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Date Posted: 10:52:54 09/17/19 Tue
Author: WPH
Subject: Miss Wisconsin death

Condolences to the family of Elsie (Elyse) Sutter, Miss Milwaukee 1944 and Miss Wisconsin 1944.

Sadly, Elyse passed away last night, Monday, September 16, 2019, in Florida at age 95. She was the earliest and the oldest former Miss Wisconsin at the time of her death.

Elyse was named Miss Wisconsin on September 20, 1944, in Racine, the only time that city hosted the Miss Wisconsin pageant. She was the only Miss Wisconsin to be crowned after, not before, the Miss America pageant, thus she never got the chance to compete in the 1944 Miss America pageant. However, Elyse was able to compete in a national "beauty" competition thanks to the 20th year anniversary of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios which hosted a national modeling contest and she represented Wisconsin and subsequently placed seventh in the national contest.

Because of that experience with the famed movie studios, Elyse got a small part as a water dancer in the 1947 movie "This Time For Keeps", listed here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039898/fullcredits
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5291916/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t38

She was born Elsie but went by Elyse since her movie and modeling days of the late 1940s. She loved the Miss America program and was a frequent judge at local pageants all over Wisconsin and helped contestants seek their pageant goals.

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Aww that is too bad. She died four days before her 75th anniversary of being named -- Miss Wisconsin. Who is now the oldest living Miss Wisconsin?, 12:22:20 09/17/19 Tue
- Its too bad yes, but Elyse is not even listed on the Miss Wisconsin website of former winners -- or in the list of past winners in the 2019 program book., 14:22:24 09/17/19 Tue
  - http://www.misswisconsin.com/about/miss-wisconsin/forever-miss-wisconsins/ -- Elyse IS on the website linked here, you missed her name., 18:46:06 09/17/19 Tue
- I think the earliest still living Miss Wis. is now probably Terry Meeuwsen. She is getting up there -- as is Sharon Singstock (1965). Maybe a couple others too., 21:07:49 09/17/19 Tue
If you get Charter/Spectrum cable, they are having a story on Elyse's passing later tonight. -- Check for Spectrum Cable News, usually Ch. one on dial., 14:12:58 09/21/19 Sat
- Just saw the Miss Wis. obituary story on Spectrum news tonight complete with photos. -- It airs at :20 and :50 each hour tonight until 3 am Sunday, 17:57:41 09/21/19 Sat
  - Yes it was a nice story on Miss Wis. 1944 but did you notice that anchor woman could not -- -- pronounce late comic actor Jimmy Durante's last name?, 12:30:15 09/22/19 Sun
    - Re: Yes it was a nice story on Miss Wis. 1944 but did you notice that anchor woman could not -- -- yeap, 02:09:25 10/08/19 Tue

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