OSHKOSH (NBC 26) — The Miss Wisconsin Organization announced in a statement Tuesday that the competition would be leaving Oshkosh after 61 years.
- The Miss Wisconsin Competition will be moved to the West Performing Arts Center in New Berlin.
- The organization says the move was necessary due to the organization’s growth.
- Oshkosh pageant participants are sad to lose their home town stage, but excited for the future.
Oshkosh hosted the The Miss Wisconsin Competition for 61 years at the Oshkosh West High School Alberta Kimball Auditorium.
In its Tuesday press release, the organization thanked Oshkosh for the decades of partnership.
“We are so fortunate to have had a home for 61 years,” the statement from executive director, Brenda Baudo, says. “This decision wasn’t made lightly and was quite difficult. There are countless memories and sentimental moments attached to Oshkosh that we will continue to cherish and carry with us. However, changing locations has been in the back of our minds for some time due to the growth of our organization and the needs presented by that growth.”…