The Miss Wisconsin USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Wisconsin in the Miss USA pageant.
It is produced by Future Productions based in Savage, Minnesota from 2007 until 2024 and from 2025 onwards is produced by KPC Productions based in West Des Moines, Iowa.
Wisconsin is one of the least successful states in the Miss USA system with only eight placements in over sixty years as the state has yet to win the Miss USA title. The most recent placement was Aneisha Cox in 2025. Alexis Maria Loomans in 2023, placing 2nd runner-up 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.
Olivia Lulich of Lyndon Station was crowned Miss Wisconsin USA 2026 on May 30, 2026, at The Franklin Center in Des Moines. She will represent Wisconsin at Miss USA 2026.
Gallery of titleholders
Results summary 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), Aneisha Cox (2025)
Wisconsin holds a record of 9 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)
Winners
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Year Name HometownAge Local title Placement at Miss USA Special awards at Miss USA Notes 2026 Olivia Lulich Lyndon Station 23 Previously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 2020 2025 Aneisha Cox Green Bay 23 Miss Green Bay Top 20 2024 Tori Trittin Madison 22 Miss South Central Wisconsin Previously Miss Minnesota Teen USA 2017 2023 Alexis Maria Loomans Waunakee 21 Miss Dane County 2nd runner-up Previously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 2018 2022 Hollis Brown Milwaukee 26 Miss Southeast Wisconsin 2021 Samantha Catherine Keaton Milwaukee 20 Miss Milwaukee Later Miss Grand US Virgin Islands 2024 2020 Gabriella Deyi Madison 27 Longest reigning Miss Wisconsin USA at 2019Danika TramburgRichfield22 Previously Miss Wisconsin United States 2017 2018 Regina Gray Milwaukee 27 Later Miss Supranational USA 2019 7th at Miss Supranational 2019Miss Supranational Facebook 2017 Skylar Witte Schofield 19 Formerly an event coordinator for Future Productions 2016 Kate Redeker Sheboygan 19 Miss Photogenic Previously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 2013 Top 16 at Miss Teen USA 2013 2015 Haley Laundrie Lake Mills 21 2014 Bishara Dorre Milwaukee 24 Top 10Previously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 2006 Previously Miss Wisconsin's Outstanding Teen 2007 Top 10 at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008 Previously National American Miss 2010 Former Milwaukee Bucks cheerleader 2013 Chrissy Zamora Greenfield 25 2012 Emily Guerin Monroe 23 2011 Jordan Morkin Green Bay 21 Originally first runner-up, assumed the title after Shaletta Porterfield's resignation. Competed at Miss USA. Shaletta Porterfield Madison/West Bloomfield, MI 26 colspan="2" Resigned on May 12, 2011, after being charged with three counts of identity theft. 2010 Courtney Lopez Franksville 20 Previously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 2008 2013 Houston Texans Cheerleader 2009 Alexandra Wehrley Pewaukee 21 Host of Oklahoma Live on KSBI, co-host of the Miss USA 2015 pageant, and host of the Miss USA 2017 preliminary competition. 2008 Michelyn Butler Madison 25 Contestant at National Sweetheart 2007 2007 Caitlin Morrall Burlington 23 Top 15 Contestant at National Sweetheart 2003 2006 Anna Piscitello Hartland 20 2005 Melissa Ann Young Menasha 25 Miss Congeniality 2004 Jenna Schultz Pewaukee 20 2003 Judith Eckerle Milwaukee 26 2002 Cortney Owen Muskego 18 2001 Kari Jo Dodge Star Prairie 19 2000 Samantha Jo Picha Verona 25 1999 Elyzabeth Pham Madison 26 Miss Photogenic 1998 Michelle Altman Green Bay 21 1997 Tara Johnson Onalaska 21 1996 Mary Stoker Madison/West Salem 26 First African American titleholder 1995 Tanae Geisler Hudson 19 Previously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 1993 1994 Gina Desmond Milwaukee 25 1993 Heather Hanson Madison/Cascade 20 1992 Kelly Bright Greenfield 25 1991 Kimberly Totdahl Racine 24 Previously Miss Wisconsin 1989 1990 Lynn Mulcahy Madison 20 1989 Sherri Baxter Madison/Plymouth, MN 19 1988 Mary Anderson St Francis 22 Previously Miss Wisconsin 1985. 1987 Regina Part Stevens Point 19 1986 Bonnie Bonnicksen Madison 23 1985 Deborah Strauss Thiensville 22 1984 Tamara Su Schoof Milwaukee 24 1983 Susan Peters Menomonee Falls 20 1982 Cheryl Maslowski Milwaukee 21 1981 Dawn Spreeman Kaukauna 18 1980 Susan McGaffigan Pewaukee 21 1979 Kathryn Wituschek Milwaukee 24 Semi-finalist 1978 Cynthia Paulson Milwaukee 24 1977 Vicki Payne Milwaukee 24 1976 Susan Femrite Madison 19 1975 Rita Pedder Madison 22 1974 Mary Lynn Cook Wind Lake 23 2nd runner-up 1973 Diane Modrow Green Bay 20 Best State Costume (Tied with Miss Texas USA) 1972 Suzan Nass Menomonie 19 1971 Pamela Martin Milwaukee 25 1970 Joann Soller Eau Claire 20 1969 Christine Sachen Racine 21 1968 Janice Kopps Milwaukee 21 1967 Jodi Bonham Milwaukee 23 3rd runner-up 1966 Janet Driscoll Milwaukee 22 1965 Judith Ann "Judy" Achtor Milwaukee 22 Died on January 18, 2016, in Milwaukee at age 70. 1964 Carolyne Limquite Milwaukee 26 1963 Lynn Korchunoff Milwaukee 18 1962 Sherri Mattison Milwaukee 20 1961 Karen Reisweber Milwaukee 21 1960 Sharyn Chalik Milwaukee 22 1959 Charlene Krause Milwaukee 24 1958 Did not compete 1957 Natalie Lueck Milwaukee 25 1956 Priscilla Perkins Milwaukee 23 1955 Jeanne Marianne Boulay Fond du Lac 19 Semi-finalist 1954 Rita Delores Younger Baraboo 21 Semi-finalist 1953 Jacque Kimmel Milwaukee 24 1952 Jeannie Eleanor Huston Milwaukee 20 Withdrew
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