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

Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...

in the

Miss America Miss America is an annual competition that is open to women from the United States between the ages of 17 and 25. Originating in 1921 as a "bathing beauty revue", the contest is now judged on competitors' talent performances and interviews. As ...

pageant. Steffany Lien of

Lincoln Lincoln most commonly refers to: * Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States * Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England * Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S. * Lincoln ...

was crowned Miss Nebraska 2022 on June 11, 2022 at North Platte HS Performing Arts Center in

North Platte North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ...

. She competed for the title of

Miss America 2023 Miss America 2023 was the 95th edition of the Miss America pageant, which occurred at the Mohegan Sun on December 16, 2022. The 2023 calendar year, based on several sources, may be the final year at Mohegan Sun. Rather than being aired on mains ...

at the

Mohegan Sun Mohegan Sun is an American casino, owned and operated by the Mohegan Tribe on of their reservation, along the banks of the Thames River in Uncasville, Connecticut. It has of gambling space. It is in the foothills of southeastern Connecticut, ...

Uncasville, Connecticut Uncasville is an area in the New England town, town of Montville, Connecticut, Montville, Connecticut, United States. It is a Administrative divisions of Connecticut#Village, neighborhood, section of town, village in southeastern Montville, at the ...

in December 2022 where she was a Non-finalist Talent winner.

Gallery of past titleholders

File:Brook Matthews headshot.jpg, Brook Matthews,
Miss Nebraska 2004 File:Teresa Scanlan at Langley Air Force Base.jpg,

Teresa Scanlan Teresa Michelle Scanlan (born February 6, 1993) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Gering, Nebraska who was named Miss Nebraska 2010, subsequently winning Miss America 2011 at age 17 and becoming the youngest Miss America since Bette ...

,
Miss Nebraska 2010 &

Miss America 2011 Miss America 2011 was the 84th Miss America pageant. Since the first Miss America pageant was held years ago, in 1921, the Miss America Organization was celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2011. It was held at the Theatre for the Performing Art ...

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Nebraska titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.

Placements

* Miss America:

(

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

) * Top 10: Mary Lee Jepsen (1963), Guylyn Remmenga (1979), Kristin Lowenberg (1984), Brittany Jeffers (2010), Jessica Shultis (2019) * Top 12: Alyssa Howell (2016) * Top 15: Myrtle Roach (1925) * Top 20: Christina Foehlinger (2002)

Awards

Preliminary awards

* Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Molly McGrath (2007) * Preliminary Talent: Diane Knotek (1957), Mary Lee Jepsen (1963) (tie), Guylyn Remmenga (1979) (tie),

(2011)

Non-finalist awards

* Non-finalist Talent: Madalyn Joyce King (1947), Diane Knotek (1957), Katherine L. Nielsen (1958), Sherry Johnson (1959), Patricia Lee Van Horne (1967), Linda Kay Hallstrom (1978), Paula Louise Mitchell (1981), Allison Boyd (1985), Julie Meusburger (1986), Vicki Linn Train (1992), Myra Katherine Hale (1996), Kendra Quandt (1998), Jane Noseworthy (2004), Kayla Batt (2012), Steffany Lien (2023) * Non-finalist Interview: Jill Pennington (2001), Aleah Peters (2017)

Other awards

* Miss Congeniality: Jane Deliese Briggeman (1970), Kayla Batt (2012) * Quality of Life Award 1st runners-up: Kendra Quandt (1998) * Quality of Life Award 2nd runners-up: Myra Katherine Hale (1996) * Quality of Life Award Finalists: Vicki Linn Train (1992) * STEM Scholarship Award Finalists: Allison Tietjen (2018) * Tiffany Phillips Scholar-Athlete Scholarship: Allie Swanson (2020) *Women in Business 1st runner-up: Morgan Holen (2022) * Women in Business Scholarship Award Finalists: Jessica Shultis (2019)