Miss Wisconsin wins Preliminary Fitness Award at Miss America Competition

The Miss Wisconsin Organization is pleased to announce that Miss Wisconsin 2024, Mandi Genord, was named one of three preliminary fitness award winners at the Miss America competition Wednesday, January 1, 2025.

Genord was also named a winner of the American Heart Association Go Red For Women Leadership award.

Genord, 22, of Beaver Dam, is a 2024 graduate of the University of Alabama. She graduated summa cum laude and was awarded two Bachelor’s Degrees rounding out majors in dance, political science and communication studies. She plans to obtain her Juris Doctor degree and practice family law, specializing in adoption.

Her Community Service Initiative is Connecting Lives: Adoption Resources & Advocacy (CLARA) – aiming to provide support and resources for families looking to adopt.

Genord will compete in the preliminary talent competition tomorrow evening. Genord is a 4th generation dancer and will be performing a contemporary jazz dance to “You Don’t Own Me” for the talent competition.

Miss America 2025 will be named on Sunday, January 5. A live stream of the final competition is available at www.PageantVision.com. For more information on the national competition, please visit www.missamerica.org.