Samantha Catherine Keaton of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States previously lived in Austin, Texas, USA. On May 23, 2021, she won Miss Wisconsin USA 2021 at the Chula Vista Resort in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.
On May 8, 2022, Keaton crowned her successor Hollis Brown at the Madison Marriott West Conference Center in Middleton, Wisconsin. The latter will represent the state at Miss USA 2022.
Currently, Wisconsin has seven Miss USA placements including the third runner-up finish of Jodi Bonham in 1967 and the second runner-up finish of Mary Lynn Cook in 1974. The most recent was in 2014 when Bishara Dorre finished in the Top 10.
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Miss Wisconsin USA 2022 results
| beauty pageant: Miss Wisconsin USA national membership: Miss USA |
| edition: 71st date: May 8, 2022 venue: Madison Marriott West Conference Center, Middleton, Wisconsin, United States candidates: 28 |
FINALISTS
| PLACEMENT | NAME (HOMETOWN) |
| Top 28 | Hawa Hussein (Brown Deer Village) Janae Bond (Central Wisconsin) Emily Phillips (Coulee Region) Emily Car (La Crosse) Dea Harizaj (Madison) Celina Joz (Merrill) Annia Leo (Milwaukee County) Samantha Bil (Ozaukee County) Vernida Boykin (Rhinelander) Elizabeth Moore(Wauwatosa) Madison Swick (Westby) Camille Wil (Whitefish Bay Village) |
| Top 16 | Katrina Mazier (Appleton) Foley Van Lieshout (Downtown) Paige Kassner (Green Bay) Megan Srnka (Kewaunee County) Jade Flury (Marathon County) Autumn Mays (Milwaukee) Karly Knauss (Plymouth) JaLesa Campbell (Racine) Lorrain Hahn (Sheboygan) Kaitlyn Schmidt (Southwest Wisconsin) Alefiyah Dawoodbhai (Waukesha) |
| Top 5 | Jamie Fay Walloch (Evansville) Tania Alvarez (Greenfield) Haley Schonter (Racine County) Hollis Brown (Southeast Wisconsin) Megan Bargiel (Whitewater) |
SPECIAL AWARDS
| AWARD | CANDIDATE |
| Miss Congeniality | Foley Van Lieshout Downtown |
| Miss Photogenic | Jamie Fay Walloch Evansville |
WINNERS
| PLACEMENT | 2022 | 2021 |
| 4th runner-up | Megan Bargiel Whitewater | Sarah Niehueser Fond Du Lac |
| 3rd runner-up | Haley Schonter Racine County | Karly Knaus Plymouth |
| 2nd runner-up | Jamie Walloch Evansville | TeKema Balentine Sun Prairie |
| 1st runner-up | Tania Alvarez Greenfield | Jamie Walloch Evansville |
| Miss Wisconsin USA | Hollis Brown Southeast Wisconsin | Samantha Keaton Milwaukee |
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