Miss Minnesota

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File:Emily Schumacher Miss Minnesota 2024 (cropped).jpg

File:Dorothy Benham Korea.jpg,
Miss Minnesota 1976 and Miss America 1977]]

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Miss Minnesota 1988 and Miss America 1989]]

The Miss Minnesota competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Minnesota in the Miss America pageant. Women from Minnesota have won the Miss America crown on three occasions. The most recent winner was Gretchen Carlson in 1989.

Emily Schumacher of Mankato was crowned Miss Minnesota 2024 on June 21, 2024. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Minnesota titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.

===Placements===

  • Miss America: BeBe Shopp (1948), Dorothy Benham (1977), Gretchen Carlson (1989)
  • 1st runners-up: Elaine Campbell (1947)
  • 2nd runners-up: N/A
  • 3rd runners-up: Lauren Susan Green (1985)
  • 4th runners-up: Arlene Anderson (1945), Nancee Parkinson (1962), Barbara Hasselberg (1965), Judy Mendenhall (1970), Rebecca Yeh (2014)
  • Top 10: Florence Hunton (1943), Charlotte Sims (1968), Sheila Bernhagen (1972), Laurie Saarinen (1983)
  • Top 12: Patricia Cummings (1944)
  • Top 15: Lucille McGinty (1925), Marion Rudeen (1939), Gloria Burkhart (1949), Michaelene Karlen (2019)

=Awards=

==Preliminary awards==

==Non-finalist awards==

  • Non-finalist Talent: Keri Thorne (1976), Debra Goodwin (1981), Jo Bender (1993), Shawna Deeann Stoltenberg (1994), Jennifer Ostergaard (1998), Karyn Stordahl (2006), Nicole Swanson (2007), Brooke Kilgarriff (2010), Kathryn Knuttila (2011), Brianna Drevlow (2018)

==Other awards==

  • Miss Congeniality: Madeline Van Ert (2017)
  • Louanne Gamba Instrumental Award: Kathryn Knuttila (2011), Rebecca Yeh (2014)
  • Quality of Life Award Winners: Jennifer Ostergaard (1998)
  • Quality of Life Award Finalists: Jennifer Hudspeth (2008), Brooke Kilgarriff (2010), Kathryn Knuttila (2011), Natalie Davis (2012), Brianna Drevlow (2018)
  • STEM Scholarship Finalist: Gabrielle "Elle" Mark (2022)
  • Waterford Business Management & Marketing Award: Paula Knoll (1996)

Winners

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  • {{Color box|gold|border=silver}} Declared as winner
  • {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=silver}} Ended as a runner-up
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! Year

! Name

! Hometown

! Age

! Local Title

! Miss America Talent

! Placement at Miss America

! Special scholarships at Miss America

! Notes

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|2024

| Emily Rae Schumacher

|Mankato

| 24

| Miss Mankato

| Dance "Elvis Has Left the Building”

| Top 11

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|Previously Miss Minnesota's Outstanding Teen 2017

Older sister of Miss Minnesota's Outstanding Teen 2022, Julia Schumacher

2023

| Angelina Amerigo

| Woodbury

| 22

|Miss West Central

| Dance

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2022

| Rachel Evangelisto

|Minneapolis

|24

|Miss Winona

|Praying Mantis Kung Fu

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|First Native American Miss Minnesota{{cn|date=July 2022}}

2021

|Gabrielle (Elle) Louise Mark{{Cite web|last=Ballzer|first=Tracy|date=2021-07-04|title=Former Miss La Crosse/Oktoberfest, Elle Mark, Crowned New 'Miss Minnesota'|url=https://www.wizmnews.com/2021/07/04/former-miss-la-crosse-oktoberfest-elle-mark-crowned-new-miss-minnesota/|access-date=2021-07-05|website=WIZM 92.3FM 1410AM|language=en-US}}

|Red Wing

|25

|Miss St. Croix Valley

|Vocal

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|STEM Scholarship Finalist

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2019–20

|Kathryn Kueppers{{cite news |first=Molly |last=Korzenowski |title=Following in mother's footsteps, new Miss Minnesota second in her family to wear crown |url=https://www.twincities.com/2019/06/24/following-in-mothers-footsteps-new-miss-minnesota-second-in-her-family-to-wear-crown/ |date=June 24, 2019 |work=Twin Cities Pioneer Press}}

|Mendota Heights

|21

|Miss Coon Rapids

|Vocal

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|

|Daughter of Miss Minnesota 1983, Vicki Plaster Kueppers

Previously Miss Minnesota Sweetheart 2018{{cite news |title=Photo Gallery: 2018 National Sweetheart Pageant |url=http://www.newsbug.info/hoopeston_chronicle/photo-gallery-national-sweetheart-pageant/collection_66720fea-fbca-55f8-9834-09910d21890e.html#61 |date=September 3, 2018 |work=Hoopeston Chronicle}}
Top 10 finalist at National Sweetheart 2018 pageant

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|2018

|Michaelene Karlen{{cite web|first=Lydia |last=Hansen |title= Kasson woman raises the 'barre' as Miss Minnesota |publisher=Post Bulletin |url=http://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/kasson-woman-raises-the-barre-as-miss-minnesota/article_87db5324-732c-11e8-b46b-a75952006e08.html |date=June 20, 2018}}

|Kasson

| 23

|Miss South Central

| Contemporary Ballet, "Symphony No. 3" by Philip Glass

| Top 15{{cite web|first=Erin |last=Serpico |title=Miss New York crowned Miss America 2019 in Atlantic City |url=https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/missamerica/miss-new-york-crowned-miss-america-in-atlantic-city/article_2dca9531-9029-5cf5-8ba1-b4e2c1014aba.html |work=Press of Atlantic City |date=September 8, 2018}}

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2017

| Brianna Drevlow{{cite web|first=TJ |last=Nelson |title= Thief River Falls Native Wins Miss Minnesota |publisher=Turnto10.com|url=http://www.kvrr.com/2017/06/18/thief-river-falls-native-wins-miss-minnesota/| date=June 18, 2017}}

| Thief River Falls

| 23

| Miss North Star

| Classical Piano, Rhapsody in Blue

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| Non-finalist Talent Award{{cite web|url=http://missamerica.org/miss-america-scholarship-awards/ |publisher= Miss America Organization |title= Miss America Scholarship Awards}}

Preliminary Talent Award{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/entertainment/minnesota-louisiana-win-2nd-night-america-prelims-article-1.3477916|publisher=NY Daily News|title=Minnesota, Louisiana win 2nd night Miss America prelims|date=September 7, 2017|access-date=2017-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908050330/http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/entertainment/minnesota-louisiana-win-2nd-night-america-prelims-article-1.3477916|archive-date=2017-09-08|url-status=dead}}

Quality of Life Award Finalist{{cite web| first=John |last=DeRosier |title=Here they are: 2018 Miss America contestants arrive in Atlantic City|publisher=Press of Atlantic City|url=http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/missamerica/here-they-are-miss-america-contestants-arrive-in-atlantic-city/article_29f9cd11-37ac-5a0f-be30-a22f6eda7e2a.html|date=August 30, 2017}}

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2016

| Madeline Van Ert{{cite web |url=http://pageantsnews.com/madeline-van-ert-miss-minnesota-2016/ |title=Madeline Van Ert is Miss Minnesota 2016 |publisher=pageantsnews.com |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820170127/http://pageantsnews.com/madeline-van-ert-miss-minnesota-2016/ |archive-date=2016-08-20 }}

| Rochester

| 19

| Miss River Valley

| Piano/Vocal, "What a Wonderful World"

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|Miss Congeniality{{cite web|first=Alyssa|last=Norwin |title= Miss Minnesota Wins Miss Congeniality At Miss America 2017 Pageant |publisher=Turnto10.com|url=http://hollywoodlife.com/2016/09/11/miss-minnesota-wins-miss-congeniality-2017-winner-madeline-van-ert/| date=September 11, 2016}}

| Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2015 pageant

2015

| Rachel Latuff{{cite news |first=Katrina |last=Styx |newspaper=Hastings Star Gazette |publisher=Forum Communications |location=Hastings, MN |title=Hastings native wins Miss Minnesota pageant |url=http://www.hastingsstargazette.com/life/arts-and-entertainment/3768517-hastings-native-wins-miss-minnesota-pageant |date=June 17, 2015 |access-date=2017-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222113/http://www.hastingsstargazette.com/life/arts-and-entertainment/3768517-hastings-native-wins-miss-minnesota-pageant |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}

| Hastings

| 24

| Miss Olmsted County

| Contemporary Ribbon Dance, "Out of the Woods"

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| Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 pageant

2014

| Savannah Cole{{cite web |title= Brainerd's Savannah Cole is Miss Minnesota 2014 |publisher= Brainerd Dispatch |url= http://www.brainerddispatch.com/content/brainerds-savannah-cole-miss-minnesota-2014 |date= June 15, 2014 |access-date= November 11, 2017 |archive-date= November 12, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171112021840/http://www.brainerddispatch.com/content/brainerds-savannah-cole-miss-minnesota-2014 |url-status= dead }}

| Brainerd

| 19

| Miss Southern Valley

| Vocal, "The House of the Rising Sun"

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| 2013

| Rebecca Yeh{{cite news|last=McGuire|first=Michael|title=Rebecca Yeh Crowned Miss Minnesota 2013|url=http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14814874-rebecca-yeh-crowned-miss-minnesota-2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629215919/http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/14814874-rebecca-yeh-crowned-miss-minnesota-2013|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 29, 2013|newspaper=All Voices|date=June 16, 2013}}

| Nisswa

| 20

| Miss Northwest

| Violin, "Scherzo Tarantelle" by Henryk Wieniawski

| 4th runner-up

| Louanne Gamba Instrumental Award

Preliminary Talent Award

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2012

| Siri Freeh{{cite web|date= June 18, 2012| title='U' Student Crowned New Miss Minnesota|publisher=CBS Minnesota| url=http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2012/06/18/u-student-crowned-new-miss-minnesota/}}

| Lake Park

| 22

| Miss Northwest

| Lyrical Dance, "Make Us One"

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2011

| Natalie Davis{{cite news|title=Miss Minnesota Crowned in Eden Prairie|url=http://ksax.com/article/stories/S2163309.shtml?cat=10230|publisher=KSAX-TV|date=June 19, 2011|access-date=July 3, 2011|archive-date=October 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007085648/http://ksax.com/article/stories/S2163309.shtml?cat=10230|url-status=dead}}

| Dassel

| 21

| Miss Mankato

| Vocal, "Unexpected Song"

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| Quality of Life Award Finalist

| Previously Miss Minnesota's Outstanding Teen 2006{{cite web |title=Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2007 Delegates |website= GeoCities |url=http://www.geocities.ws/missusamagicn/MAOT2006Delegates.html }}

Contestant at National Sweetheart 2009 pageant

2010

| Kathryn Knuttila{{cite web|title= Detroit Lakes woman wins Miss Minnesota crown |publisher= Grand Forks Herald |url=http://www.grandforksherald.com/entertainment/2130174-detroit-lakes-woman-wins-miss-minnesota-crown | date=June 24, 2010}}

| Detroit Lakes

| 23

| rowspan=3 | Miss Twin Cities

| Original Piano Composition, "Quintessence"

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| Louanne Gamba Instrumental Award

Non-finalist Talent Award

Quality of Life Award Finalist

| Sister of Miss Minnesota 2001, Kari Knuttila

2009

| Brooke Kilgarriff

| Eagan

| 20

| Vocal, "Somebody to Love"

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| Non-finalist Talent Award

Quality of Life Award Finalist

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2008

| Angela McDermott{{cite news|title=Austin native wins Miss Minnesota pageant |publisher=Post-Bulletin |date=2008-06-16 |url=http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=2&a=347757 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131172041/http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=2&a=347757 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-01-31 |access-date=2008-06-17 |first=Tim |last=Ruzek }}{{cite news |first=Leah |last=Shaffer |url=https://www.swnewsmedia.com/onlinemarketplace/celebrations/miss-minnesota-mcdermott-wins-a-storm-tossed-crown/article_51810f68-4441-5d1d-9f5c-6a3449298ca6.html |work=SW News Media |title=Miss Minnesota: McDermott wins a storm-tossed crown |date=June 18, 2008}}

| Austin

| 24

| Vocal, "You Don't Own Me"

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2007

| Jennifer Hudspeth{{cite news |first=John |last=Molene |url=https://www.swnewsmedia.com/eden_prairie_news/news/talent-and-beauty-reign-in-eden-prairie/article_fefb9d4c-8dbe-54a9-a8ee-23ecd123912f.html |work=Eden Prairie News |title=Talent and beauty reign in Eden Prairie |date=June 22, 2007}}

| Apple Valley

| 23

| Miss Mankato

| Vocal, "Life of the Party" from The Wild Party

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| Quality of Life Award Finalist

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2006

| Nicole Swanson

| Lakeville

| 24

| Miss Twin Cities

| Classical Viola, "Etude Speciale Opus 36, No. 29" by Jacques Féréol Mazas

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| Non-finalist Talent Award

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2005

| Karyn Stordahl

| Owatonna

| 24

| Miss Heart of the Lakes

| Classical Piano Medley, "Malagueña," "Prelude in G minor," "Fantaisie-Impromptu," & "Clair de Lune"

|

| Non-finalist Talent Award

| Married to NFL player Ben Utecht{{Cite news|url=http://www.startribune.com/after-concussions-minnesota-football-star-ben-utecht-fights-not-to-forget/397018481/|title=After concussions, Minnesota football star Ben Utecht fights not to forget|work=Star Tribune|access-date=2018-06-28}}

2004

| Tiffany Ogle

| Waverly

| 24

| Miss Metropolitan

| Broadway Vocal, "Nothing" from A Chorus Line

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| Co-host of morning show The Morning Blend for Milwaukee's WTMJ-TV{{Cite news|url=https://www.tmj4.com/about-us/staff/tiffany-ogle|title=Tiffany Ogle |date=September 15, 2017 |work=TMJ 4|access-date=2018-06-28}}

2003

| Megan Torgerson

| Warren

| 23

| Miss Coon Rapids

| Classical Vocal, "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville

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2002

| Allyson Kearns

| Eden Prairie

| 22

| rowspan=3 | Miss Twin Cities

| Dance, "I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line

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2001

| Kari Knuttila

| Detroit Lakes

| 21

| Classical Piano, "Sonata in B Minor" by Liszt

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| Sister of Miss Minnesota 2010, Kathryn Knuttila

2000

| Katherine Hill

| Wayzata

| 23

| Vocal / Piano, "All by Myself"

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1999

| Natalie Lund

| New Brighton

| 21

| Miss Central Minnesota

| Tap Dance, "Shout And Feel It"

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1998

| Megan West

| Litchfield

| 22

| rowspan=3 | Miss Winona

| Vocal, "I'm Afraid This Must Be Love"

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1997

| Jennifer Ostergaard

| Winona

| 22

| Dramatic Monologue, "Clear Glass Marbles" from Talking With...

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| Non-finalist Talent Award

Quality of Life Award

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1996

| Sherry Johnson

| Owatonna

| 22

| Vocal, "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart"

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1995

| Paula Knoll

| Moorhead

| 22

| Miss Northwest

| Classical Violin, "Csárdás"

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| Waterford Business Management & Marketing Award

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1994

| Eileen Kay Van Driest

| Winona

| 23

| Miss Cottage Grove

| Classical Flute

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1993

| Shawna Deeann Stoltenberg

| Coon Rapids

| 24

| Miss Stillwater

| Classical Piano

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| Non-finalist Talent Award

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1992

| Jo Bender

| Rochester

| 23

| Miss Rochester

| Fiddle Medley, "Dixie," "Tennessee River," & "Orange Blossom Special"

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| Non-finalist Talent Award

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1991

| Julie Richardson

| Fridley

| 24

| Miss Coon Rapids

| Vocal, "Someone Like You" from Jekyll & Hyde

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1990

| Brenda Armstrong

| Albert Lea

| 19

| Miss Albert Lea

| Harp, "La Source" by Alphonse Hasselmans

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1989

| Lynne Ann Schacher

| East Grand Forks

| 25

| Miss Metropolitan

| Ballet / Jazz Dance, Selections from Merrily We Roll Along

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rowspan=2 | 1988

| Susan Johnson

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| Miss Mankato

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| colspan=3 {{N/A|Did not compete; originally second runner-up, later assumed the title after Carlson won Miss America 1988 and the first runner-up declined to take the title}}

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| Gretchen Carlson{{cite web |url=http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1980/1989.aspx |publisher=Miss America Organization |title=Miss America :: History – 1989 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605002652/http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1980/1989.aspx |archive-date=June 5, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}

| Anoka

| 22

| Miss Cottage Grove

| Classical Violin, Zigeunerweisen

| Winner

| Preliminary Talent Award

| Former chairwoman of the Miss America Board of Directors{{cite web |first=Lisa |last=Kaczke |title=Former Secretary of State Shantel Krebs named chairwoman of Miss America |url=https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/2019/06/05/secretary-of-state-shantel-krebs-miss-america/1354802001/ |work=Argus Leader |date=June 5, 2019 }}

Filed a lawsuit against then Fox News Chairman and CEO, Roger Ailes, claiming sexual harassment, which eventually was settled for $20 million{{Cite web|author= Roger Yu|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/07/06/gretchen-carlson-files-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-against-foxs-roger-ailes/86752408/|title=Gretchen Carlson files sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox's Roger Ailes|newspaper=USA Today|date=July 6, 2016}}Josh Koblin & Michael M. Grynbaum, [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/07/business/media/fox-news-roger-ailes-gretchen-carlson-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-settlement.html?_r=0 Fox Settles With Gretchen Carlson Over Roger Ailes Sex Harassment Claims], New York Times (September 6, 2016).

Former co-host of Fox & Friends and anchor of The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/25/gretchen-carlson-debut-real-story_n_3991222.html|title=The Real Story With Gretchen Carlson Debuts September 30|date=November 25, 2013|newspaper=Huffington Post|access-date=July 31, 2015}}

1987

| Katherine Killen

| Owatonna

| 20

| Miss Owatonna

| Vocal, "Tonight"

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rowspan=2| 1986

| Kristine Fouks

| Stillwater

| 23

| Miss White Bear Lake

| Vocal

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| Placed as 1st runner-up in the state pageant, assumed the title after Phyliky resigned{{cite web|title=St. Cloud Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/223140346/|website=Newspapers.com|date=16 June 1986 |access-date=18 October 2017}}{{cite web|title=St. Cloud Times from Saint Cloud, MN |page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/223144830/|website=Newspapers.com|date=26 June 1986 |access-date=18 October 2017}}

Lisa Phyliky

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| Resigned due to knee injury

1985

| Elizabeth Hunter

| Austin

| 21

| Miss Austin

| Semi-classical Vocal, "Love Is Where You Find It"

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| 1984

| Lauren Green

| Minneapolis

| 26

| Miss Twin Cities

| Piano, "Étude Op. 10, No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor" by Frédéric Chopin

| 3rd runner-up

| Preliminary Talent Award

| First African-American Miss Minnesota{{cn|date=September 2019}}

1983

| Vicki Plaster

| St. Paul

| 23

| Miss Twin Cities

| Vocal Medley, "Just You Wait" & "I Could Have Danced All Night" from My Fair Lady

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| Mother of Miss Minnesota 2019, Kathryn Kueppers

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| 1982

| Laurie Saarinen

| Osage

| 21

| Miss Park Rapids

| Vocal, "My Man"

| Top 10

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| Previously Miss North Dakota USA 1981

1981

| Elizabeth Ruyak

| Mankato

| 20

| Miss Mankato

| Piano, Fantaisie-Impromptu by Frédéric Chopin

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1980

| Debra Goodwin

| Austin

| 20

| Miss Austin

| Classical Piano

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| Non-finalist Talent Award

Preliminary Swimsuit Award

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1979

| Debra Ann Nerby

| Rochester

| 24

| Miss Byron

| Vocal, "Who Can I Turn To?"

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| Debra Ann Nerby Desmonde died at age 62 after an expended illness on December 29, 2017

1978

| Sue Erickson

| Coon Rapids

| 19

| Miss Coon Rapids

| Vocal, "With a Song in My Heart"

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| Preliminary Swimsuit Award

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1977

| Kim Fossey

| Austin

| 20

| Miss Austin

| Popular Vocal, "Mister Melody"

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rowspan=3 | 1976

| rowspan=2 | Mary Catherine Nelson

| rowspan=2 | Winona

| rowspan=2 | 19

| rowspan=2 | Miss Winona

| rowspan=2 | Classical piano

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| Dorothy Benham

| Edina

| 20

| Miss South St. Paul

| Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus

| Winner{{cite web |first=Cable |last=Neuhaus |url=https://people.com/archive/a-former-miss-america-celebrates-when-her-iceman-cometh-home-vol-13-no-3/ |work=People |title=A Former Miss America Celebrates When Her Iceman Cometh Home |date=January 21, 1980}}

| Preliminary Swimsuit Award

Preliminary Talent Award

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1975

| Keri Thorne

| White Bear Lake

| 19

| Miss White Bear Lake

| Flute, "Swingin' Shepherd Blues" by Moe Koffman

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| Non-finalist Talent Award

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1974

| Pam Bernhagen

| Bloomington

| 20

| Miss Bloomington

| Acrobatic Jazz Ballet, "Fiddler on the Roof"

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| Sister of Miss Minnesota 1971, Sheila Bernhagen

1973

| Joleen Benoit

| Farmington

| 19

| Miss Shakopee

| Vocal / Guitar, "Danny's Song"

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1972

| Linda Hagen

| Hampton

| 22

| Miss Saint Paul

| Popular Vocal, "Who Will Buy?" from Oliver!

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| 1971

| Sheila Bernhagen

| Bloomington

| 19

| Miss Bloomington

| Acrobatic Jazz Ballet, "Flim Flam Man"

| Top 10

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| Sister of Miss Minnesota 1974, Pam Bernhagen

1970

| Juliana Gabor

| South St. Paul

| 20

| Miss South St. Paul

| Popular Vocal, "My Coloring Book"

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| 1969

| Judy Mendenhall

| Edina

| 18

| Miss Edina

| Flute, "The Swiss Shepherd's Song" by Pietro Morlacchi

| 4th runner-up

| Preliminary Talent Award

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1968

| Mary Williams

| Minneapolis

| 20

| Miss St. Anthony Village

| Tap Dance, "Wall Street Rag" by Scott Joplin

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| 1967

| Charlotte Sims

| St. Paul

| 19

| Miss Roseville

| Acrobatic Dance, "Ebb Tide"

| Top 10

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1966

| Diane Lindgren

| rowspan=2 | St. Paul

| 19

| Miss White Bear Lake

| Folk Singing & Guitar

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1965

| Jeanne Ruth

| 18

| Miss Saint Paul

| Interpretive Jazz Dance, Selections from West Side Story

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| 1964

| Barbara Hasselberg

| Bloomington

| 21

| Miss Bloomington

| Authentic Polynesian Dances, "Hawaiian War Chant"

| 4th runner-up

| Preliminary Talent Award

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1963

| Sharon Carnes

| St. Paul

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| Miss Saint Paul

| Vocal, "Love Is Where You Find It" from The Kissing Bandit

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1962

| Judith Lerstad

| Bloomington

| 22

| Miss Bloomington

| Alto & Bass Saxophone Medley, "Harlem Nocturne," "Misty," & "Hubcaps & Tailgates"

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|

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| 1961

| Nancee Parkinson

| West St. Paul

| 18

| Miss West St. Paul

| Modern Calypso Jazz Dance

| 4th runner-up

| Preliminary Swimsuit Award

|

1960

| Jean Elverum

| Faribault

| 22

| Miss Faribault

| Vocal, "Romany Life" from The Fortune Teller

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1959

| Judy Olson

| Albert Lea

| 19

| Miss Albert Lea

| Modern Dance

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1958

| Diane Albers

| rowspan=2 | St. Paul

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| rowspan=2 | Miss Saint Paul

| Piano, "Allegro de Concierto" by Enrique Granados

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1957

| Ardyce Gustafson

|

| Vocal Medley from My Fair Lady

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1956

| Marie Miller

| Winona

|

| Miss Winona

| Vocal, "Batti Batti o bel Masette" from Don Giovanni

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|

|

1955

| Marlyse Reed

| Fairmont

|

| Miss Fairmont

| Dramatic Monologue from L'Aiglon

|

|

|

1954

| Jeanne Reince

| Winona

|

| Miss Winona

| Classical Vocal

|

|

|

1953

| Idell Hulin

| Minneapolis

|

| Miss Minneapolis

| Vocal

|

|

|

1952

| Carole Wick

| Duluth

|

| Miss Duluth

| Vocal

|

|

|

1951

| Katherine Rose Clark

| rowspan=2 |Minneapolis

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| rowspan=2 | Miss Minneapolis

| Classical Vocal, "The Jewel Song" from Faust

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|

| Kathryn Rose Clark, a native of La Crosse, Wis., was a student the MacPhail School of Music in Minneapolis, Minn. for three years at the time of her state victory.

1950

| Jeanne M. Traun

| 20

| Vocal

|

|

| Jeanne M. Traun Grace died at age 92 on January 13, 2024 after a bout with dementia.

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| 1949

| Gloria Burkhart

| Minneapolis

|

| Miss Minneapolis

| Violin, Zigeunerweisen

| Top 15

| Preliminary Talent Award

|

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| Jean Sheils

|

|

| Miss Edina

|

| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| N/A

| Assumed the title after Shopp was named Miss America 1948

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| BeBe Shopp

| Hopkins

| 18

| Miss Hopkins

| Vibraharp, "Caprice Viennois" by Fritz Kreisler

| Winner

| Preliminary Swimsuit Award

|

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| 1947

| Elaine Campbell

| Minneapolis

|

| Miss Minneapolis

| Classical Vocal, "Je Veux Vivre" from Roméo et Juliette

| 1st runner-up

| Preliminary Talent Award

|

1946

| Rosemarie Gregg

| St. Paul

|

| Miss Saint Paul

|

|

|

|

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| 1945

| Arlene Anderson

| Minneapolis

|

| Miss Minneapolis

| Vocal / Marimba, "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" from Naughty Marietta

| 4th runner-up

| Preliminary Talent Award

|

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| 1944

| Patricia Cummings

| rowspan=2 | Minneapolis

|

|

| Hula

| Top 12

|

|

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| 1943

| Florence Hunton

|

|

| Dramatic Reading from "Désirée’s Baby"

| Top 10

|

|

1942

| Jane Groerner

| rowspan=3 | Minneapolis

|

|

|

|

|

|

1941

| Patricia Tiets

|

|

|

|

|

|

1940

| Virginia Kepler

|

|

|

|

|

|

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| 1939

| Marion Rudeen

| Minneapolis

|

|

| Acrobatic Dance

| Top 15

| Preliminary Talent Award

|

1938

| Avis Claire Darrow

| Duluth

|

|

|

|

|

|

1937

| Cecelia Rodge

| rowspan=2 | Minneapolis

|

|

|

|

|

|

1936

| Irene Martineau

|

| Miss Minneapolis

|

|

|

|

1935

| Mildred Barrett

| Marshall

|

|

|

|

|

|

1934

| colspan=8 style="text-align:center;"| No national pageant was held{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh//amex/missamerica/timeline/timeline2.html |title=Miss America Timeline: 1901–1950 |work=PBS |access-date=2019-09-29 |archive-date=2017-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215160548/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/missamerica/timeline/timeline2.html |url-status=dead }}

1933

| colspan=8 style="text-align:center;"| No Minnesota representative at Miss America pageant{{cite web| url=https://www.missamerica.org/titleholders/1933-candidates/ |title=1933 Candidates |website=Miss America }}

1932

| colspan=8 rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;"| No national pageants were held

1931
1930
1929
1928
1927

| Sylvia Irene Brenner

| Minneapolis

|

| Miss Minneapolis

|

|

|

| {{small|Competed under local title at Miss America pageant}}

rowspan=2 | 1926

| Florence Fuller

| Duluth

|

| Miss Duluth

|

|

|

| rowspan= 2| Multiple Minnesota representatives

Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Helen Katherine Douglas

| Minneapolis

|

| Miss Minneapolis

|

|

|

rowspan=2 | 1925

| style="background-color:#FFFACD;"| Lucille McGinty

| style="background-color:#FFFACD;"| Minneapolis

| style="background-color:#FFFACD;"|

| style="background-color:#FFFACD;"| Miss Minneapolis

| style="background-color:#FFFACD;"|

| style="background-color:#FFFACD;"| Top 15

| style="background-color:#FFFACD;"|

| rowspan= 2| Multiple Minnesota representatives

Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Dorothy Bastyr

| St. Paul

|

| Miss Saint Paul

|

|

|

1924

| rowspan=4 colspan=8 style="text-align:center;"| No Minnesota representative at Miss America pageant{{cite web| url=https://www.missamerica.org/titleholders/1924-candidates/ |title=1924 Candidates |website=Miss America }}{{cite web| url=https://www.missamerica.org/titleholders/1923-candidates/ |title=1923 Candidates |website=Miss America }}{{cite web| url=https://www.missamerica.org/titleholders/1922-candidates/ |title=1922 Candidates |website=Miss America }}{{cite web| url=https://www.missamerica.org/titleholders/1921-candidates/ |title=1921 Candidates |website=Miss America }}

1923
1922
1921

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