Year |
Name |
Hometown |
Age |
Local Title |
Miss America Talent |
Placement at Miss America |
Special scholarships at Miss America |
Notes |
2014 |
Jacky Arness |
Fargo |
21 |
Miss Peace Garden |
Vocal "Feeling Good" |
Top 16 |
Miss Congeniality |
Judge's Choice |
2013 |
Laura Harmon |
Grand Forks |
23 |
Miss Grand Forks |
Vocal "O Sole Mio" |
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2012 |
Rosie Sauvageau |
Fargo |
24 |
Miss Fort Abercrombie |
Piano / Vocal "To Make You Feel My Love" |
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Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award |
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2011 |
Ariana Walker[1] |
Bismarck |
20 |
Miss State Capitol |
Contemporary Lyrical Dance "Defying Gravity" |
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Miss North Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2008, Miss North Dakota Teen USA 2010 |
2010 |
Beth Dennison |
Hutchinson, MN |
21 |
Miss Grand Forks |
Modern Dance "All'improvviso Amore" |
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Qualified to be Miss North Dakota as a student at the University of North Dakota |
2009 |
Katie Ralston |
Carrington |
22 |
Miss Red River Valley |
Vocal "One Hundred Easy Ways" from Wonderful Town |
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2008 |
Tessie Jones |
West Fargo |
21 |
Miss Dickinson |
Piano |
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Contestant at National Sweetheart 2007 |
2007 |
Ashley Young |
Grand Forks |
20 |
Miss Grand Forks |
Classical Vocal "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus |
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Miss Congeniality |
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2006 |
Annette Olson |
Baldwin |
23 |
Miss Peace Garden |
Vocal "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" |
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Contestant at National Sweetheart 2005 |
2005 |
Jacqueline Johnson |
Fargo |
20 |
Miss Red River Valley |
Cello "Julio" |
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2004 |
Ashley Ford |
Cavalier |
21 |
Miss North Dakota State Potato Queen |
Vocal "There You Are" |
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2003 |
Sara Schelkoph |
Grand Forks |
23 |
Miss Fort Abercrombie |
Lyrical Ballet "Somewhere" |
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2002 |
Stacey Thomas |
Bismarck |
19 |
Miss Fort Abercrombie |
Jazz en Pointe "Sparkling Diamonds" from Moulin Rouge! |
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Miss North Dakota Teen USA 2001 |
2001 |
Jillayne Mertens |
Motley, Minnesota |
19 |
Miss North Dakota State College of Science |
Violin / Vocal "Look to the Rainbow" from Finian's Rainbow |
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2000 |
Carrie Haberstroh |
Lisbon |
21 |
Miss Red River Valley |
Classical Piano "Prelude in C sharp minor" |
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1999 |
Kay Picconatto |
Minot |
21 |
Miss Dakota Territory |
Vocal "Journey to the Past" |
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1998 |
Sonja Gedde |
Fargo |
18 |
Miss Fargo |
Piano "Malagueña" |
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1997 |
Roxana Saberi |
Fargo |
20 |
Miss Fargo |
Classical Piano "Prelude in G minor" |
Top 10 |
Miss America Scholar |
In 2009 she gained worldwide attention when she was imprisoned for 100 days for espionage in Iran. |
1996 |
Stephanie Hamilton |
Williston |
18 |
Miss Williston |
Lyrical Dance "On My Knees" |
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1995 |
Kim Cooley (White) |
Grand Forks |
24 |
Miss Potato Bowl |
Tap Dance "Luck Be a Lady" |
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Miss North Dakota Quality of Life Award |
1994 |
Nicci Elkins |
Grand Forks |
21 |
Miss Red River Valley |
Tap Dance |
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Miss North Dakota Teen USA 1991 and Top 10 at Miss Teen USA 1991 |
1993 |
Suzanne Spilde |
Casselton |
24 |
Miss Pride of the Prairie |
Vocal "On a Wonderful Day Like Today" from The Sweetheart Tree |
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1992 |
Stephanie Fisher |
Larimore |
24 |
Miss Watford City |
Vocal "Until Now" |
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1991 |
VanNessa Straub |
Fargo |
24 |
Miss US Durum |
Piano "Warsaw Concerto" |
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1990 |
Lezlie Lund |
Tolna |
23 |
Miss US Durum |
Vocal "Time Heals Everything" from Mack & Mabel |
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1989 |
Susan Jacobson |
Grand Forks |
23 |
Miss Potato Bowl |
Vocal / Dance "One Night Only" |
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1988 |
Tina Curran |
Grand Forks |
21 |
Miss Oil Country |
Ballet en Pointe "Capriccio Espagnol" |
Top 10 |
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North Dakota's Junior Miss 1985 |
1987 |
Susan Campbell |
Grand Forks |
20 |
Miss Grand Forks |
Lyrical Dance |
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1986 |
Barbara Kerzman |
Minot |
23 |
Miss Ward County |
Semi-classical Vocal "Love Is Where You Find It" |
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1985 |
Elizabeth Anne Jaeger |
Fargo |
25 |
Miss Fargo |
Jazz Dance |
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Miss North Dakota USA 1983 and 4th runner-up at Miss USA 1983 |
1984 |
Callie Northagen |
Grand Forks |
21 |
Miss Red River Valley |
Piano |
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1983 |
Phyllis Hankey |
Park River |
22 |
Miss Mayville State College |
Vocal "If You Believe" from The Wiz |
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1982 |
Jeana Wolf |
Rugby |
21 |
Miss Red River Valley |
Tap Dance "You're a Grand Old Flag" & "Give My Regards to Broadway" |
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1981 |
Stacie Anfinson |
Hettinger |
21 |
Miss Dickinson |
Vocal "I Only Want to Say" |
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1980 |
Karen Moe |
Minot |
20 |
Miss Minot |
Popular Vocal |
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1979 |
Daureen Podenski |
Edgeley |
22 |
Miss LaMoure County |
Classical Vocal "Vissi d'arte" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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1978 |
Shelia Lindeman |
Linton |
20 |
Miss Valley City |
Popular Vocal "Woman in the Moon" from A Star Is Born |
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1977 |
Kathryn Power |
Beulah |
22 |
Miss Park City |
Classical Vocal "Adele's Laughing Song" |
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1976 |
Donna Grotberg |
Valley City |
18 |
Miss Valley City |
Piano Solo "The Cat and the Mouse" |
Top 10 |
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1975 |
Cathy Woell |
Minot |
19 |
Miss Minot |
Vocal "Yes" |
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1974 |
Susan Kay Myhr |
Bottineau |
18 |
Miss Bottineau |
Vocal Medley "You're Gonna Hear From Me" & "Don't Rain on My Parade" |
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1973 |
Linda Joyce Cole |
Lisbon |
19 |
Miss Valley City |
Classical Vocal "Winds in the South" |
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1972 |
Georgia Ann Becker |
Napoleon |
18 |
Miss Kidder County |
Country Western Vocal "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
1971 |
Lana Herreid |
Williston |
20 |
Miss Williston |
Original Vocal Composition "From Life" |
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1970 |
Nancy Tangen |
Northwood |
19 |
Miss Grand Forks |
Classical Vocal "Pace Pace Mio Dio" from La forza del destino |
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1969 |
Charlene Seifert |
Gascoyne |
21 |
Miss Bowman |
Comedy Monologue "Sleeping Beauty" |
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1968 |
Virginia Hanson |
Bismarck |
21 |
Miss Grand Forks |
Semi-classical Vocal "This Is My Country" |
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1967 |
Wanda Lou Lowry |
Bismarck |
18 |
Miss Parshall |
Classical Vocal "Je Veux Vivre" from Roméo et Juliette |
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1966 |
Denise Fledderman |
Inkster |
20 |
Miss Langdon |
Popular Vocal |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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1965 |
Onalee Olson |
Fargo |
19 |
Miss Fargo |
Original Interpretive Dance "Charleston" |
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1964 |
Karen Kopseng |
Bismarck |
19 |
Miss Grand Forks |
Classical Vocal "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly |
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Preliminary Talent Award |
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1963 |
JoAnn Syvrud |
Mandan |
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Miss Dickinson |
Vocal Ballad & Guitar |
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1962 |
Claudia Revland |
Fargo |
19 |
Miss Fargo |
Vocal Ballad & Guitar |
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1961 |
Diane Ulvedal |
Grand Forks |
18 |
Miss Grand Forks |
Piano Solo "Gavotte from the Second Sonata" by Bach |
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1960 |
Carol Olson |
Fargo |
21 |
Miss Fargo |
Dramatic Monologue "Mary Stuart" |
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1959 |
Claudia Gullickson |
Grand Forks |
18 |
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Classical Vocal "Carissima" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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1958 |
Helen Korfhage |
Grand Forks |
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Classical Vocal "If Thou Lov'st Me" |
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1957 |
Helen Winje |
Minot |
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Vocal |
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1956 |
Janet Smith |
Steele |
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Drama |
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1955 |
MaryAnn Gibbs |
Williston |
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Vocal |
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1954 |
Delores Paulson |
Bismarck |
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Violin "Méditation" |
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1953 |
Marilyn Wentz |
Napoleon |
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Vocal |
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1952 |
Margaret Aandahl |
Litchville |
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Piano |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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1951 |
Marilyn Walker |
Minot |
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Painting Display |
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1950 |
Joan Teets |
Minot |
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Comedy Monologue "Touch of Norway" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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1949 |
Kitty Page |
Bismarck |
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Tap Dance & Baton Twirling |
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