The Miss Minnesota USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of

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in the

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pageant. It is directed by Future Productions based in

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since its inception in 1995, which also directs the state pageants for

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and

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. Barbara Elaine Peterson was the first Miss Minnesota USA to be crowned Miss USA (in 1976), and was also the first Miss USA to not place in the Miss Universe pageant. Her sister, Polly Peterson Bowles, was Miss Minnesota USA 1981. In 2016,

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became the first contestant to compete wearing a burkini, and the first to wear a hijab the entire time. In 2017, Mikayla Holmgren was the first woman with

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to compete in a statewide Miss USA pageant. The current titleholder is Madeline Helget of

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was crowned on May 29, 2022, at

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in Burnsville. She represented Minnesota for the title of Miss USA 2022, placed in the top 12.

Results summary

Placements

*Miss USA:

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(1976) *2nd runners-up: Deborah Cossette (1977), Meridith Gould (2017) *3rd runners-up: Lanore Van Buren (2002) *4th runners-up: Kari Lee Johnson (1985) *Top 6: Angelique de Maison (1995) *Top 10/12: Jodell Stirmlinger (1952), Carla Reid Peterson (1980), Jolene Stavrakis (1994), Madeline Helget (2022) *Top 15/19/20: Mary Ann Papke (1953), Dawn Joyce (1954), Kaylee Unverzagt (2008), Erica Nego (2009), Haley O'Brien (2014), Cat Stanley (2019) Minnesota holds a record of 16 placements at

Awards

*Miss Congeniality: Elizabeth Jane Carroll (1965), Janet Tveita (1990), Dottie Cannon (2006), Amber Davis (2020) *Miss Photogenic: Paige Swenson (2000), Sarah Cahill (2003)

Winners

;Color key ¹ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
² Contestant resigned title before the Miss USA pageant

References

External links

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Miss Minnesota-USA 2009 Official Website
{{Miss USA state

Minnesota culture Women in Minnesota