Minnesota at Miss USA

Performance Summary

Total Participations

Crowns

Runner-ups

Semifinalists

Unplaced

Results by Edition

Year	Contestant	City	Placement
1952	Jodell Stirmlinger	Long Beach	Semifinalist
1953	Mary Ann Papke	Long Beach, California	Quarterfinalist
1954	Dawn Joyce	Long Beach, California	Quarterfinalist
1955	Sally Ann Colombo	Long Beach, California	Unplaced
1956	Marilyn Johnson	Long Beach	Unplaced
1957	Mary Ford	Long Beach, California	Unplaced
1958	Sue Bouchard	Long Beach, California	Unplaced
1959	Muriel Fairbanks	Long Beach, California	Unplaced
1967	Betty Ann Brewer	Miami Beach	Unplaced
1971	Shirley Kittleson	Miami Beach	Unplaced
1976	Barbara Peterson	Niagara Falls, New York	Winner
1977	Deborah Cossette	Charleston, South Carolina	2nd runner-up
1980	Carla Peterson	Biloxi, Mississippi	Semifinalist
1981	Polly Peterson	Biloxi, Mississippi	Unplaced
1982	Lori Kmetz	Biloxi, Mississippi	Unplaced
1983	Carolyn Mattson	Knoxville, Tennessee	Unplaced
1985	Kari Lee Johnson	Lakeland, Florida	4th runner-up
1987	Christine Rosenberger	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Unplaced
1988	Julie Nelson	El Paso, Texas	Unplaced
1989	Julie Knutson	Mobile, Alabama	Unplaced
1990	Janet Tveita	Wichita, Kansas	Unplaced
1991	April Herke	Wichita, Kansas	Unplaced
1993	Kristi Hennecks	Wichita, Kansas	Unplaced
1994	Jolene Stavrakis	South Padre Island, Texas	Unplaced
1995	Angelique de Maison	South Padre Island	Finalist
1996	Karin Smith	South Padre Island	Unplaced
2000	Paige Swenson	Branson, Missouri	Unplaced
2001	Anne Clausen	Gary, Indiana	Unplaced
2002	Lanore van Buren	Gary, Indiana	3rd runner-up
2005	Carrie Lee	Baltimore	Unplaced
2006	Dottie Cannon	Baltimore	Unplaced
2007	Alla Ilushka	Los Angeles	Unplaced
2008	Kaylee Unverzagt	Paradise, Nevada	Semifinalist
2009	Erica Nego	Paradise, Nevada	Semifinalist
2011	Brittany Lee Thelemann	Paradise, Nevada	Unplaced
2012	Nitaya Panemalaythong	Paradise, Nevada	Unplaced
2013	Danielle Hooper	Paradise, Nevada	Unplaced
2014	Haley O'Brien	Baton Rouge	Quarterfinalist
2015	Jessica Scheu	Baton Rouge	Unplaced
2016	Bridget Jacobs	Paradise, Nevada	Unplaced
2017	Meridith Gould	Paradise, Nevada	2nd runner-up
2018	Kalie Wright	Shreveport, Louisiana	Unplaced
2019	Cat Stanley	Reno, Nevada	Semifinalist
2020	Taylor Fondie	Memphis, Tennessee	Unplaced
2021	Katarina Spasojevic	Tulsa	Unplaced
2022	Madeline Helget	Reno, Nevada	Semifinalist
2023	Sarah Anderson	Reno, Nevada	Unplaced
2024	Muna Ali	Los Angeles	Unplaced
2025	Megan Rivera	Reno, Nevada	Unplaced