Miss Minnesota
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- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Minnesota USA
The Miss Minnesota competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Minnesota in the Miss America pageant. Minnesota has won the Miss America crown on three occasions. The last, was Gretchen Carlson, in 1989.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Nicole Swanson | Lakeville | Miss Twin Cities | Non-Finalist Talent Award, viola | Previously Minnesota's Junior Miss 2001 | |
| 2005 | Karyn Stordahl | Owatonna | Miss Heart of the Lakes | Non-Finalist Talent Award, piano | ||
| 2004 | Tiffany Ogle | Waverly | Miss Metropolitan | |||
| 2003 | Megan Torgerson | Warren | Miss Coon Rapids | |||
| 2002 | Allyson Kearns | Eden Prairie | Miss Twin Cities | |||
| 2001 | Kari Knuttila | Detroit Lakes | Miss Twin Cities | |||
| 2000 | Katherine Hill | Wayzata | Miss Twin Cities | |||
| 1999 | Natalie Lund | New Brighton | Miss Central Minnesota | |||
| 1998 | Megan West | Litchfield | Miss Winona | |||
| 1997 | Jennifer Ostergaard | Winona | Miss Winona | Non-finalist Talent Award; Quality of Life award | ||
| 1996 | Sherry Johnson | Owatonna | Miss Winona | |||
| 1995 | Paula Knoll | Moorhead | Miss Northwest | Waterford Business Management & Marketing Award | ||
| 1994 | Eileen Van Driest | Winona | Miss Cottage Grove | |||
| 1993 | Shawna Stoltenberg | Coon Rapids | Miss Stillwater | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1992 | Jo Bender | Rochester | Miss Rochester | Non-finalist Talent Awad; fiddle | Meteorologist, KSTP-TV Minneapolis | |
| 1991 | Julie Richardson | Fridley | Miss Coon Rapids | |||
| 1990 | Brenda Armstrong | Albert Lea | Miss Albert Lea | |||
| 1989 | Lynne Schacher | East Grand Forks | Miss Metropolitan | |||
| 1988 | Susan Johnson* | Miss Mankato | ||||
| Gretchen Carlson | Anoka | Miss Cottage Grove | Winner | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1987 | Katherine Killen | Owatonna | Miss Owatonna | |||
| 1986 | Kristine Fouks | Stillwater | Miss White Bear Lake | |||
| 1985 | Elizabeth Hunter | Austin | Miss Austin | |||
| 1984 | Lauren Green | Minneapolis | Miss Twin Cities | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Morning newscaster for Fox News Channel |
| 1983 | Vicki Plaster | St. Paul | Miss Twin Cities | |||
| 1982 | Laurie Saarinen | Osage | Miss Park Rapids | Semi-finalist | Previously Miss North Dakota USA 1981 | |
| 1981 | Elizabeth Ruyak | Mankato | Miss Mankato | |||
| 1980 | Debra Goodwin | Austin | Miss Austin | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1979 | Debra Nerby | Rochester | Miss Byron | |||
| 1978 | Sue Erickson | Coon Rapids | Miss Coon Rapids | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1977 | Kim Fossey | Austin | Miss Austin | |||
| 1976 | Mary Nelson* | Miss Winona | ||||
| Dorothy Benham | Edina | Miss South St. Paul | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award; Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1975 | Kerri Thorne | White Bear Lake | Miss White Bear Lake | |||
| 1974 | Pam Bernhagen | Bloomington | Miss Bloomington | sister of Miss Minnesota 1971 | ||
| 1973 | Joleen Benoit | Farmington | Miss Shakopee | toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1972 | Linda Hagen | Hampton | Miss St. Paul | |||
| 1971 | Sheila Bernhagen | Bloomington | Miss Bloomington | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1970 | Juliana Gabor | South St. Paul | Miss South St. Paul | |||
| 1969 | Judy Mendenhall | Edina | Miss Edina | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1968 | Mary Williams | Minneapolis | Miss St. Anthony Village | |||
| 1967 | Charlotte Sims | St. Paul | Miss Roseville | Semi-finalist | Toured with Miss America USO Troupes in 1968 & 1969 | |
| 1966 | Diane Lindgren | St. Paul | Miss White Bear Lake | |||
| 1965 | Jeanne Ruth | St. Paul | Miss St. Paul | |||
| 1964 | Barbara Hasselburg | Bloomington | Miss Bloomington | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1963 | Sharon Carnes | St. Paul | Miss St. Paul | |||
| 1962 | Judith Lerstad | Bloomington | Miss Bloomington | |||
| 1961 | Nancee Parkinson | West St. Paul | Miss West St. Paul | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1960 | Jean Elverum | Faribault | Miss Faribault | |||
| 1959 | Judy Olson | Albert Lea | Miss Albert Lea | |||
| 1958 | Diane Albers | St. Paul | Miss St. Paul | |||
| 1957 | Ardyce Gustafson | St. Paul | Miss St. Paul | |||
| 1956 | Marie Miller | Winona | Miss Winona | |||
| 1955 | Marlyse Reed | Fairmont | Miss Fairmont | |||
| 1954 | Jeanne Reince | Winona | Miss Winona | |||
| 1953 | Idell Hulin | Minneapolis | Miss Minneapolis | |||
| 1952 | Carole Wick | Duluth | Miss Duluth | |||
| 1951 | Katherine Clark | Minneapolis | Miss Minneapolis | |||
| 1950 | Jeanne Traun | Minneapolis | Miss Minneapolis | |||
| 1949 | Gloria Burkhart | Minneapolis | Miss Minneapolis | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1948 | Jean Sheils* | Miss Edina | ||||
| BeBe Shopp | Hopkins | Miss Hopkins | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1947 | Elaine Campbell | Minneapolis | Miss Minneapolis | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent | |
| 1946 | Rosemarie Gregg | St. Paul | Miss St. Paul | |||
| 1945 | Arlene Anderson | Minneapolis | Miss Minneapolis | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1944 | Patricia Cummings | Minneapolis | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1943 | Florence Hunton | Minneapolis | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1942 | Jane Groerner | Minneapolis | ||||
| 1941 | Patricia Tiets | Minneapolis | ||||
| 1940 | Virginia Kepler | Minneapolis | ||||
| 1939 | Marion Rudeen | Minneapolis | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent | ||
| 1938 | Avis Darrow | Duluth | ||||
| 1937 | Cecelia Rodge | Minneapolis | ||||
| 1936 | Irene Martineau | Minneapolis | Miss Minneapolis | |||
| 1935 | Mildred Barrett | Marshall |
* Succeeded to the crown after Miss Minnesota won Miss America
[edit] External links
| Minnesota Pageantry | |
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| Miss America Miss Minnesota |
Miss USA Miss Minnesota USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss Minnesota's Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss Minnesota Teen USA |
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