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pageant. Raechel Warren was crowned Miss Nebraska 2024 on June 8, 2024 at North Platte HS Performing Arts Center in North Platte. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.

Gallery of past titleholders

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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: Teresa Scanlan (

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) * 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), Teresa Scanlan (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)