Miss North Dakota
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The Miss North Dakota competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of North Dakota
North Dakota
North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....

 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.

Winners

Year Name Hometown Age Local Title Talent at Miss America Placement at Miss America Special scholarships at Miss America Notes
2011 Ariana Walker Bismarck
Bismarck, North Dakota
Bismarck is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County. It is the second most populous city in North Dakota after Fargo. The city's population was 61,272 at the 2010 census, while its metropolitan population was 108,779...

20 Miss State Capitol Contemporary Lyrical Dance Previously Miss North Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2008 & Miss North Dakota Teen USA
Miss North Dakota Teen USA
The Miss North Dakota Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of North Dakota in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

 2010
2010 Beth Dennison Hutchinson, MN
Hutchinson, Minnesota
According to the 2000 United States Census , there were 13,080 people, 5,333 households, and 3,418 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,763.6 people per square mile . There were 5,667 housing units at an average density of 764.1 per square mile...

21 Miss Grand Forks Modern Dance "All'improvviso Amore" Qualified to be Miss North Dakota as a student at the University of North Dakota
University of North Dakota
The University of North Dakota is a public university in Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA. Established by the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883, six years before the establishment of the state of North Dakota, UND is the oldest and largest university in the state and enrolls over 14,000 students. ...

2009 Katie Ralston Carrington
Carrington, North Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,268 people, 961 households, and 594 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,531.9 people per square mile . There were 1,057 housing units at an average density of 713.9 per square mile...

22 Miss Red River Valley Vocal "One Hundred Easy Ways" from Wonderful Town
Wonderful Town
Wonderful Town is a musical with a book written by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Leonard Bernstein...

2008 Tessie Jones West Fargo
West Fargo, North Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 14,940 people, 5,771 households, and 4,091 families residing in the city, however the current population of West Fargo is estimated at over 26,000 residents. The population density was 2,049.2 per square mile . There were 5,968 housing units at an average...

21 Miss Dickinson Piano 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....

 2007
2007 Ashley Young Grand Forks
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Grand Forks County. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 52,838, while that of the city and surrounding metropolitan area was 98,461...

20 Miss Grand Forks 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 :...

Miss Congeniality
2006 Annette Olson
Annette Olson
Annette Olson was Miss North Dakota 2006 and a contestant in the Miss America 2007 pageant. Claiming the local title “Miss Peace Garden,” Olson promoted a platform for the early detection of breast and cervical cancers, which she titled the “Power of Prevention.” Prior to her crowning as Miss...

Baldwin
Baldwin, North Dakota
Baldwin is an unincorporated community in western Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 83 north of the city of Bismarck, the county seat of Burleigh County. Its elevation is 1,939 feet . Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code...

23 Miss Peace Garden Vocal "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" is a popular country-pop music song by Crystal Gayle , younger sister of Loretta Lynn. The song was written by Richard Leigh and first appeared on Gayle's 1977 album, We Must Believe in Magic....

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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....

 2005
2005 Jacqueline Johnson Fargo
Fargo, North Dakota
Fargo is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Cass County. In 2010, its population was 105,549, and it had an estimated metropolitan population of 208,777...

20 Miss Red River Valley Cello "Julio"
2004 Ashley Ford Cavalier
Cavalier, North Dakota
Cavalier is a city in Pembina County, North Dakota in the United States. It is the county seat of Pembina County. The population was 1,302 at the 2010 census. Cavalier was founded in 1877 and became the county seat in 1911....

21 Miss North Dakota State Potato Queen Vocal "There You Are
There You Are (Martina McBride song)
"There You Are" is the title of a song written by Ed Hill, Mark D. Sanders, and Bob DiPiero, and recorded by American country artist Martina McBride. It was released as the third single from her fifth studio album, Emotion. The song was McBride's twelfth Top Ten hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot...

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2003 Sara Schelkoph Grand Forks 23 Miss Fort Abercrombie Lyrical Ballet "Somewhere
Somewhere (song)
"Somewhere" is a song from the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story which was made into a film in 1961. The music is composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and takes a phrase from the slow movement of Beethoven's 'Emperor' Piano Concerto, which forms the start of the...

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2002 Stacey Thomas Bismarck
Bismarck, North Dakota
Bismarck is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County. It is the second most populous city in North Dakota after Fargo. The city's population was 61,272 at the 2010 census, while its metropolitan population was 108,779...

19 Miss Fort Abercrombie Jazz en Pointe "Sparkling Diamonds" from Moulin Rouge!
Moulin Rouge!
Moulin Rouge! is a 2001 romantic jukebox musical film directed, produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. Following the Red Curtain Cinema principles, the film is based on the Orphean myth, La Traviata, and La Bohème...

previously Miss North Dakota Teen USA
Miss North Dakota Teen USA
The Miss North Dakota Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of North Dakota in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

 2001
2001 Jillayne Mertens Motley, Minnesota
Motley, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 585 people, 258 households, and 167 families residing in the city. The population density was 442.7 people per square mile . There were 270 housing units at an average density of 204.3 per square mile...

19 Miss North Dakota State College of Science Violin / Vocal "Look to the Rainbow" from Finian's Rainbow
Finian's Rainbow
Finian's Rainbow is a musical with a book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, lyrics by Harburg, and music by Burton Lane. The 1947 Broadway production ran for 725 performances. Several revivals and a 1968 film version followed. A Broadway revival ran from October 8, 2009 until January 17, 2010...

2000 Carrie Haberstroh Lisbon
Lisbon, North Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,292 people, 948 households, and 571 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,019.7 people per square mile . There were 1,017 housing units at an average density of 452.4 per square mile...

21 Miss Red River Valley Classical Piano "Prelude in C sharp minor"
1999 Kay Picconatto Minot
Minot, North Dakota
Minot is a city located in north central North Dakota in the United States. It is most widely known for the Air Force base located approximately 15 miles north of the city. With a population of 40,888 at the 2010 census, Minot is the fourth largest city in the state...

21 Miss Dakota Territory Vocal "Journey to the Past
Journey to the Past
"Journey to the Past" is a song written by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty for the 1997 animated film Anastasia. The song was originally recorded by actress Liz Callaway to be included in the film and was later re-recorded by singer Aaliyah as an pop-R&B single to promote the soundtrack.The pop...

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1998 Sonja Gedde Fargo 18 Miss Fargo Piano "Malagueña"
1997 Roxana Saberi
Roxana Saberi
Roxana Saberi is an American journalist who was arrested in Iran in January 2009. On April 8, 2009, the Iranian government charged Saberi with espionage, which she denied. She was subsequently sentenced to an eight-year prison term...

Fargo 20 Miss Fargo Classical Piano "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...

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Top 10 Miss America Scholar In 2009 she gained worldwide attention when she was imprisoned for 100 days for espionage in Iran.
1996 Stephanie Hamilton Williston
Williston, North Dakota
-Demographics:Preliminary data from a 2010 housing study indicates that population has grown by nearly 22 percent over the past decade; the actual increase might be much higher. Williston is in western North Dakota's booming oil patch, and adequate, affordable housing has become a concern. The...

18 Miss Williston Lyrical Dance "On My Knees"
1995 Kim Cooley (White) Grand Forks 24 Miss Potato Bowl Tap Dance "Luck Be a Lady" ND Quality of Life Winner
1994 Nicci Elkins Grand Forks 21 Miss Red River Valley Tap Dance previously Miss North Dakota Teen USA
Miss North Dakota Teen USA
The Miss North Dakota Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of North Dakota in the Miss Teen USA pageant....

 1991, top 10 at Miss Teen USA 1991
1993 Suzanne Spilde Casselton
Casselton, North Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,855 people, 702 households, and 509 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,315.5 people per square mile . There were 738 housing units at an average density of 523.4 per square mile...

24 Miss Pride of the Prairie Vocal "On a Wonderful Day Like Today" from The Sweetheart Tree
The Sweetheart Tree
The Sweetheart Tree is the twenty third original studio album released by singer Johnny Mathis and his seventh album for Mercury Records.-Overview:...

1992 Stephanie Fisher Larimore
Larimore, North Dakota
-Today:Unlike many of small towns in North Dakota, Larimore has maintained a relatively stable population for the last forty years. Its close proximity to employment opportunities in Grand Forks and at the Grand Forks Air Force Base have led the town to become an attractive choice for commuters...

24 Miss Watford City Vocal "Until Now"
1991 VanNessa Straub Fargo 24 Miss US Durum Piano "Warsaw Concerto
Warsaw Concerto
The Warsaw Concerto is a single-movement piano concerto written for the 1941 film Dangerous Moonlight . It was written by British composer Richard Addinsell...

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1990 Lezlie Lund Tolna
Tolna, North Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 202 people, 104 households, and 50 families residing in the city. The population density was 260.8 people per square mile . There were 118 housing units at an average density of 152.3 per square mile...

23 Miss US Durum Vocal "Time Heals Everything" from Mack & Mabel
Mack & Mabel
Mack & Mabel is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. The plot involves the tumultuous romantic relationship between Hollywood director Mack Sennett and Mabel Normand , who became one of his biggest stars...

1989 Susan Jacobson Grand Forks 23 Miss Potato Bowl Vocal / Dance "One Night Only
One Night Only (song)
"One Night Only" is a song from the 1981 Broadway musical Dreamgirls, with lyrics by Tom Eyen and music by Henry Krieger. In the context of the musical, "One Night Only" is performed twice in succession, as differing versions of the song - a soul ballad by the character Effie White and a disco...

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1988 Tina Curran Grand Forks 21 Miss Oil Country Ballet en Pointe "Capriccio Espagnol
Capriccio espagnol
Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34, is the common Western title for an orchestral work based on Spanish folk melodies and written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1887. Rimsky-Korsakov originally intended to write the work for a solo violin with orchestra, but later decided that a purely orchestral work...

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Top 10 Semi-finalist Previously North Dakota's Junior Miss 1985
1987 Susan Campbell Grand Forks 20 Miss Grand Forks Lyrical Dance
1986 Barbara Kerzman Minot 23 Miss Ward County Semi-Classical Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It"
1985 Elizabeth Anne Jaeger Fargo 25 Miss Fargo Jazz Dance 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...

 1983 (4th runner-up at Miss USA)
1984 Callie Northagen Grand Forks 21 Miss Red River Valley Piano
1983 Phyllis Hankey Park River
Park River, North Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,535 people, 660 households, and 390 families residing in the city. The population density was 772.6 people per square mile . There were 760 housing units at an average density of 382.5 per square mile...

22 Miss Mayville State College Vocal "If You Believe" from The Wiz
The Wiz
The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls and book by William F. Brown. It is a retelling of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in the context of African American culture. It opened on October 21, 1974 at the Morris A...

1982 Jeana Wolf Rugby
Rugby, North Dakota
Rugby is a city in Pierce County, North Dakota in the United States. It is the county seat of Pierce County. The population was 2,876 at the 2010 census. Rugby was founded in 1886.Rugby is often billed as being the geographic center of North America....

21 Miss Red River Valley Tap Dance "You're a Grand Old Flag
You're a Grand Old Flag
"You're a Grand Old Flag" is a patriotic song of the United States. The song, a spirited march written by George M. Cohan, is a tribute to the U.S. flag. In addition to obvious references to the flag, it incorporates snippets of other popular songs, including one of his own...

" & "Give My Regards to Broadway
Give My Regards to Broadway
"Give My Regards to Broadway" is a song written by George M. Cohan for his musical play Little Johnny Jones ....

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1981 Stacie Anfinson Hettinger
Hettinger, North Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,307 people, 584 households, and 345 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,556.6 people per square mile . There were 720 housing units at an average density of 857.5 per square mile...

21 Miss Dickinson Vocal "I Only Want to Say"
1980 Karen Moe Minot 20 Miss Minot Popular Vocal
1979 Daureen Podenski Edgeley
Edgeley, North Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 637 people, 293 households, and 162 families residing in the city. The population density was 870.1 people per square mile . There were 336 housing units at an average density of 458.9 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 99.37% White, and 0.63%...

22 Miss LaMoure County Classical Vocal "Vissi d'arte
Vissi d'arte
"Vissi d'arte" is a soprano aria from act II of the opera Tosca by Giacomo Puccini. It is sung by Tosca as she thinks of her fate and how the life of her beloved, Mario Cavaradossi, is at the mercy of Baron Scarpia.-Libretto:-External links:*...

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Non-finalist Talent Award
1978 Shelia Lindeman Linton
Linton, North Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,321 people, 613 households, and 386 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,791.4 people per square mile . There were 701 housing units at an average density of 950.6 per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 99.17% White, 0.23%...

20 Miss Valley City Popular Vocal "Woman in the Moon" from A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born (1976 film)
A Star Is Born is a 1976 American rock music musical film telling the story of a young woman, played by Barbra Streisand who enters show business, and meets and falls in love with an established male star, played by Kris Kristofferson, only to find her career ascending while his goes into decline...

1977 Kathryn Power Beulah
Beulah, North Dakota
At the 2000 census, there were 3,152 people, 1,213 households, and 851 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,307.8 inhabitants per square mile . There were 1,475 housing units at an average density of 612.0 per square mile...

22 Miss Park City Classical Vocal "Adele's Laughing Song"
1976 Donna Grotberg Valley City
Valley City, North Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 6,826 people, 2,996 households, and 1,668 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,062.5 per square mile . There were 3,250 housing units at an average density of 982.0 per square mile...

18 Miss Valley City Piano Solo "The Cat and the Mouse
The Cat and the Mouse
The Cat and The Mouse is a composition by the American classical music composer Aaron Copland. The first of his works to be published, it was written shortly before he began his schooling in Paris, France in 1921...

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Top 10 Semi-finalist
1975 Cathy Woell Minot 19 Miss Minot Vocal "Yes"
1974 Susan Kay Myhr Bottineau
Bottineau, North Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,336 people, 979 households, and 550 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,230.0 people per square mile . There were 1,114 housing units at an average density of 1,063.4 per square mile...

18 Miss Bottineau Vocal Medley "You're Gonna Hear From Me" & "Don't Rain on My Parade
Don't Rain on My Parade
"Don't Rain On My Parade" is a popular song from the 1964 musical Funny Girl. It was also featured in the 1968 movie version of the musical. The song was written by Bob Merrill and Jule Styne. Both the movie and stage versions feature Barbra Streisand performing the song. It has since become one of...

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1973 Linda Joyce Cole Lisbon 19 Miss Valley City Classical Vocal "Winds in the South"
1972 Georgia Ann Becker Napoleon
Napoleon, North Dakota
The median household income was $28,167, and the median family income was $36,042. Males had a median income of $28,036 versus $20,000 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,208. About 5.9% of families and 8.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.4% of those...

18 Miss Kidder County Country Western Vocal "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" Non-Finalist Talent Award Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1971 Lana Herreid Williston 20 Miss Williston Original Vocal Composition "From Life"
1970 Nancy Tangen Northwood
Northwood, North Dakota
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19 Miss Grand Forks Classical Vocal "Pace Pace Mio Dio" from La forza del destino
La forza del destino
La forza del destino is an Italian opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on a Spanish drama, Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino , by Ángel de Saavedra, Duke of Rivas, with a scene adapted from Friedrich Schiller's Wallensteins Lager. It was first performed...

1969 Charlene Seifert Gascoyne
Gascoyne, North Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 23 people, 9 households, and 8 families residing in the city. The population density was 23.3 people per square mile . There were 15 housing units at an average density of 15.2 per square mile...

21 Miss Bowman Comedy Monologue "Sleeping Beauty"
1968 Virginia Hanson Bismarck 21 Miss Grand Forks Semi-Classical Vocal "This Is My Country
This Is My Country
"This is My Country" is an American patriotic folk song composed in 1940. The lyrics are by Don Raye and the music is by Al Jacobs.The song begins slowly, opening with:"This is My Country" is an American patriotic folk song composed in 1940...

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1967 Wanda Lou Lowry Bismarck 18 Miss Parshall 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...

1966 Denise Fledderman Inkster
Inkster, North Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 102 people, 45 households, and 28 families residing in the city. The population density was 102.5 people per square mile . There were 55 housing units at an average density of 55.3 per square mile...

20 Miss Langdon Popular Vocal Non-finalist Talent Award
1965 Onalee Olson Fargo 19 Miss Fargo Original Interpretive Dance "Charleston
Charleston (dance)
The Charleston is a dance named for the harbor city of Charleston, South Carolina. The rhythm was popularized in mainstream dance music in the United States by a 1923 tune called "The Charleston" by composer/pianist James P. Johnson which originated in the Broadway show Runnin' Wild and became one...

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1964 Karen Kopseng Bismarck 19 Miss Grand Forks Classical Vocal "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly
Madama Butterfly
Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Puccini based his opera in part on the short story "Madame Butterfly" by John Luther Long, which was dramatized by David Belasco...

Preliminary Talent Award
1963 JoAnn Syvrud Mandan
Mandan, North Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 16,718 people, 6,647 households, and 4,553 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,642.8 per square mile . There were 6,958 housing units at an average density of 683.7 per square mile...

Miss Dickinson Vocal Ballad & Guitar
1962 Claudia Revland Fargo 19 Miss Fargo Vocal Ballad & Guitar
1961 Diane Ulvedal Grand Forks 18 Miss Grand Forks Piano Solo "Gavotte from the Second Sonata" by Bach
Bạch
Bạch is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Bai in Chinese and Baek, in Korean.Bach is the anglicized variation of the surname Bạch.-Notable people with the surname Bạch:* Bạch Liêu...

1960 Carol Olson Fargo 21 Miss Fargo Dramatic Monologue "Mary Stuart"
1959 Claudia Gullickson Grand Forks 18 Classical Vocal Non-finalist Talent Award
1958 Helen Korfhage Grand Forks Classical Vocal "If Thou Lov'st Me"
1957 Helen Winje Minot Vocal
1956 Janet Smith Steele
Steele, North Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 761 people, 336 households, and 191 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,338.5 people per square mile . There were 367 housing units at an average density of 645.5 per square mile...

Drama
1955 MaryAnn Gibbs Williston
1954 Delores Paulson Bismarck Violin "Méditation"
1953 Marilyn Wentz Napoleon Vocal
1952 Margaret Aandahl Litchville
Litchville, North Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 191 people, 88 households, and 55 families residing in the city. The population density was 129.2 people per square mile . There were 110 housing units at an average density of 74.4 per square mile...

Piano Non-finalist Talent Award
1951 Marilyn Walker Minot
1950 Joan Teets Minot Comedy Monologue "Touch of Norway" Non-finalist Talent Award
1949 Kitty Page Bismarck Tap Dance & Baton Twirling

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