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in the

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pageant. Women from Minnesota have won the Miss America crown on three occasions. The most recent winner was

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in 1989. Rachel Evangelisto of

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was crowned Miss Minnesota 2022 on June 17, 2022 at the Grace Church in

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. She competed for the title of Miss America 2023 at the Mohegan Sun in

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in December 2022.

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Minnesota 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:

BeBe Shopp Beatrice Bella "BeBe" Shopp (born August 17, 1930), from Hopkins, Minnesota, was Miss America in 1948. Post-Pageant Career After winning Miss America 1948, Shopp used her pageant scholarship to attend the Manhattan School of Music. She speciali ...

(

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), Dorothy Benham (

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrati ...

(

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) * 1st runners-up: Elaine Campbell (1947) * 2nd runners-up: N/A * 3rd runners-up: Lauren Susan Green (1985) * 4th runners-up: Arlene Anderson (1945), Nancee Parkinson (1962), Barbara Hasselberg (1965), Judy Mendenhall (1970), Rebecca Yeh (2014) * Top 10: Florence Hunton (1943), Charlotte Sims (1968), Sheila Bernhagen (1972), Laurie Saarinen (1983) * Top 12: Patricia Cummings (1944) * Top 15: Lucille McGinty (1925), Marion Rudeen (1939), Gloria Burkhart (1949), Michaelene Karlen (2019)

Awards

Preliminary awards

* Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness:

(1948), Nancee Parkinson (1962), Judy Mendenhall (1970), Dorothy Benham (1977), Sue Erickson (1979), Debra Goodwin (1981) * Preliminary Talent: Marion Rudeen (1939), Arlene Anderson (1945), Elaine Campbell (1947), Gloria Burkhart (1949), Barbara Hasselberg (1965), Judy Mendenhall (1970), Dorothy Benham (1977), Lauren Susan Green (1985),

(1989), Rebecca Yeh (2014), Brianna Drevlow (2018)

Non-finalist awards

* Non-finalist Talent: Keri Thorne (1976), Debra Goodwin (1981), Jo Bender (1993), Shawna Deeann Stoltenberg (1994), Jennifer Ostergaard (1998), Karyn Stordahl (2006), Nicole Swanson (2007), Brooke Kilgarriff (2010), Kathryn Knuttila (2011), Brianna Drevlow (2018)

Other awards

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: Madeline Van Ert (2017) * Louanne Gamba Instrumental Award: Kathryn Knuttila (2011), Rebecca Yeh (2014) * Quality of Life Award Winners: Jennifer Ostergaard (1998) * Quality of Life Award Finalists: Jennifer Hudspeth (2008), Brooke Kilgarriff (2010), Kathryn Knuttila (2011), Natalie Davis (2012), Brianna Drevlow (2018) *STEM Scholarship Finalist: Gabrielle "Elle" Mark (2022) * Waterford Business Management & Marketing Award: Paula Knoll (1996)

Winners

References

External links

Miss Minnesota official website
{{Miss America state Minnesota culture

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