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