jo Genord of Beaver Dam, it airs tonight (Sunday, January 5, 2025) at 6:00 p.m. Central/Wisconsin time.
Hard telling how long the Miss America show will go, however, it will be a very short evening for Wisconsin pageant and Mandi fans if she fails to place in the semi-finals right off the bat at the start of the program.
Click this website link to the online pageant broadcast thanks to PageantVision at:
http://www.pageantvision.com/watch-mao.php
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- Happy new year 2025 -- BoardMonitors, 19:02:30 12/31/24 Tue
Happy New Year's eve greetings and all the best in 2025 to all who frequent and post on this Wisconsin pageant message board.
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- Caitlin Morall who preaches showing up as your -- best self looked like utter shit when she arrived to miss A., 21:01:30 01/03/25 Fri
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- Holiday greetings -- BoardMonitors, 16:52:01 12/24/24 Tue
Christmas eve greetings and Merry Christmas to all who frequent and post on this Wisconsin pageant message board.
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- News alert -- Fan, 20:20:43 12/20/24 Fri
If you are able to find a store which gets the daily Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel newspaper, check tomorrow's Saturday, December 21st issue of the newspaper for an expected editorial by Miss Wisconsin 2024, Mandi Genord.
Unless its only meant for online viewing, this letter to the editor will be in the Saturday newspaper. Ok to see online, but nicer to see how it appears in the print edition on December 21, 2024.
http://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/2024/12/20/miss-wisconsin-adopt-children-costs-congress/76777209007/
And good luck Mandi when competing next month at Miss America.
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- Damn loud dog in the house upsets toddler.....who would want to live next to this? -- Click link to the video, 16:17:03 12/12/24 Thu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6839Db2vWw
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- Miss Wisconsin 2025 Thoughts -- Fan, 22:44:45 11/28/24 Thu
With the end of the year near, and much to speculate for the upcoming Miss America competition, anyone else feeling like the 2025 Miss Wisconsin Competition may be the most competitive year yet? Will our current Miss Wisconsin repeat history and take home the job of Miss America?
Curious as to everyone’s thoughts.
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- New Berlin and West Allis results -- KH, 12:52:59 11/24/24 Sun
Just wondering if anyone has the results of last night's Miss New Berlin and Miss West Allis competitions and who won the teen crowns?
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- Madison pageant -- Fan, 22:20:25 11/16/24 Sat
The 2025 Miss Madison and Miss Madison's Teen competition show was held tonight at Oregon High School's Performing Arts Center in Oregon, ten miles south of Madison, after previously being held at East High School's auditorium in Madison for the last five years.
Contestants for Miss Madison 2025 included:
01--Jenna Lee Watkins, of Mukwonago *
02--Paris Michelle Rennhack, of Reeseville
03--Kiersten Bakalars, of La Crosse/La Crescent, Minnesota
04--Allison Ann Hoffman, of Beloit * (withdrawn)
05--Trinity Faith Horstman, of Onalaska
06--Abby Michelle Miller, of Beloit *
07--Quinn Moyer, of Mazomanie
08--Hailey Faith May (Hamilton) Ness, of Onalaska
09--Margret Isabelle Hinze, of Racine *
10--Victoria (Tori) Rachel Smith, of Oakfield *
11--Thea M. Bender, of Madison
12--Anna Rehbein, of La Crosse/Mankato, Minnesota
13--Grace Court, of Madison/Franklin
14--Jasmine Katherine Peck, of Saint Francis *
*--Previously competed at state in Oshkosh
The six teenagers who competed for Miss Madison's Teen 2025 were these candidates:
01--Carly Ruth Doome, of Oak Creek *
02--Brooklynn VanMarter, of Beloit
03--Angelina Petovic, of Jefferson
04--Allison Bender, of Madison * (withdrawn)
05--Drew Bender, of Madison
06--Angelina Bollom, of Onalaska
07--Addison Morin, of Wisconsin Rapids *
*--Previously competed at state in Oshkosh
Among the judges on Saturday were: former Miss Madison 2017 and Miss Wisconsin 2017, McKenna Collins Gantz; Monica Nia Jones, who was Miss Illinois 2022 (top 11 at Miss America); and Naomi Spritka, early childhood teacher and the mother of Miss Door County 2019, Ashton Valerie Marie Spritka, and Miss Door County 2020, Gracen Terry Rene'e Spritka.
Congratulations to out-going Miss Madison 2024, Halle Bender (third runner-up at Miss Wisconsin 2024), and Miss Madison's Teen 2024, Natalie Popp (second runner-up at Miss Wisconsin's Teen 2024), for a very successful 11-months as the Madison titleholders.
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- Who runs this message board, and who has this extensive pageant knowledge of former pageant queens? -- Curious, 12:04:01 10/28/24 Mon
Many of the posts seem mean and snarky
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- Condolences -- Fan, 14:32:37 10/19/24 Sat
*Belated sympathy to the family of former Miss Madison 1969, Betsy Jane Bennett Schulte who passed away at age 76 on August 24, 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin.
The Milwaukee native later attended UW-Madison when she became a contestant in the Miss Madison pageant which her victory advanced her to the 1969 Miss Wisconsin pageant in Oshkosh. While she did not place among the top ten, Besty was voted as Miss Congeniality among the 40 contestants (one of the largest assembly of contestants in state pageant history, shown here) which included eventual winner Miss Janesville, Cynthia Morgan:
http://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oshkosh-northwestern/8869752/
Betsy successfully ran for a Town of Windsor board seat in 1986, subsequently serving six years, and she was later instrumental in creating a lake district for Lake Windsor which helped to save the lake in Dane County.
http://www.ryanfuneralservice.com/obituaries/betsy-jane-schulte/
*Condolences to the family of Betty Joyce Guetschow Litjens who died at age 87 on Wednesday, September 11, 2024.
The Oshkosh native was a longtime volunteer for the Miss Oshkosh and Miss Wisconsin pageants that were held in her hometown at Oshkosh West High School.
http://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/oshkoshherald/name/betty-litjens-obituary?id=56311939
*Happy memories and thoughts to the family of Catherine "Cathy" Sweet Sharkey who died at 62 on July 8, 2024.
For several years she was the director of the Menomonee Falls Distinguished Young Women scholarship pageant program.
http://www.schmidtandbartelt.com/obituaries/detail.aspx?id=18059
*Condolences to the family of former Oshkosh City Attorney Fintan Martin Flanagan who passed away at age 97 on Thursday, September 19, 2024, two days after the Miss Wisconsin pageant announced plans to move the state pageant out of Oshkosh.
Fintan was one of the early prominent officials in Oshkosh to bring the Miss Wisconsin pageant to Oshkosh in 1963 after four years being held in Kenosha.
Incidentally, his beloved wife, Carol Jean Donovan Flanagan, was a former Mrs. Oshkosh who died at 86 on April 15, 2017:
http://www.fissbillspoklasnyfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Finton-Flanagan/#!/Obituary
*Sympathy to the family of Esther Louise Woebbeking Mikunda who died at age 98 on September 27, 2024 at her home in Tomahawk, Wisconsin.
Esther, a talented violinist, was Miss Ladysmith 1947 and was one of the very last surviving Miss Wisconsin contestants from the 1947 state pageant that was held on August 1, 1947, in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, where Miss Baraboo, Gladys Elaine Berkley was selected as Miss Wisconsin 1947.
Funeral services for Esther were held on Thursday, October 3, 2024 at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tomahawk, Wisconsin.
http://www.nimsgernfuneral.com/obituaries/esther-mikunda
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- New faces & New Titles -- Fan, 14:41:51 09/26/24 Thu
With more and more locals occurring earlier and earlier in the season. Who do we think we will see back at the state stage and may be high contenders at next year’s competition?
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- Pageant in Manitowoc today -- GB-fan, 09:55:40 09/21/24 Sat
Good luck to the ten women, all previous contestants elsewhere in recent years, who will compete at 5:00 pm today (Saturday, September 21) for the title of Miss Harbor Cities 2025 at the Capitol Theatre in Manitowoc.
http://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=925605439607887&set=a.553127740188994
And all the best to the four entrants aiming to advance to state next June in New Berlin as Miss Harbor Cities' Teen 2025.
http://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=380245835145578&set=a.124763604027137
Any predictions on both competitions?
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- Miss Wisconsin state pageant host city news -- Fan, 21:45:26 09/17/24 Tue
For the first time since the Miss Wisconsin pageant moved from Kenosha to Oshkosh in 1963, the annual state pageant has found a new host city location.
Announced today, September 17, 2024, the 2025 Miss Wisconsin and Miss Wisconsin's Teen state pageant will be relocated to the 770-seat New Berlin West Performing Arts Center in New Berlin, June 18--21, 2025.
It will mark the first time that state pageants will be held in Waukesha County, which is also the home county for the current Miss Wisconsin's Teen 2024, Ella Marie Julianne Bey, the first black-bi-racial teen winner.
Prior to moving to Oshkosh, the Miss Wisconsin pageant was staged in Kenosha for four years (1959--1962), and in Reedsburg for six consecutive years (1953 to 1958). The Miss Wisconsin's Teen (formerly Miss Wisconsin's Outstanding Teen) began in Oshkosh in June 2005.
The slick pageant press release is linked here, which provides clear evidence that the very people who should have been told first about the move, were the last to know---and learned of the state pageant move to New Berline was from the media: the folks at the Alberta Kimball West High School staff, the Oshkosh city manager, and the Oshkosh Convention and Visitor's Bureau. Not much mention of those folks, who the media seemed to have no trouble locating for their comments.
http://www.misswisconsin.org/blog/2024/09/17/miss-wisconsin-organization-announces-new-home/
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/story/news/local/2024/09/17/miss-wisconsin-pageant-set-to-leave-oshkosh-after-61-years-moving-to-new-berlin/75261525007/
http://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/west/2024/09/17/miss-wisconsin-pageant-announces-move-from-oshkosh-to-new-berlin/75266513007/
So, again, today starts a new chapter in the long history of the Miss Wisconsin program that began in 1927 in Milwaukee.
Good luck in New Berlin, and getting the Waukesha Freeman and Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel to provide the same or even more media coverage of the state pageants each June than what the Oshkosh Northwestern daily newspaper provided since 1963.
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- Sunday TV Alert -- Fan, 17:40:19 08/03/24 Sat
For those who forgot and all who wish to watch, the live telecast of the 2024 Miss USA pageant will be 7--9 pm Sunday evening from Los Angeles, California on the CW cable network.
Of course, we will wait and see if Miss Wisconsin-USA 2024, Victoria (Tori) Diane Trittin of Madison, who was crowned on Junne 15 in Verona, will do one (or two) better than Alexis Loomans.
Alexis Loomans of Waunakee (who was Miss Wisconsin Teen-USA 2018 and then Miss Wisconsin-USA 2023) got second runner-up last year in the 2023 Miss USA pageant held in Reno, Nevada...hard telling if Tori will do better by being named first runner-up or become the first Wisconsin entrant to win Miss USA.
Alexis made history last September as the highest ranked Wisconsin contestant at Miss USA when she tied Miss Wisconsin-USA 1974, Mary Lynn Cook of Wind Lake who also got second runner-up at the 1974 Miss USA over 49 years ago. Side note: Mary Lynn became the wife of future state senator Gary George, D-Milwaukee, who was the Miss USA and Miss Teen-USA state franchise holder in Wisconsin from 1982 to 1991.
Good luck Tori at Miss USA which will air 7--9 pm on Sunday night. Then watch Inside Edition on Monday night for post-pageant coverage on this national syndicated entertainment program.
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- Miss La Crosse/Oktoberfest -- Pat, 20:13:55 09/10/24 Tue
Good Luck to all 11 young ladies competing this weekend!
Congrats to Emma on a great year.
Kudos to Nick & Reegan for all of their hard work.
Everyone has done such a great job on social media highlighting Emma’s year, the past, and the contestants!
Wonderful work!
Cannot wait to see updates
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- Condolences -- Fan, 13:20:29 09/06/24 Fri
Sympathy to the family and friends of Mary (Mary Beth) Elizabeth Dibble Haubrich, who was Miss Kenosha in 1961.
Mary Beth passed away after a month-long illness at age 82 on August 1, 2024.
While in her freshman year at UW Extension-Kenosha, she was encouraged to enter the 1961 Miss Kenosha pageant with the simple hopes of winning scholarship money for college. As her family noted in Mary Beth's obituary, "to her surprise, she won the pageant and thus entered the Miss Wisconsin pageant in June of 1961".
While they had the date of the 1961 Miss Wisconsin pageant incorrect (it was actually held on July 8, 1961 at Mary Bradford High School in Kenosha, where she was a 1960 graduate), it is true that brunette vocalist Mary Beth placed as first runner-up to Miss Eau Claire, Diane Margaret Anderson, who was crowned as Miss Wisconsin 1961 (the third of four Miss Wisconsin state winners to be crowned in Kenosha (1959-1962).
A funeral service for Mary Beth was held last Saturday afternoon (August 24th, 2024) at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
http://www.feerickfuneralhome.com/obituary/9035179
http://www.jsonline.com/obituaries/pwix0910117
Condolences to the family and friends of Mary Beth Dibble Haubrich, a wonderful Miss Kenosha winner who almost became the city's first Miss Wisconsin winner, right in her hometown.
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- Happy 100th anniversary -- Milw, 10:24:33 09/06/24 Fri
It was exactly 100 years ago today, when Wisconsin had the very first entrant in the Miss America competition held in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Today, September 6, 2024, marks the 100th year anniversary when Miss Milwaukee 1924, Clara Ethel Koehler had competed for the coveted national title of Miss America 1924 on Saturday, September 6, 1924.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_America_1924
The fourth annual Miss America bathing beauty competition had the largest number, 83, entrants of any pageant before and since then. Clara, a farm-girl from Jackson County, make the top 15 semi-finalists.
There have been ten decades of many women to represent Wisconsin at Miss America, but where is and was only one Clara Koehler, who also happened to be the very first crowned Miss Milwaukee winner back in April 1924.
Happy 100th year milestone centennial anniversary.
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- Condolences -- Fan, 19:10:28 08/27/24 Tue
Sympathy to the family and friends of Laura Janette Golden Hill, age 82, of Texarkana, Texas, who died three days ago on August 24, 2024 at home in Texas.
http://www.texarkanafuneralhome.com/obituary/laura-hill
Laura was born on April 10, 1942 to Jack and Jessie (McKeehan) Golden in Atlanta, Texas. She later took advice of her Wisconsin-native mother to attend UW-Madison where she majored in communications and marketing.
While there in Madison, the 5-foot-tall Laura was named first runner-up to Miss Wisconsin-USA 1962, Sherri Mathson, a year after Laura was third runner-up to Karen Reisweber, Miss Wisconsin-USA 1961.
While never shy to brag about her Texas roots and fondness for yellow roses (of Texas), pretty-blonde Laura would have been a great Miss Wisconsin-USA.
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- Meet Miss Wisconsin Sweetheart 2024 -- Fan, 13:30:07 08/14/24 Wed
In case anyone wishes to know, two days ago an announcement told of who Wisconsin's entrant will be in the 2024 Miss National Sweetheart competition pageant, scheduled for August 28--September 2, in Hoopeston, Illinois.
Meet Allison Lucinda Wisinski of Stevens Point, who was appointed as the 2024 Miss Wisconsin Sweetheart and will travel to Hoopeston to represent Wisconsin in the annual pageant.
Allison is not new to being appointed to compete in pageants, as she was the $900.000-paid appointed Miss Stevens Point last year, and in late March 2024, she was again an appointed state entrant for Miss Wisconsin competing as Miss Northwoods, a defunct northern Wisconsin regional pageant that ended in 2011 that began in 1992.
On June 20, Allison won the second and final Miss Wisconsin 2024 preliminary talent competition by singing "Don't Rain on My Parade" but did not place among the announced semi-finalists two days later at the 2024 Miss Wisconsin pageant in Oshkosh.
Good luck Allison, do something that no Wisconsin entrant has done in Hoopeston since Constance (Connie) Susan Hays in 1971---win the national title and returning home with the Miss National Sweetheart crown!
On Monday, August 12, the Miss National Sweetheart pageant posted the twenty contestants (appointed entrant photos and their state abbreviations) with this Instagram posted caption (click link below):
8-12-2024
With much anticipation, we are thrilled to introduce our Class of 2024Sweethearts! 🌟
This phenomenal group of women, representing the @MissVolunteerAmericaPag organization, are truly passionate and talented individuals.
We cannot wait for you to get to know them as they embark on an unforgettable journey during their time competing at the National Sweetheart Pageant. Stay tuned for more updates as we celebrate their achievements and prepare for an extraordinary experience ahead.
http://www.instagram.com/p/C-k9T3mOxdG/?hl=en
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Sweetheart
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- Kids From Wisconsin -- Milw, 09:32:40 08/16/24 Fri
If you see this posting in time today, and want to attend, there will be two shows presented by the Kids From Wisconsin at the Overture Center (on State Street) over in Madison today, August 16.
These two shows today are the very last of their 2024 season which included 11 consecutive days of performances of their 90-minute show at the Wisconsin State Fair in West Allis earlier this month.
At 4:00 pm a free show for those who are autistic, have disabilities and vision issues. See link here:
http://autismsouthcentral.org/event/kids-from-wisconsin-08-16-2024/#:~:text=August%2016%20%40%203%3A30%20pm&text=Join%20us%20as%20they%20put,the%20Overture%20Center%27s%20Capitol%20Theatre!&text=3%3A30%20–%204pm%20check%20in,to%20touch%20and%20feel!)
Then tonight at 7:00 pm is the very final show. See details here as modestly-priced tickets are still available:
http://tickets.overture.org/kidsfromwisconsin/10265?queueittoken=e_247safetynet~q_7df51c41-8727-43fa-8fbc-5e9e6de22a99~ts_1723825323~ce_true~rt_safetynet~h_9ae77c70c2d5157ec664dcf6bf23cf1c35fb9d3693a03094d59965b59d29cf0b
There just may likely be a future Miss La Crosse/Oktoberfest or Miss Onalaska and Miss Milwaukee among this year's group of talented women performers.
If at the show, keep an eye on sopranos Makayla Taylor of La Crosse County, dressed in green during a Broadway production number from Shrek, as well as Izabel Nettey, a native of Menomonee Falls. Both future pageant prospects.
http://www.kidsfromwi.org/cast
But interestingly (and totally shocking considering who the Kids From Wisconsin are and how many talented women from all over Wisconsin has joined this entertainment tour group), the last member to compete in the Miss America-Miss Wisconsin program was exactly 30 years ago when four-year Kids from Wisconsin member Laura Voss was Miss Green Bay and became Miss Wisconsin 2024.
Enjoy the show in Madison today.
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- Miss Wisconsin Teen-USA 2024 -- Fan, 23:10:40 06/15/24 Sat
How is this for people to see and meet our state's newest-crowned Miss Wisconsin Teen-USA, Olivia Mae Negri of Park Falls.....by the classy traditional middle finger at the people of Wisconsin. Class act for sure!
http://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10221959653045322&set=ecnf.1379836324
Olivia won the Miss Wisconsin Teen-USA crown Saturday night in Verona on her third attempt.....but only 13 competed this year, including Olivia.
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- Miss La Crosse/Oktoberfest -- Patty, 06:57:26 07/25/24 Thu
From Facebook Post:
11 Contestants
Kiersten Bakalars HerStory
Mattie Gilbertson HerStory
Sommer Moan Bariton Saxophone
Claudia Doardo Pom Routine
Hannah Reischl Vocal
Emily Phillips Lyrical Dance
Anna Rehbein HerStory
Hailey Ness Speed Painting
Savannah Grace Horstman Vocal
Kiana Lomen Martial Arts Routine
Vivian Stephenson Tap Dance
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- Miss La Crosse Oktoberfest -- Patricia the pageant fan, 14:42:53 07/07/24 Sun
I’m anxiously waiting for the contestant list!
Rumor is it is a battle of the Horstman’s girls along with about 10-12 contestants this year!
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- The days of Mandi's troubles may now be over -- Milw, 06:45:26 06/23/24 Sun
Well, one of the biggest and sometimes unexpected big pit-falls when you suddenly over-night become a public figure and gain publicity, people will suddenly know a lot more about you than you ever thought they would or could.
Mandi Genord is waking up this early Sunday morning, June 23, with a Miss Wisconsin-supplied tour vehicle, a front page coronation story in the Oshkosh Northwestern newspaper, and a crown that she will keep at least until January, and longer if she does not become Miss America.
And Mandi is also waking up to the news that this Miss Wisconsin victory is probably the one bright-spot in her life the last two years other than her well-deserved graduation last month from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Its been one scandal and tragic news after another the last three years, beginning with earning a speeding ticket in Green Lake County at the time of her 20th birthday, and following that. her maternal grandfather Patrick Glenn McFarland suddenly died at age 75, right before Mandi's 21st birthday.
And two months later, April 2023, her mother Laura filed divorce papers on her con-man husband, Jason Genord.
I guess Mandi's mom had about enough of seeing her husband Jason on the local tv newscasts and his police mug-shot in the newspapers for scamming the elderly and unsuspecting future gullible clients.
It only took the authorities a few weeks with a handful of arrest warrants, some still hanging on the door of their Montello house, for Jason Genord to be summoned with a 14-count charge in separate cases in Marquette County Circuit Court with two counts of theft by contractor, burglary, bail jumping, and transferring encumbered property between $5,000 and $10,000 in value, all as felonies, while Laura and Mandi "got out of Dodge" and literally moved to Dodge County where they now have a home in Beaver Dam.
http://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetail.html?caseNo=2023CF000731&countyNo=56&index=0&mode=details
Then came the FBI with a search warrant, and God-forbid if the investigators touched any of Mandi's prized evening gowns or crowns.
So, maybe the Miss Wisconsin crown and happy memories of June 22nd will be at least one pleasant moment for this family plagued with dozens of personal and legal issues---enough to make one wonder, where will the Genord family move next?
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- Genords divorced?? -- Lisa, 12:37:31 07/08/24 Mon
Fyi that the Genords are not divorced. Yes, a filing was made but never followed thru on. Probably just a ruse as attorneys were never hired. Also, look thru social media as there are plenty of pictures of the two living it up on expensive vacations and looking like there's not a care in the world. Life is good!
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- Miss Wisconsin vs Miss Wisconsin-USA -- Fan, 20:52:30 06/24/24 Mon
Is it the responsibility for the contestant being interviewed in the media (television, radio, and/or newspaper) or the director who likely scheduled or at least allowed for a press interview with a Miss Wisconsin contestant to inform or correct reporters when they say Miss Wisconsin-USA or Miss USA instead of Miss Wisconsin or Miss America?
First we got this Madison tv station which had Miss Madison and Miss Madison's Teen on for an on-air live interview. If you look, they say on the tv screen:
A new Miss Wisconsin will be crowned next week, and two Miss Madison winners speak about competing for Miss Wisconsin USA.
http://www.channel3000.com/video/miss-madison-and-miss-madison-teen-set-to-compete-for-title-of-miss-wisconsin/video_6121972e-a941-5c41-8189-1f124aa0979f.html
Both Halle and Natalie were in Oshkosh last week, not in Verona where the 2024 Miss Wisconsin-USA contest was held.
No one corrected the tv folks/hosts on saying Miss Wisconsin USA, and it is still on the website video now almost two weeks later where they could make a belated correction.
Then we got this surprising news, Mandi Genord is going to Miss USA in August, well she might, but she won't be representing Wisconsin the competition no matter what this Janesville Gazette reporter says here in this Monday, June 24 article:
"Genord now goes on to compete in the 73rd annual Miss USA pageant in Los Angeles on Sunday, Aug. 4. If Genord were to be crowned Miss USA, Smith would step up to become Miss Wisconsin."
http://www.gazettextra.com/news/local/janesvilles-catherine-smith-named-miss-wisconsin-first-runner-up/article_91e4712a-3266-11ef-865a-93985dae8550.html
As Donald Trump would say, "Fake news", or fake pageant news. But whatever one wishes to call it, it was incorrect, and Catherine Smith knows better than to not correct reporter Katlyn (Katie) Garcia or say that Mandi would advance to Miss USA, and this reporter to not fact-check before publishing this nonsense. Thoughts? Catherine's director is Sha-Nita, like she could not provide accurate information or correct this reporter when this June 24 became public?
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- Spill! -- Miss WI fan, 23:30:54 06/25/24 Tue
So excited to have Mandi as our Miss Wisconsin this year! Any results that surprised you? Any drama between any misses during the week? Spill!
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- Miss Onalaska Teen -- Wisco, 07:03:56 06/22/24 Sat
Anyone know why Miss Onalaska’s Teen did not compete last night but was instead escorted out by Lila during the closing number and when she won and award?
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- The judges got it right this year -- Mr Magoo, 12:58:06 06/25/24 Tue
It's refreshing to see a Miss Wisconsin that is kind, genuine, beautiful and so so talented! She won every event! I think we have a Miss America again Wisconsin! She is educated and will do wonders for Wisconsin.
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- what is going on that Lila is posting such -- hostile captions under her photos on SM?, 06:27:50 06/20/24 Thu
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- Miss Northwoods wins talent -- GBayFan, 21:05:56 06/20/24 Thu
Paid-appointed Miss Northwoods, Allison Wisinksi won the Thursday talent award tonight when singing "Don't Rain on My Parade"...which could have been altered to sing "Don't Rain on My Pageant" considering the heavy pouring rain of yesterday and this morning in many portions of Wisconsin. Last year she competed as the paid-appointed Miss Stevens Point, her hometown.
Good luck to former Miss Oshkosh's Teen 2020, Paige Nikodem, a baton twirler from Oshkosh, who is competing for Miss Minnesota 2024 tomorrow (Friday) night as Miss Monarch (at-large), at the Treasure Island Resort in Welch, Minnesota. Paige is shown here:
http://www.instagram.com/missmnorg/p/CoIEsFVNsnP/
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- Fan-favorites -- Milw, 12:25:28 06/21/24 Fri
Have they ever done this before, announce the current top five for Miss Wisconsin and Miss Wisconsin's Teen fan-favorite finalists? So, will the winner who will become the semi-finalist #1 be from one of these five in each age division or can someone not now named below sneak-in at the last minute with enough votes before final vote deadline to win or will it now come down to these names here? How does this work? See leading names here from Miss Wisconsin Facebook:
Miss Wisconsin fan-favorites:
Green Bay, New Berlin, La Crosse/Oktoberfest, Oshkosh, Eastern Shore
http://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=874215158079505&set=pcb.874215291412825
Miss Wisconsin's Teen fan-favorites:
Sparta, Oak Creek, Wisconsin Rapids, West Allis, Foot of the Lake
http://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=874238181410536&set=pcb.874215291412825
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- Miss Wisconsin's Teen 2024 -- Fan, 16:40:25 06/21/24 Fri
Who will be named and crowned as Miss Wisconsin's Teen 2024 in Oshkosh tonight. If I am any expert in predicting the minds of the judges (who we have no clue yet who they are, no one has posted any names yet), I think the following will win and get next runners-up in this order:
Winner--Madison Teen, Natalie Popp
1--Fond du Lac Teen, Brisa Hernandez
2--Saint Francis, Isidra Malkowski
3--Northern Lights, Ruby Marti
4--New Berlin, Kellyse Lutzow
Followed by: West Allis, Foot of the Lake, Franklin, Oak Creek, South Central, Onalaska, Milwaukee, and oh, ok, one more, Harbor Cities.
http://www.misswisconsin.org/2024-state-teen-delegates/
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- Post prelim top 10 prediction? Top 5? -- Wi fan, 01:05:43 06/21/24 Fri
Prelims are done. Have your predictions changed? Some who I thought would be top contenders have faded into the background but pleasantly surprised by what I’ve seen so far from others.
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- Calling it right now… -- Missy Miss, 12:38:51 06/20/24 Thu
I’m predicting right now, that history will be made this year… with Miss Wis and Miss Wis Teen coming from the same local prelim, Northern Lights.
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- Arrival Day for Miss Wisconsin 2024 -- Excited to see!, 09:06:14 06/17/24 Mon
The contestants will be arriving to Oshkosh today and soon competition will start. Preliminary Winner predictions anyone?
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- Condolences -- Fan, 22:20:49 05/25/24 Sat
Sympathy to the family of Miss West Allis 1959, Judith (Judy) Ann Mages Clark, who sadly passed away at age 83 on May 1, 2024. Her funeral was held last week Thursday (May 16, 2024 in Brookfield, Wisconsin):
http://www.beckerritter.com/tributes/Judith-Clark
After being named Miss West Allis 1959, at age 18, Judy competed in the 1959 Miss Wisconsin pageant on July 11, 1959, the first year (of the eventual four) that the state pageant was staged in Kenosha.
The eleven other statewide entrants surprised Judy by being named Miss Congeniality. "I was very nervous during the competition" Judy Mages Clark said in 2019. "The most memorable moment of the entire time being in Kenosha was receiving the Miss Congeniality award from the other contestants.” Judy did not place in the state contest.
Winning the 1959 Miss Wisconsin title and a $1,000 Pepsi-Cola scholarship was petite Miss Sheboygan, Mary Alice Fox, 19, a brunette who just completed her sophomore year at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana. The comedy dancer would later be named first runner-up to Miss America 1960, Lynda Lee Mead of Mississippi, then the highest ranked Wisconsin woman in the Miss America pageant program.
We shall remember Judith Ann Mages Clark, 1940--2024.
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- State titleholders for 2024 -- Fan, 14:58:22 06/09/24 Sun
Well, it will be exactly one week from today when Wisconsin will have a new Miss Wisconsin-USA and Miss Wisconsin Teen-USA, both having been crowned the night before in Verona, Wisconsin on Saturday, June 15, 2024. It will be the first time Verona has hosted the state pageant shows.
And, it will be exactly two weeks from today when Wisconsin will have a new Miss Wisconsin starting her first full day with the state crown having been crowned the night before in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on Saturday, June 22, 2024, and a new Miss Wisconsin's Teen who was chosen on Friday, June 21, 2024.
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- Arrival Day -- Patty, 07:06:21 06/17/24 Mon
Well…
It’s arrival day for the Miss WI contestants.
I think it’s safe to say by Lila’s post she is more than ready to be done with this year of service. Trinity has been quite quiet on social media. Her mom hasn’t been though! Was Trinity silenced over something?
I have been watching social media but have not seen anything about an arrival ceremony. Does anyone know when it is or where it is happening at?
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- Predictions -- fan, 10:16:30 05/21/24 Tue
We are less than a month away from the first night of competition! Let’s hear it!
Top 11?
Top 5?
Winner?
Preliminaries?
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- What Dolly? -- ., 13:58:33 06/08/24 Sat
http://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dolly-parton-fans-rush-to-her-defense-after-conservative-magazine-attacks-her-support-for-lgbtq-rights-184718627.html
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- Miss Sparta -- Patty the pageant queen, 10:30:35 06/03/24 Mon
A new Miss Sparta & Miss Sparta Teen were crowned this weekend.
Who was there? Would love to hear how it went. I was not able to make it but I have just seen a lot of photos on social media.
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- June 1st -- ., 13:05:42 06/01/24 Sat
Happy June Dairy Month in Wisconsin. 🐄🍦🐄🍦
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- Podcast -- Pageant Patty, 03:13:06 05/22/24 Wed
Thoughts on the latest podcast with Raeanna and Lila?
As a current title holder I’m kind of shocked on how angry Lila sounds! And if there are things happening why isn’t she telling us titleholders so we can be prepared in the event that we win?
Also, why did either one of them think a month before State would be a good time to release this podcast? Thanks for the added stress Raeanna and Lila! Sisterhood is clearly on the forefront of your mind…or is it gaining followers?
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- Mental Health Awareness Month -- A Former Title Holder, 08:06:35 05/13/24 Mon
WOW! To say that I am proud of Miss USA and USA Teen is an understatement.
As a former local title holder here in Wisconsin I have to say that I have heard it, seen it, and read it FIRST hand the way that we are title holders are treated and talked about by some of the directors.
Some of the former directors and even current directors it is a wonder as to how they have even gotten selected or were allowed to be directors in the first place. If you are not here to build these young women up then why are you here? If you are not here to help these young women succeed, then why are you here? If you are not here to provide them guidance and suggestions then why are you here?
I really think that the Miss Wisconsin BOD should have a closer look and say as to who is a part of the local level directors. I have seen and heard from some of the other local title holders what their directors have said to them with preparing for Miss Wisconsin. In the day of cell phones and social media I am shocked that they would speak to their contestants the way that they do. All I can say is that one local organization could be in for an interesting year if their title holder spoke up about her director and how she has been treated. Not every director is in it for the right reason!
If you are a director and reading this...remember EVERYTHING you text to your contestant is shared amongst the group of contestants...even to us formers. We all still talk to each other and after Miss Wisconsin week...one of you might just be exposed!
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- Miss USA 2023 resigns -- Milw, 12:58:26 05/08/24 Wed
Breaking news all over, Miss USA 2023, Noelia Voigt resigns. The border-hopper from Florida who won Miss Utah-USA after moving to that state two months earlier just can't handle all of the stress and demands of being Miss USA. When has anyone seen her anywhere and on tv as Miss USA??
Now....if first runner-up Miss Hawaii-USA (Savannah) wishes to not assume the Miss USA title, then second runner-up Miss Wisconsin-USA, Alexis Maria Loomans of Waunakee can take the title and become the first-ever Wisconsin woman to hold the Miss USA title---but not for too long. In three months Miss USA (whoever she is) will crown Miss USA 2024 on August 4, 2024 in Burbank, California. Regardless of what happens Alexis will crown Miss Wisconsin-USA 2024 on June 15 in Verona.
http://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/miss-usa-2023-noelia-voigt-announces-resigning-title-109961696
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/miss-usa-noelia-voigt-resigns-title-focus-mental-health-very-tough-decision
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- Miss Arcadia 2024 -- Fan, 23:30:46 05/04/24 Sat
While it is no longer a preliminary for the Miss Wisconsin and Miss America programs, the Miss Arcadia pageant in Trempealeau County located in western Wisconsin is still continuing strong, celebrating its 70th year anniversary this year.
And coincidentally, seven are competing in the 70th Miss Arcadia pageant which still crowns their winners with a Miss America-style rhinestone crown and awards her and the runners-up with scholarship.
The 2024 Miss Arcadia pageant was held tonight, Saturday, May 4, 2024, at the Arcadia High School. The seven contestants were:
*Maria Bruan
*Yariza Luna
*Casidi Pehler
*Samantha Berg
*Kanah Slaby
*Briana Ruiz
*Karla Andrade
They competed to succeed Miss Arcadia 2023, Ithzel Cossio Sotelo.
The results: Briana Ruiz (winner), Kanah Slaby (first runner-up), and Casidi Pehler (second runner-up). Congratulations to all and best wishes for Briana during her year-long reign. 👑
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- Prep day gossip -- None of your business, 15:09:13 04/14/24 Sun
Ok. Prep day is done.
No talk?
Let’s hear it!
Who was best dressed?
Who stood out?
What director already thinks they have it in the bag?
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- Alice in Dairyland 2024 finals -- Fan, 18:22:04 05/04/24 Sat
Tonight, Saturday, May 4, 2024, this state will get a new Alice in Dairyland who will be crowned and assume state-paid duties on July 8, 2024. The competition is tonight, 7:30 p.m., at the Stone Harbor Resort in Sturgeon Bay.
The six finalists, all first-time entrants, who are competing to become Wisconsin's 77th Alice in Dairyland are:
*Cierra Lynn Ehrke-Essock, Fox Lake
*Halei E. Heinzel, Oconomowoc
*Katrina Hoesly, Denmark,
*Michaela King, Big Bend
*Kiley Ann Pagel, Coleman/Kewaunee
*Lauren Jessica Siemers, Kiel
Good luck to all six of these impressive and accomplished young women who were selected in early March by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elJIjoz1rD4
Alice in Dairyland 2024 who will be crowned tonight at the annual banquet will succeed current Alice in Dairyland, Ashley Elizabeth Hagenow of Poynette, the first woman from Columbia County to win the title since the Alice program began in 1948 (Wisconsin centennial year).
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- Happy May Day!! -- Milw, 11:45:57 05/01/24 Wed
May Day, May Day!! Place flowers at your neighbor or mother's front door, ring the bell or knock on the door, and then quickly run away, and try to notice their reaction to their suprise May Day gift from afar.....and old fashion May Day "prank".
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- Condolences -- Fan, 16:40:11 04/18/24 Thu
Condolences to the family and friends of these six noted Wisconsin people (by alphabetical order) that were involved in pageantry who died since February 2024:
1---Nancy Ann Peterson Bekkedal, 72, of Viroqua, Wisconsin died on Friday, February 2, 2024. She was active with the local Miss Viroqua pageant in Vernon County (which was never a local preliminary for Miss Wisconsin).
http://www.rothfamilycremation.com/obituary/Nancy-Bekkedal
2---Linda Deborah Chambers Hughes, age 71, died on March 1, 2024. She was named first runner-up in the 1971 Miss Racine pageant, making Linda the first African American to place in this Miss Wisconsin local preliminary competition.
http://www.palmerfuneralhomes.com/obituary/Linda-Hughes
http://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-times/121222346/
(Note--among the contestants in 1971 were Jacqueline Jean Matson (chosen Miss Racine 1971) and Carol Kelly, who later became the wife of award-winning UW-Madison basketball coach (2001--2015) William Francis "Bo" Ryan, Jr.)
3---Sally Joan "Joni" Waller Jaeger, age 87, formerly of Madison, Wisconsin, died on Saturday, March 16, 2024. She was Miss New Jersey in the 1955 Miss America pageant, and later moved to Madison, Wisconsin where she was one of first female real estate agents in Madison.
Recently, she relocated to Woodbury, Minnesota to be closer to family, and died there last month. All during her life, she was a fan of pageants within the Miss America program.
http://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/woodbury-mn/joni-jaeger-11718796
4---Mary Louise (Mary Lou) Blanchette Lewis, 87, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin died on Sunday, April 14, 2024. The year before the Miss Wisconsin pageant moved from Kenosha to Oshkosh in 1963, Mary Lou was already the producer and director of the Miss Oshkosh pageant.
She spent 50 years with the Miss Wisconsin Organization as the usher/usherette committee chairperson and coordinated the tickets sales for the state pageant each June, and she was a noted pageant historian. In recent years she was a gold patron member of the Miss Wisconsin scholarship fund.
Her husband, Richard Lewis, who died in May 2014, was the Miss Wisconsin executive director from 1973 to 1974.
http://www.fissbillspoklasnyfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Mary-Louise-Lewis/#!/Obituary
5---Ellen M. Overson Stey, age 79, of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, died on Wednesday, February 21, 2024. She was a UW-Madison student at the time she was the Madison entrant in the 1963 Miss Wisconsin-USA pageant, where she was named as the second runner-up.
http://www.haaselockwoodfhs.com/obituary/Ellen-Stey
6---Gwendolyn "Wendi" Rose Schuster, age 58, of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, died on Sunday, March 20, 2024. In 1995, the Racine native was chosen as Ms. Wisconsin, the first ever disabled contestant to win that state title.
During the time of her reign as Ms. Wisconsin 1995, and long after she had crowned her successor, Wendi spoke with the media, visited schools and provided inspirational addresses to audiences around the state. She spoke about the hazards of drunk driving, losing her mother, having a leg amputated, and surviving breast cancer---and still being able to live a worthwhile life.
http://journaltimes.com/news/local/schuster-hopes-others-learn-from-her-tragedy/article_13f4d02c-fe43-5ee8-81aa-48f4a5f48d9f.html
http://www.cressfuneralservice.com/obituaries/gwendolyn-schuster
Sympathy to all families of these pageant women.
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- Anti-Biden trouble-maker -- Milo, 13:32:26 04/09/24 Tue
President Joe Biden came to Madison for a presidential campaign stop yesterday (April 8th), and there was one person there who was more interesting in confronting him rather than listening to what the president had to say while he was briefly in Madison.
Liberal left-wing radical protester Miss Beloit 2023, Angelica Chapman-Skyes was there and she made sure she that was heard, at least on local television news, when she appeared on WKOW Channel 27 News last night.
We should note, she and her leftist trouble-makers could have had their protest on the grounds of the Madison College or on the nearby sidewalk on other days of the week---not only during the time Madison was graced with a presidential visit. But to be on local tv, one must be where the president is or otherwise your protest efforts won't draw media attention. At least Angelica is the now former not current Miss Beloit.
http://apnews.com/article/biden-student-loan-education-forgiveness-069d64e7e6fc4edd967adf6bc5f7e699
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- Miss Wisconsin 2024 -- Lynn, 17:10:11 03/25/24 Mon
With Miss Wisconsin Class of 2024 now complete, any early estimates on who may be our front runner or this year’s top 5?
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- Beloit and Wisconsin Sweeps -- Milw, 08:05:16 03/23/24 Sat
Any word on who may win Miss Beloit 2024 tonight (among the contestants are two former Miss Beloit Teen winners including Allison Hoffman who was disqualified and kicked off the Miss Beloit stage in 2022).
And no contestants are listed at all for Sunday's Miss Wisconsin Sweeps. Any know who will compete for the three at-large statewide titles in Racine?
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- Breaking news bus fire -- m, 04:35:50 03/22/24 Fri
http://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/hero-bus-driver-saves-9-kids-school-bus-108307478
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- Miss Fond du Lac pageant -- Fan, 19:22:43 03/09/24 Sat
Any word on who competed tonight in Fond du Lac for the Miss Fond du Lac and Miss Fond du Lac's Teen and Miss Foot of the Lake's Teen titles? And the results of the triple-crowning competition show?
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- Happy birthday Alexis -- Fan, 14:28:21 03/15/24 Fri
Today, March 15th, marks the 22nd birthday for reigning Miss Wisconsin-USA 2023, Alexis Maria Loomans of Waunakee, who was named second runner-up to Miss USA 2023 at the national pageant held last September.
Happy birthday and enjoy your last three months of your Miss Wisconsin-USA reign as you will crown your 2024 successor on June 15, 2024 in Verona.
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- Are Michelle and Kori running MSF now? -- Thought they were kicked out they’re lunatics, 21:36:27 02/09/24 Fri
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- Miss Beloit Comp -- Fan, 23:32:19 03/03/24 Sun
Does anyone know who is competing at Miss Beloit this year?
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- Miss Oshkosh and Miss Oshkosh's Teen 2024 -- GB-fan, 20:25:43 03/02/24 Sat
Any word on results of the Miss Oshkosh and Miss Oshkosh's Teen pageant held tonight at Oshkosh West High School? And who all competed, who won what runners-up placements, and special awards?
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- Condolences -- Fan, 11:50:37 02/29/24 Thu
Sympathy to the family of Tiffany Ann Thornburgh DeBrabant, age 54, who died on February 13, 2024, at her home in Elkhorn, Wisconsin.
While her obituary does not mention it, Tiffany was the first runner-up in the 1986 Miss Wisconsin Teen-USA pageant, and later was named the second runner-up in the 1989 Miss Wisconsin-USA pageant (where she won the Miss Photogenic award). Both state pageants were held in Milwaukee at the Pfister Hotel.
Tiffany was also the first runner-up in a Milwaukee beer company bikini swimsuit contest in 1990, which drew 35 statewide competitors, including Sherri Leigh Baxter (who was previously Miss Wisconsin-USA 1989), who got fourth runner-up in the swimsuit beer promotion show.
But Tiffany was not all beauty without brains. She graduated with high honors at the now-closed Cardinal Stritch University, and she dedicated over 29 years of her life as a certified nursing assistant at Lakeland Health Care Center in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, her hometown. She will be missed.
http://www.haaselockwoodfhs.com/obituary/Tiffany-DeBrabant
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- Miss Wisconsin-USA/Miss Wisconsin Teen-USA 2024 -- Fan, 09:20:19 02/28/24 Wed
It has just been announced by Future Productions, Inc. of Minnesota, the current state franchise holder of the Wisconsin state Miss USA and Miss Teen-USA pageants, that the 2024 Miss Wisconsin-USA and Miss Wisconsin Teen-USA preliminary show will be staged on Friday, June 14, 2024 and the finale coronation pageant will be on Saturday, June 15, 2024 at a new first-time state pageant venue, the Verona High School auditorium in Verona, Wisconsin (located just ten miles west of Madison).
Contestants will stay at the Hyatt Place Hotel in Verona. If you need to ask the cost of the sponsorship entry fee for either state pageant, you can't afford to compete!!
Miss Wisconsin-USA 2023, Alexis Maria Loomans of Waunakee (who was second runner-up last September in the 2023 Miss USA pageant) and outgoing Miss Wisconsin Teen-USA 2023, Shelby Lynn Hohneke of Hudson (who was quarter-semi-finalist in the 2023 Miss Teen-USA competition) will be in Verona to crown their successors.
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- Congratulations Miss Kenosha 2024 -- Milw, 13:55:44 02/18/24 Sun
Last night, Grace Chapa of Kenosha was selected as Miss Kenosha 2024 after performing a French horn solo for talent. The Carthage College senior became the first Latina to be named Miss Kenosha after last year's winner, Willow Ybre Newell of Racine, became the first black woman to win the city crown.
Placing and winning awards yesterday among the majority of first-time Miss Kenosha contestants were:
*Kate Nidy (First runner-up, Overall Talent award, and On Stage Question award)
*Mariah Tianna Bader (Second runner-up---who had the Miss USAAmbassador Wisconsin 2021-2022 title),
*Jordan Elizabeth Richards (Miss Congeniality)
*Jada Robinson (Promotions award)
*Kyah Jernigan (Spirit of Miss Kenosha award)
Former Miss Beloit 2019 and appointed Miss Milwaukee 2023, Abby Michelle Miller did not compete in the Miss Kenosha pageant last evening. Congratulations Grace and all of the contestants who appeared on stage.
And best wishes to Grace this June when she will attempt to be the second-only Miss Kenosha to win the Miss Wisconsin crown. The first was former Miss Racine 1984 and Miss Kenosha 1989, Kimberly Jean Totdahl of Racine, who was a double preliminary winner at Oshkosh, and was named Miss Wisconsin 1989, before she later became Miss Wisconsin-USA 1991.
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- Abby Miller -- Milw, 14:18:48 02/11/24 Sun
How does former Miss Beloit, Abby Miller (who last year moved to the Milwaukee area just to compete there) qualify for competing in the 2024 Miss Kenosha pageant next Saturday (February 17)?
Did they open it to become a state open or southern Wisconsin regional competition pageant? Or did she move to Kenosha? By the way, when reviewing the head-shots of the twelve contestants, some of them are quite rough.....Jada Robinson is in dire need of lipstick application training, and a couple of them look like that the just got out of bed or the shower.
Lets hope the new Miss Kenosha next Saturday night wins a complete make-over prize package, as at least nine of them need it plus an hair-styling, an additional six coats of make-up, and teeth whitening.
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- New Berlin and West Allis 2024 -- Milw, 15:32:21 02/03/24 Sat
Who got first runner-up last Saturday night (January 26) for the Miss West Allis title, which Abby Miller of Beloit got second runner-up, and Brystal Schultz of Bristol, won the title?
And who were runners-up for the 2024 Miss New Berlin title which was won by first-time entrant Kailee Alexis Doherty of Menomonee Falls (who was previously Distinguished Young Woman of Menomonee Falls 2019, and a winner at a recent Wisconsin State Fair talent show contest with a classical vocal number)??:
http://discoverhometown.com/doherty-named-distinguished-young-woman-of-menomonee-falls-2019/
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- Green Bay won tonight over Dallas....will Lila win Miss America tonight? -- Did she even make the semi-finals in Orlando?, 17:20:12 01/14/24 Sun
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- Miss Northern Lights 2024 -- Milw, 13:24:32 01/13/24 Sat
The weekend snow storm and poor driving conditions in many parts of the state will not cancel the return of the Miss Northern Lights and Miss Northern Lights' Teen competition pageant show tonight...only delay the program until 6:30 pm tonight at Sentry Theater, 1800 North Point Drive in Stevens Point.
The Miss Northern Lights 2024 contestants
Allison Lucinda Wisinski, Stevens Point *
Cassidy Orion Sairs, Wisconsin Rapids *
Aryssa Wright, Menasha
Makaya Stanke, Trempealeau
Emma Booth, Eau Claire *
Mandi Genord, Beaver Dam *
Alanna Racine, Wausau
The Miss Northern Lights' Teen 2024 contestants
Angelina Bollom, Onalaska
Alexis Ullrich, Baraboo *
Eliana Sine, Portage
Madeline Lehmann, Holmen
Ruby Marti, Wisconsin Rapids *
Madison Graf, Vesper
Bianca Bowden, Wisconsin Rapids
*--previously competed at state in Oshkosh
And remember what was posted here back on July 13, 2023 regarding Cassidy competing for this title tonight, read here:
http://www.voy.com/136833/40560.html
The Miss Northern Lights pageant was held for three years, ending in 2018 along with the Miss Northern Light's Teen pageant, which began in 2017. The current titleholders from 2018, are Ryann Nicole Swanson (Miss), and Mandi Genord (Teen) who is competing for the Miss title tonight, after placing first runner-up to Miss Wisconsin 2023 last year while competing as Miss Rock River Valley.
Mandi, who was Miss Wisconsin's Teen 2018, will be busy tonight, but she will or should have her mind on tomorrow's Miss America pageant on Sunday in Orlando, Florida in case Lila becomes the second consecutive Miss Wisconsin after Grace Stanke to win the Miss America title. Mandi would assume the state title should she accept....yet, she may have to resign Miss Northern Lights if she wins that tonight.
Good luck to all contestants who made it to Stevens Point to compete for the chance to advance to the state pageant in Oshkosh this June.
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- Congratulations Kelsey!! -- Fan, 17:10:56 01/12/24 Fri
Racine County's Fairest of the Fairs 2023, Kelsey Marie Henderson, 21, of Kenosha, was chosen and crowned as Wisconsin's Fairest of the Fair 2024 on Wednesday night at the annual convention in Lake Delton (though most media says Wisconsin Dells). She is a senior agricultural business major at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.
As the 58th Wisconsin's Fairest of the Fair, she will make appearances around the state promoting fairs and attending the eleven-day Wisconsin State Fair in West Allis this August. Kelsey was crowned by the 2023 state fairest titleholder Sharlene T. Swedlund of Juda (Green County).
*First runner-up---Ellie Szczech, 20, of Wales, representing the Waukesha County Fair
*Second runner-up--Amalia (Mali) Draxler, 19, of Glenwood City, representing the St. Croix County Fair
*Third runner-up---Aubrey Schlimgen, 20,of Marshall, representing the Dane County Fair
*Fourth runner-up--Aleah Hunter, 19, of Galesville, representing the Trempealeau County Fair
A group of 35 contestants, representing regional or county fairs around Wisconsin, vied Wednesday night (January 10th) for this coveted position. Come meet Kelsey this August 1-11, 2024 at the 2024 Wisconsin State Fair in West Allis.
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- Miss South Central/Rock River Valley -- Fan, 10:05:25 01/04/24 Thu
Miss South Central & Rock River Valley Competition this weekend.
Contestants have been posted & wow do they have quite the bunch this year. Will ShaNita continue the trend of crowning a Miss Wisconsin?
Thoughts?
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- Good luck state entrants -- Milw, 19:10:40 01/12/24 Fri
Good luck to Miss Wisconsin's Teen 2023, Trinity Horstman and also to Miss Wisconsin 2023, Lila Hui Szyryj as both compete in their national pageants this weekend in Orlando, Florida.
And special congratulations to Grace Stanke of Wausau who will conclude her 13-month Miss America reign on Sunday evening. She did a great job promoting her university, her platform, and Wisconsin this past year.
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- Holiday greetings -- Board Moderator, 08:29:00 12/24/23 Sun
Have an enjoyable Christmas eve tonight and Merry Christmas greetings to all pageant fans who post here or just come to read what others are thinking and saying. We hope you enjoyed your time here in 2023, and contribute next year.
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- How dose voting work -- Ap (Winning awards), 11:26:38 12/16/23 Sat
Just wondering how pageants work on who gets top 3 .someone I know got award for best to judges back stage questions,she got best to on stage judge questions. And best formal dress but that did not get her top 3
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