OSHKOSH, WI (MetroSouce-WSAU) – Tianna Vanderhei is the new Miss Wisconsin. Vanderhei, who qualified by winning the Violet Wood pageant earlier this year, was crowned Miss Wisconsin 2018 in Oshkosh on Saturday night.
The 25-year-old is from Wisconsin Rapids. She also won the CMN Miracle Maker Award, the Overall Interview Award, and the Overall Dancer Award. She’s a former broadcast journalist from WXOW-TV in LaCrosse. It was her 6th time in the Miss Wisconsin competition. She wins a $10,000 scholarship.
Jessica Hammer was the first runner-up, followed by Elise O’Connell.
Vanderhei will represent Wisconsin in the national Miss America competition in Atlantic City on September 9th.
