The Miss Minnesota competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Minnesota in the Miss America pageant. Women from Minnesota have won the Miss America crown on three occasions. The most recent winner was Gretchen Carlson in 1989. Emily Schumacher of Mankato was crowned Miss Minnesota 2024 on June 21, 2024. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.

[Dorothy Benham,

Miss Minnesota 1976 and Miss America 1977 | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Dorothy///Benham///Korea.jpg]

[Gretchen Carlson,

Miss Minnesota 1988 and Miss America 1989 | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Gretchen///carlson///cropped///retouched.jpg]

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

Awards

Preliminary awards

Non-finalist awards

Other awards

Winners

Declared as winner Ended as a runner-up Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist