Miss Minnesota
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- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USAMiss USAThe Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...
, see Miss Minnesota USAMiss Minnesota USAThe Miss Minnesota USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Minnesota in the Miss USA pageant.Despite a strong start in the first three years of competition at Miss USA, Minnesota has been largely unsuccessful overall...
The Miss Minnesota competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
in the Miss America
Miss America
The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
pageant. Minnesota has won the Miss America crown on three occasions. The last, was Gretchen Carlson
Gretchen Carlson
Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson is an American television personality who currently co-hosts the Fox News morning show Fox & Friends along with Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade...
, in 1989.
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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| 2011 | Natalie Davis | Dassel Dassel, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 1,233 people, 515 households, and 313 families residing in the city. The population density was 832.7 people per square mile . There were 551 housing units at an average density of 372.1 per square mile... |
21 | Miss Mankato | Vocal | Previously Miss Minnesota's Outstanding Teen 2006; Contestant at National Sweetheart National Sweetheart Miss National Sweetheart is a United States beauty pageant created in 1952 where runners-up from the Miss America state pageants are invited to Hoopeston, Illinois to compete for the title of Miss National Sweetheart.... 2009 |
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| 2010 | Kathryn Knuttila Kathryn Knuttila Kathryn Jo Knuttila is a woman from Detroit Lakes, Minnesota who was named Miss Minnesota 2010. She was born to Steven & Joanne Thibodeau Knuttila. She has two sisters named Kimberly and Kari.-Biography:... |
Detroit Lakes Detroit Lakes, Minnesota -Demographics:As of the official census of 2000, there were 7,348 people, 3,319 households, and 1,845 families permanently residing in the city. The population density was 980.4 people per square mile . There were 3,782 housing units at an average density of 504.6 per square mile... |
23 | Miss Twin Cities | Original Piano Composition "Quintessence" | Quality of Life Finalist, Non-Finalist Talent Award, Louanne Gamba Instrumental Award | Sister of Miss Minnesota 2001- Kari Knuttila | |
| 2009 | Brooke Kilgarriff | Eagan Eagan, Minnesota Eagan is a city south of Saint Paul in Dakota County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies on the south bank of the Minnesota River, upstream from the confluence with the Mississippi River. Eagan and nearby suburbs form the southern portion of Minneapolis-St. Paul, the fifteenth largest... |
20 | Miss Twin Cities | Vocal "Somebody to Love Somebody to Love (Queen song) "Somebody to Love" is a song by British rock band Queen. Written by lead vocalist and pianist Freddie Mercury, the track featured on their 1976 album A Day at the Races, and also appears on the band's compilation album, Greatest Hits... " |
Non-Finalist Talent Award & Quality of Life finalist | ||
| 2008 | Angela McDermott | Austin Austin, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 23,314 people, 9,897 households, and 6,076 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,168.2 people per square mile . There were 10,261 housing units at an average density of 954.3 per square mile... |
24 | Miss Twin Cities | Vocal "You Don't Own Me You Don't Own Me "You Don't Own Me" is a popular song written by the Philadelphia songwriters John Madara and David White, and recorded by Lesley Gore in 1963, when Gore was 17 years old. The song reached No... " |
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| 2007 | Jennifer Hudspeth | Apple Valley Apple Valley, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 45,527 people, 16,344 households, and 12,405 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,625.5 people per square mile . There were 16,536 housing units at an average density of 953.6 per square mile... |
23 | Miss Mankato | Vocal "Life of the Party" from The Wild Party The Wild Party (Lippa musical) The Wild Party is a musical with book, lyrics, and music by Andrew Lippa. It is based on Joseph Moncure March's 1928 narrative poem of the same name... |
Quality of Life Finalist | Reporter for Mankato, MN News Station | |
| 2006 | Nicole Swanson | Lakeville Lakeville, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 43,128 people, 13,609 households, and 11,526 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,192.4 people per square mile . There were 13,799 housing units at an average density of 381.5 per square mile... |
24 | Miss Twin Cities | Classical Viola "Etude Speciale Opus 36, No. 29 - The Gossip" by Jacques Féréol Mazas | Non-Finalist Talent Award | Previously Minnesota's Junior Miss 2001 | |
| 2005 | Karyn Stordahl | Owatonna Owatonna, Minnesota Owatonna is a city in Steele County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 25,599 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Steele County. Owatonna is home to the Steele County Fairgrounds, which hosts the Steele County Free Fair in August.... |
24 | Miss Heart of the Lakes | Classical Piano Medley "Malagueña," "Prelude in G minor Prelude in G minor (Rachmaninoff) Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, No. 5, was a music piece by Sergei Rachmaninoff, completed in 1901. It was included in his Opus 23 set of ten preludes despite having been written two years earlier than the other nine. It epitomizes Rachmaninoff's Russian nationalism, being rich, in full chords, and... ," "Fantaisie-Impromptu Fantaisie-Impromptu Frédéric Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. posth. 66, is a solo piano composition and one of his best-known pieces. It was composed in 1834 and dedicated to Julian Fontana, who published the piece in spite of Chopin's request not to do so.... " & "Clair de Lune Suite bergamasque The Suite bergamasque is one of the most famous piano suites by Claude Debussy. Debussy commenced the suite in 1890 at age 28, but he did not finish or publish it until 1905.-History:... " |
Non-Finalist Talent Award | Now married to NFL player Ben Utecht Ben Utecht Benjamin Jeffrey Utecht is a former American football tight end who played for the Indianapolis Colts and the Cincinnati Bengals. He was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He played college football at Minnesota... |
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| 2004 | Tiffany Ogle | Waverly Waverly, Minnesota Waverly is a city in Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,357 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.U.S... |
24 | Miss Metropolitan | Broadway Vocal "Nothing" from A Chorus Line A Chorus Line A Chorus Line is a 1975 musical about Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line. The book was authored by James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante, lyrics were written by Edward Kleban, and music was composed by Marvin Hamlisch.... |
Current co-host of morning show The Morning Blend for Milwaukee's WTMJ-TV WTMJ-TV WTMJ-TV, digital channel 28 ; branded as "Today's TMJ4", is the NBC-affiliated television station located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the flagship station of the Journal Broadcast Group. Its signal covers most of southeastern Wisconsin and parts of northeastern Illinois, including Racine, Kenosha,... |
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| 2003 | Megan Torgerson | Warren Warren, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 1,678 people, 699 households, and 432 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,174.1 people per square mile . There were 785 housing units at an average density of 549.3 per square mile... |
23 | Miss Coon Rapids | Classical Vocal "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville The Barber of Seville The Barber of Seville, or The Futile Precaution is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's comedy Le Barbier de Séville , which was originally an opéra comique, or a mixture of spoken play with music... |
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| 2002 | Allyson Kearns | Eden Prairie Eden Prairie, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 54,901 people, 20,457 households, and 14,579 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 21,026 housing units at an average density of 649.2 per square mile... |
22 | Miss Twin Cities | Dance "I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line | Works for Harpo Productions | ||
| 2001 | Kari Knuttila | Detroit Lakes | 21 | Miss Twin Cities | Classical Piano "Sonata in B Minor Piano Sonata (Liszt) The Piano Sonata in B minor , S.178, is a musical composition for solo piano by Franz Liszt, published in 1854 with a dedication to Robert Schumann. It is often considered Liszt's greatest composition for solo piano. The piece has been often analyzed, particularly regarding issues of form.-... " |
Sister of Miss Minnesota 2010 | ||
| 2000 | Katherine Hill | Wayzata Wayzata, Minnesota Wayzata is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, a western suburb of Minneapolis. Wayzata came into existence in the center of Chief Shakopee's Indian village.-Early settlement:... |
23 | Miss Twin Cities | Vocal / Piano "All by Myself All by Myself "All by Myself" is a power ballad written and performed by Eric Carmen in 1975.The verse is based on the second movement of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Opus 18... " |
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| 1999 | Natalie Lund | New Brighton New Brighton, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 22,206 people, 9,013 households, and 5,903 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,343.9 people per square mile . There were 9,121 housing units at an average density of 1,373.5 per square mile... |
21 | Miss Central Minnesota | Tap Dance "Shout And Feel It" | Returned for Judges Panel at Miss Minnesota in 2009 | ||
| 1998 | Megan West | Litchfield Litchfield, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 6,562 people, 2,624 households, and 1,653 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,748.4 people per square mile . There were 2,741 housing units at an average density of 730.3 per square mile... |
22 | Miss Winona | Vocal "I'm Afraid This Must Be Love" | |||
| 1997 | Jennifer Ostergaard | Winona Winona, Minnesota Winona is a city in and the county seat of Winona County, in the U.S. State of Minnesota. Located in picturesque bluff country on the Mississippi River, its most noticeable physical landmark is Sugar Loaf.... |
22 | Miss Winona | Dramatic Monologue "Clear Glass Marbles" from Talking With... Talking With... Talking With... is an American play by Jane Martin, published by Samuel French Incorporated. The play is composed of eleven ten-minute monologues, each featuring a different woman who talks about her life... |
Non-finalist Talent Award; Quality of Life Award | Top Ten Outstanding Young Minnesotan; Top Twenty Outstanding Young American; Pediatric Clinical Psychologist | |
| 1996 | Sherry Johnson | Owatonna | 22 | Miss Winona | Vocal "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" is a 1934 popular song with words and music by James F. Hanley. It was introduced by Hal Le Roy and Eunice Healey in the Broadway revue Thumbs Up! Probably the most notable recordings were made by Judy Garland and by The Trammps "Zing! Went the Strings of My... " |
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| 1995 | Paula Knoll | Moorhead Moorhead, Minnesota Moorhead is a city in Clay County, Minnesota, United States, and the largest city in northwest Minnesota. The population was 38,065 at the 2010 Census. It is the county seat of Clay County.... |
22 | Miss Northwest | Classical Violin "Csárdás Csárdás (Monti) Csárdás is perhaps the most famous composition of Vittorio Monti. A rhapsodical concert piece written in 1904, it is a well-known folk piece based on a Hungarian csárdás. It was originally composed for violin, mandolin or piano... |
Waterford Business Management & Marketing Award | ||
| 1994 | Eileen Van Driest | Winona | 23 | Miss Cottage Grove | Classical Flute solo | |||
| 1993 | Shawna Stoltenberg Shawna Stoltenberg Shawna Deeann Stoltenberg Meisner was Miss Minnesota 1993 and competed in the Miss America pageant broadcast live from Atlantic City, New Jersey in September that year. She was born to Ardeen & Joanne Schlimgan Stoltenberg... |
Coon Rapids Coon Rapids, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 61,627 people, 22,578 households, and 16,572 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,718.1 people per square mile . There were 22,828 housing units at an average density of 1,007.2 per square mile... |
24 | Miss Stillwater | Classical Piano piece by Aram Khachaturian Aram Khachaturian Aram Ilyich Khachaturian was a prominent Soviet composer. Khachaturian's works were often influenced by classical Russian music and Armenian folk music... |
Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1992 | Jo Bender Jo Bender Jo Bender is a beauty queen from Minnesota who has competed in the Miss America pageant and is a meteorologist and television reporter.Bender was chosen Miss Minnesota 1992 at the age of 22. She competed at the 1993 Miss America Pageant and was selected as a talent winner for her performance on... |
Rochester Rochester, Minnesota Rochester is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Olmsted County. Located on both banks of the Zumbro River, The city has a population of 106,769 according to the 2010 United States Census, making it Minnesota's third-largest city and the largest outside of the... |
23 | Miss Rochester | Fiddle Medley "Dixie Dixie (song) Countless lyrical variants of "Dixie" exist, but the version attributed to Dan Emmett and its variations are the most popular. Emmett's lyrics as they were originally intended reflect the mood of the United States in the late 1850s toward growing abolitionist sentiment. The song presented the point... ," "Tennessee River Tennessee River (song) "Tennessee River" is a song made famous by the country music band Alabama. Written by the group's lead singer, Randy Owen, the song was released in 1980, and eventually became the group's first No... " & "Orange Blossom Special Orange Blossom Special (song) The fiddle tune "Orange Blossom Special", about the passenger train of the same name, was written by Ervin T. Rouse in 1938. The original recording was created by Ervin and Gordon Rouse in 1939. It is considered the best known fiddle tune of the twentieth century and is often called simply The... " |
Non-finalist Talent Award | Meteorologist, KSTP-TV KSTP-TV KSTP-TV, channel 5, is the ABC affiliate for the Twin Cities. Its transmitter is located at the Shoreview Telefarm. It is the flagship station of Hubbard Broadcasting, which also owns several other broadcasting properties across the United States.... Minneapolis; Hosted Miss Minnesota's Outstanding Teen Pageant in 2009 |
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| 1991 | Julie Richardson Julie Richardson Julie Richardson is a former professional tennis player. She won six doubles titles in her career.-External links:... |
Fridley Fridley, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 27,449 people, 11,328 households, and 7,317 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,701.3 people per square mile . There were 11,504 housing units at an average density of 1,132.1 per square mile... |
24 | Miss Coon Rapids | Vocal "Someone Like You" from Jekyll & Hyde Jekyll & Hyde (musical) Jekyll & Hyde is a musical based on the novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The original stage conception was by Steve Cuden and Frank Wildhorn. The music is by Wildhorn and the lyrics and book are by Leslie Bricusse.The musical ran on Broadway for 1,543... |
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| 1990 | Brenda Armstrong | Albert Lea Albert Lea, Minnesota Albert Lea is a city in and the county seat of Freeborn County in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 18,016 at the 2010 census.... |
19 | Miss Albert Lea | Harp Solo "La Source" by Alphonse Hasselmans Alphonse Hasselmans Alphonse Hasselmans was a Belgian-born French harpist, composer, and pedagogue.-Biography:Hasselmans was born in Liège, Belgium. He composed several dozen original solos for harp, of which his most famous is a concert étude entitled La Source , op. 44... |
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| 1989 | Lynne Schacher | East Grand Forks East Grand Forks, Minnesota -K-12:The East Grand Forks School District enrolls over 1,000 students and operates two elementary schools , Central Middle School, and East Grand Forks Senior High School. There are also two private Christian schools. Sacred Heart School is a Roman Catholic elementary, middle, and high school... |
25 | Miss Metropolitan | Ballet / Jazz Dance "Merrily We Roll Along Merrily We Roll Along (musical) Merrily We Roll Along is a musical with a book by George Furth and lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim. It is based on the 1934 play of the same name by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.... " |
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| 1988 | Susan Johnson* | Miss Mankato | ||||||
| Gretchen Carlson Gretchen Carlson Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson is an American television personality who currently co-hosts the Fox News morning show Fox & Friends along with Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade... |
Anoka Anoka, Minnesota At the 2000 census, there were 18,076 people, 7,262 households and 4,408 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,709.0 per square mile . There were 7,398 housing units at an average density of 1,108.7 per square mile... |
22 | Miss Cottage Grove | Classical Violin "Zigeunerweisen Zigeunerweisen Zigeunerweisen , Op. 20, is a musical composition for violin and orchestra written in 1878 by the Spanish composer and virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate and premiered during the same year in Leipzig... " |
Winner | Preliminary Talent Award | co-host, Fox & Friends Fox & Friends Fox & Friends is an American morning television show on the Fox News Channel.-History:The show begins at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Time with the latest Fox News Live headlines and analyzes the news of the morning... |
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| 1987 | Katherine Killen | Owatonna | 20 | Miss Owatonna | Vocal "Tonight Tonight (1956 song) "Tonight" is a popular song with music written by Leonard Bernstein and the lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and was published in 1956.It was introduced in the Broadway musical West Side Story. The song was revived in 1961 on single records in versions by Ferrante & Teicher and Eddie Fisher, whose... " |
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| 1986 | Kristine Fouks | Stillwater Stillwater, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 15,143 people, 5,797 households, and 4,115 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,340.0 people per square mile . There were 5,926 housing units at an average density of 915.7 per square mile... |
23 | Miss White Bear Lake | Vocal | Placed as 1st runner-up in the state pageant but assumed the title after the original winner resigned. | ||
| 1985 | Elizabeth Hunter | Austin Austin, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 23,314 people, 9,897 households, and 6,076 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,168.2 people per square mile . There were 10,261 housing units at an average density of 954.3 per square mile... |
21 | Miss Austin | Semi-Classical Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It" | |||
| 1984 | Lauren Green Lauren Green Lauren Susan Green is a religion correspondent for Fox News Channel. Her past position was giving the top- and bottom-of-the-hour headline updates weekdays during the morning television show Fox & Friends. She has been a guest panelist on Fox's late-night satire show Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld.Green... |
Minneapolis Minneapolis, Minnesota Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States... |
26 | Miss Twin Cities | Piano Solo "Étude Op. 10, No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor Étude Op. 10, No. 4 (Chopin) Étude Op. 10, No. 4, in C-sharp minor, is a study for solo piano composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1830. It was first published in 1833 in France, Germany, and England as the fourth piece of his Études Op. 10... " |
3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Morning newscaster for Fox News Channel Fox News Channel Fox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation... |
| 1983 | Vicki Plaster | St. Paul Saint Paul, Minnesota Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city... |
23 | Miss Twin Cities | Vocal Medley "Just You Wait" & "I Could Have Danced All Night I Could Have Danced All Night "I Could Have Danced All Night" is a song from the musical My Fair Lady, with music written by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, published in 1956... " from My Fair Lady My Fair Lady My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe... |
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| 1982 | Laurie Saarinen | Osage | 21 | Miss Park Rapids | Vocal "My Man My Man "My Man" is a 1982 single by Yoko Ono from the album It's Alright in a New Wave/calypso style. The minimalist "Let The Tears Dry" appeared on the B-side.... " |
Semi-finalist | Previously Miss North Dakota USA Miss North Dakota USA The Miss North Dakota USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of North Dakota in the Miss USA pageant.North Dakota has had only three placements and have never won the Miss USA crown. Their highest placement was in 1966 when Judy Slayton placed 3rd runner-up to... 1981 |
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| 1981 | Elizabeth Ruyak | Mankato Mankato, Minnesota Mankato is a city in Blue Earth, Nicollet, and Le Sueur counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 39,309 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth largest city in Minnesota outside of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. The county seat of Blue Earth County, it is located... |
20 | Miss Mankato | Piano "Fantaisie-Impromptu Fantaisie-Impromptu Frédéric Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. posth. 66, is a solo piano composition and one of his best-known pieces. It was composed in 1834 and dedicated to Julian Fontana, who published the piece in spite of Chopin's request not to do so.... " |
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| 1980 | Debra Goodwin | Austin | 20 | Miss Austin | Classical Piano | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1979 | Debra Nerby | Rochester | 24 | Miss Byron | Vocal "Who Can I Turn To? Who Can I Turn To? "Who Can I Turn To?" is a popular song. It may be titled "Who Can I Turn To ".It was written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley and published in 1964. The song was introduced in the musical The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd, which struggled in the United Kingdom in 1964 and... " |
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| 1978 | Sue Erickson | Coon Rapids | 19 | Miss Coon Rapids | Vocal "With a Song in My Heart With a Song in My Heart (song) "With a Song in My Heart" is a show tune from the 1929 Rodgers and Hart musical Spring is Here.In the original Broadway production it was introduced by John Hundley and Lillian Taiz... " |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1977 | Kim Fossey | Austin | 20 | Miss Austin | Popular Vocal "Mister Melody" | |||
| 1976 | Mary Nelson* | Miss Winona | ||||||
| Dorothy Benham Dorothy Benham Dorothy Kathleen Benham from Edina, Minnesota, was Miss America 1977. She was born to Archie & Mary Dorothy Tuomi Benham. She has one sister named Totiana and two brothers named Sean and Archibald.... |
Edina Edina, Minnesota Edina is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and a first-ring suburb situated immediately southwest of Minneapolis. Edina began as a small farming and milling community in the 1860s. The population was 47,941 at the 2010 census.-Geography:... |
20 | Miss South St. Paul | Classical Vocal "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus Die Fledermaus Die Fledermaus is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée.- Literary sources :... |
Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award; Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1975 | Kerri Thorne | White Bear Lake White Bear Lake, Minnesota White Bear Lake is a city in Ramsey and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 23,797 at the 2010 census. The city is located on White Bear Lake, one of the largest lakes in the Minneapolis-St... |
19 | Miss White Bear Lake | Flute Solo "Swingin' Shepherd Blues" by Moe Koffman Moe Koffman Moe Koffman, OC was a Canadian jazz musician and composer. He played the flute, soprano, alto and tenor saxophone and clarinet... |
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| 1974 | Pam Bernhagen | Bloomington Bloomington, Minnesota Bloomington is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota in Hennepin County. Located on the north bank of the Minnesota River above its confluence with the Mississippi River, Bloomington lies at the heart of the southern... |
20 | Miss Bloomington | Acrobatic Jazz Ballet "Fiddler on the Roof Fiddler on the Roof Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters by Sholem Aleichem... " |
sister of Miss Minnesota 1971 | ||
| 1973 | Joleen Benoit | Farmington Farmington, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 12,365 people, 4,169 households, and 3,255 families residing in the city. The population density was 986.0 people per square mile . There were 4,233 housing units at an average density of 337.5 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 95.62%... |
19 | Miss Shakopee | Vocal / Guitar "Danny's Song Danny's Song "Danny's Song" is the title of a song written by the American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins. It was written as a gift for his brother Danny for the birth of his son Colin. It first appeared on the album Sittin' In, the debut album by Loggins and Messina... " |
toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1972 | Linda Hagen | Hampton Hampton, Minnesota Hampton is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 689 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. U.S... |
22 | Miss St. Paul | Popular Vocal "Who Will Buy?" from Oliver! Oliver! Oliver! is a British musical, with script, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.... |
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| 1971 | Sheila Bernhagen | Bloomington | 19 | Miss Bloomington | Acrobatic Jazz Ballet "Flim Flam Man More Than a New Discovery More Than A New Discovery is the debut album by Bronx-born singer, songwriter, and pianist Laura Nyro. It was recorded during 1966 and released at the beginning of the following year on the Folkways imprint of the Verve label... " |
Semi-finalist | ||
| 1970 | Juliana Gabor | South St. Paul | 20 | Miss South St. Paul | Popular Vocal "My Coloring Book My Coloring Book -Sandy Stewart version:The song was recorded by Sandy Stewart and released as a single with "I Heard You Cry Last Night" as a b-side in 1962.-Other versions:*Dusty Springfield recorded the song for her 1964 debut album "A Girl Called Dusty".... " |
Died from Cancer in 2009- moment of silence in her honor at State pageant. | ||
| 1969 | Judy Mendenhall | Edina | 18 | Miss Edina | Flute Solo "The Swiss Shepherd's Song" by Pietro Morlacchi | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1968 | Mary Williams | Minneapolis | 20 | Miss St. Anthony Village | Tap Dance "Wall Street Rag" by Scott Joplin Scott Joplin Scott Joplin was an American composer and pianist. Joplin achieved fame for his ragtime compositions, and was later dubbed "The King of Ragtime". During his brief career, Joplin wrote 44 original ragtime pieces, one ragtime ballet, and two operas... |
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| 1967 | Charlotte Sims | St. Paul | 19 | Miss Roseville | Acrobatic Dance "Ebb Tide" | Semi-finalist | Toured with Miss America USO Troupes in 1968 & 1969 | |
| 1966 | Diane Lindgren | St. Paul | 19 | Miss White Bear Lake | Folk Singing & Guitar | |||
| 1965 | Jeanne Ruth | St. Paul | 18 | Miss St. Paul | Interpretive Jazz Dance "West Side Story West Side Story West Side Story is an American musical with a script by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and choreographed by Jerome Robbins... " |
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| 1964 | Barbara Hasselberg | Bloomington | 21 | Miss Bloomington | Medley of Authentic Polynesian Dances "Hawaiian War Chant Hawaiian War Chant "Hawaiian War Chant" was an American popular song whose original melody and lyrics were written in the 1860s by Prince Leleiohoku. The original title of the song was Kaua I Ka Huahua`i or "We Two in the Spray." It was not written as a chant, and the Hawaiian lyrics describe a clandestine meeting... " |
4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1963 | Sharon Carnes | St. Paul | Miss St. Paul | Popular Vocal | ||||
| 1962 | Judith Lerstad | Bloomington | 22 | Miss Bloomington | Alto & Bass Saxophone Medley "Harlem Nocturne Harlem Nocturne "Harlem Nocturne" is a jazz standard written by Earle Hagen and Dick Rogers in 1939. The song was adopted by bandleader Randy Brooks the next year as his theme song."Harlem Nocturne" has been frequently recorded... ," "Misty Misty (song) "Misty" is a jazz standard written in 1954 by the pianist Erroll Garner.Originally composed as an instrumental following the traditional 32-bar format, the tune later had lyrics by Johnny Burke and became the signature song of Johnny Mathis, reaching #12 on the U.S. Pop Singles chart in 1959... " & "Hubcaps & Tailgates" |
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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 Faribault, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 20,818 people, 7,472 households, and 4,946 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,644.8 people per square mile . There were 7,668 housing units at an average density of 605.8 per square mile... |
22 | Miss Faribault | Vocal "Romany Life" from The Fortune Teller The Fortune Teller (operetta) The Fortune Teller is an operetta in three acts written by Victor Herbert, with a libretto by Harry B. Smith. After a brief tryout in Toronto, it premiered on Broadway on September 26, 1898 at Wallack's Theatre and ran for 40 performances... |
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| 1959 | Judy Olson | Albert Lea | 19 | Miss Albert Lea | Modern Dance | |||
| 1958 | Diane Albers | St. Paul | Miss St. Paul | Piano "Allegro de Concierto" by Enrique Granados Enrique Granados Enrique Granados y Campiña was a Spanish pianist and composer of classical music. His music is in a uniquely Spanish style and, as such, representative of musical nationalism... |
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| 1957 | Ardyce Gustafson | St. Paul | Miss St. Paul | Classical Vocal | ||||
| 1956 | Marie Miller | Winona | Miss Winona | Vocal | ||||
| 1955 | Marlyse Reed | Fairmont | Miss Fairmont | |||||
| 1954 | Jeanne Reince | Winona | Miss Winona | Classical Vocal | ||||
| 1953 | Idell Hulin | Minneapolis | Miss Minneapolis | Vocal | ||||
| 1952 | Carole Wick | Duluth Duluth, Minnesota Duluth is a port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Saint Louis County. The fourth largest city in Minnesota, Duluth had a total population of 86,265 in the 2010 census. Duluth is also the second largest city that is located on Lake Superior after Thunder Bay, Ontario,... |
Miss Duluth | Vocal | ||||
| 1951 | Katherine Clark | Minneapolis | Miss Minneapolis | |||||
| 1950 | Jeanne Traun | Minneapolis | Miss Minneapolis | Vocal | ||||
| 1949 | Gloria Burkhart | Minneapolis | Miss Minneapolis | Violin "Zigeunerweisen" | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1948 | Jean Sheils* | Miss Edina | ||||||
| BeBe Shopp BeBe Shopp BeBe Shopp, from Hopkins, Minnesota, was Miss America in 1948. was the first Miss America crowned in an evening gown after the pageant was resurrected in 1935.-Famous Quote:... |
Hopkins Hopkins, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 17,145 people, 8,224 households, and 3,741 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,205.9 people per square mile . There were 8,390 housing units at an average density of 2,058.2 pe square mile... |
18 | Miss Hopkins | Vibraharp "Caprice Viennois" by Fritz Kreisler Fritz Kreisler Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler was an Austrian-born violinist and composer. One of the most famous violin masters of his or any other day, he was known for his sweet tone and expressive phrasing. Like many great violinists of his generation, he produced a characteristic sound which was immediately... |
Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1947 | Elaine Campbell | Minneapolis | Miss Minneapolis | Classical Vocal "Je Veux Vivre" from Roméo et Juliette Roméo et Juliette Roméo et Juliette is an opéra in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. It was first performed at the Théâtre Lyrique , Paris on 27 April 1867... |
1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent | ||
| 1946 | Rosemarie Gregg | St. Paul | Miss St. Paul | |||||
| 1945 | Arlene Anderson | Minneapolis | Miss Minneapolis | Vocal / Marimba "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" from Naughty Marietta Naughty Marietta (operetta) Naughty Marietta is an operetta in two acts, with libretto by Rida Johnson Young and music by Victor Herbert. Set in New Orleans in 1780, it tells how Captain Richard Warrington is commissioned to unmask and capture a notorious French pirate calling himself "Bras Priqué" – and how he is helped and... |
4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1944 | Patricia Cummings | Minneapolis | Hula | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1943 | Florence Hunton | Minneapolis | Dramatic Reading "Desiree's Baby Desiree's Baby Désirée’s Baby is a short story written by American author Kate Chopin, published in 1893, it is about miscegenation in Creole Louisiana during the antebellum period.-Plot summary:... " |
Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1942 | Jane Groerner | Minneapolis | ||||||
| 1941 | Patricia Tiets | Minneapolis | ||||||
| 1940 | Virginia Kepler | Minneapolis | ||||||
| 1939 | Marion Rudeen | Minneapolis | Acro Dance | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent | |||
| 1938 | Avis Darrow | Duluth | ||||||
| 1937 | Cecelia Rodge | Minneapolis | ||||||
| 1936 | Irene Martineau | Minneapolis | Miss Minneapolis | |||||
| 1935 | Mildred Barrett | Marshall Marshall, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 12,735 people, 4,914 households, and 2,914 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,537.0 people per square mile . There were 5,182 housing units at an average density of 625.4 per square mile... |
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| 1927 | No Miss Minnesota | Sylvia Irene Brenner competed as Miss Minneapolis in the Miss America Pageant | ||||||
| 1926 | No Miss Minnesota | Florence Fuller competed as Miss Duluth and Helen Katherine Douglas competed as Miss Minneapolis in the Miss America pageant. | ||||||
| 1925 | No Miss Minnesota | Lucille McGinty competed as Miss Minneapolis and finished as a Finalist. Dorothy Bastyr competed as Miss St. Paul. |