Miss North Dakota
The Miss North Dakota competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of North Dakota in the Miss America pageant. The first Miss North Dakota to compete at Miss America was Kitty Page in 1949.[1] In 2017 Cara Mund became the first North Dakotan to win the Miss America title, when she won the Miss America 2018 pageant.[2]
Type | Scholarship organization |
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Headquarters | Williston, North Dakota |
Membership | Miss America |
President | Debbie Richter |
Website | www |
Haley Wolfe of Carrington was crowned Miss North Dakota on June 15, 2019 at Williston High School in Williston, North Dakota.[3] She competed for the title of Miss America 2020 in December 2019.
Gallery of past titleholders
- Roxana Saberi,
Miss North Dakota 1997 Annette Olson,
Miss North Dakota 2006
Results summary
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss North Dakota 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: Cara Mund (2018)
- Top 10: Donna Grotberg (1977), Tina Curran (1989), Roxana Saberi (1998)
- Top 16: Jacky Arness (2015)
Preliminary awards
- Preliminary Talent: Karen Kopseng (1965), Rosie Sauvageau (2013)
Non-finalist awards
- Non-finalist Talent: Joan Teets (1950), Margaret Aandahl (1953), Claudia Gullickson (1960), Denise Fledderman (1967), Georgia Ann Becker (1973), Daureen Podenski (1980), Rosie Sauvageau (2013)
Other awards
- Miss Congeniality: Ashley Young (2008), Jacky Arness (2015)
- Miss America Scholar: Roxana Saberi (1998)
- Quality of Life Award 1st runners-up: Cara Mund (2018)
Winners
- Declared as winner
- Ended as a runner-up
- Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist
Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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2020 | State and national pageants postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4][5] | |||||||
2019–20 | Haley Wolfe[6] | Carrington | 21 | Miss West Fargo | Dance | Previously Distinguished Young Woman of North Dakota 2016[7] | ||
2018 | Katie Olson[8] | Williston | 20 | Miss Fargo | Lyrical Dance, "I Will Wait" | |||
2017 | Lizzie Jensen[9] | Fargo | 23 | Miss West Fargo | Vocal, "Hallelujah" | 1st runner-up to at Miss North Dakota 2017 pageant[10] Assumed the title after Mund was named Miss America 2018[9] | ||
Cara Mund[3] | Bismarck | 23 | Miss Northern Lights | Jazz Dance, “The Way You Make Me Feel” | Winner[2] | Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up[11] | Previously Miss North Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2010[3] 4th runner-up at Miss North Dakota Teen USA 2012 pageant[12] | |
2016 | Macy Christianson[13] | Minot | 19 | Miss Grand Forks | Contemporary Ballet | Later Miss North Dakota USA 2020[14] | ||
2015 | Delanie Wiedrich[15] | Hazen | 19 | Vocal, "A New Life" from Jekyll & Hyde | ||||
2014 | Jacky Arness | Fargo | 21 | Miss Peace Garden | Vocal, "Feeling Good" | Top 16 | Judges' Choice Miss Congeniality |
1st runner-up at Miss North Dakota USA 2018 pageant[16] |
2013 | Laura Harmon | Grand Forks | 23 | Miss Grand Forks | Vocal, "’O sole mio" | |||
2012 | Rosie Sauvageau[17] | Fargo | 24 | Miss Fort Abercrombie | Piano / Vocal, "To Make You Feel My Love" | Preliminary Talent Award[18] Non-finalist Talent Award |
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2011 | Ariana Walker[19] | Bismarck | 20 | Miss State Capitol | Contemporary Lyrical Dance, "Defying Gravity" from Wicked | Previously Miss North Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2008[20] Previously Miss North Dakota Teen USA 2010[21] | ||
2010 | Beth Dennison | Hutchinson, MN | 21 | Miss Grand Forks | Modern Dance, "All'improvviso Amore" | Eligible 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 | |||
2008 | Tessie Jones | West Fargo | 21 | Miss Dickinson | Piano | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2007 pageant | ||
2007 | Ashley Young[22] | Grand Forks | 20 | Miss Grand Forks | Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus | Miss Congeniality | ||
2006 | Annette Olson | Baldwin | 23 | Miss Peace Garden | Vocal, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2005 pageant | ||
2005 | Jacqueline Johnson[23] | Fargo | 20 | Miss Red River Valley | Cello, "Julio" | |||
2004 | Ashley Ford[24] | Cavalier | 21 | Miss Potato Queen | Vocal, "There You Are" | |||
2003 | Sara Schelkoph | Grand Forks | 23 | Miss Fort Abercrombie | Lyrical Ballet, "Somewhere" | |||
2002 | Stacey Thomas[25] | Bismarck | 19 | Jazz en Pointe, "Sparkling Diamonds" from Moulin Rouge! | Previously Miss North Dakota's Outstanding Teen 1999[26] Previously Miss North Dakota Teen USA 2001[12] | |||
2001 | Jillayne Mertens | Motley, MN | 19 | Miss North Dakota State College of Science | Violin / Vocal, "Look to the Rainbow" from Finian's Rainbow | |||
2000 | Carrie Haberstroh | Lisbon | 21 | Miss Red River Valley | Classical Piano, Prelude in C sharp minor by Rachmaninoff | |||
1999 | Kay Picconatto | Minot | 21 | Miss Dakota Territory | Vocal, "Journey to the Past" | |||
1998 | Sonja Gedde | Fargo | 18 | Miss Fargo | Piano, "Malagueña" | |||
1997 | Roxana Saberi | Fargo | 20 | Miss Fargo | Classical Piano, Prelude in G minor by Rachmaninoff | Top 10 | Miss America Scholar | In 2009 gained worldwide attention after being imprisoned for 100 days for alleged espionage in Iran[27] |
1996 | Stephanie Hamilton | Williston | 18 | Miss Williston | Lyrical Dance, "On My Knees" | |||
1995 | Kim Cooley | Grand Forks | 24 | Miss Potato Bowl | Tap Dance, "Luck Be a Lady" | |||
1994 | Nicci Elkins | 21 | Miss Red River Valley | Tap Dance | Previously Miss North Dakota Teen USA 1991 Top 6 at Miss Teen USA 1991 pageant | |||
1993 | Suzanne Spilde | Casselton | 24 | Miss Pride of the Prairie | Vocal, "On a Wonderful Day like Today" from The Sweetheart Tree | |||
1992 | Stephanie Fisher | Larimore | 24 | Miss Watford City | Vocal, "Until Now" | |||
1991 | VanNessa Straub | Fargo | 24 | Miss US Durum | Piano, Warsaw Concerto | |||
1990 | Lezlie Lund | Tolna | 23 | Miss US Durum | Vocal, "Time Heals Everything" from Mack & Mabel | |||
1989 | Susan Jacobson | Grand Forks | 23 | Miss Potato Bowl | Vocal / Dance, "One Night Only" | |||
1988 | Tina Curran | Grand Forks | 21 | Miss Oil Country | Ballet en Pointe, "Capriccio Espagnol" | Top 10 | ||
1987 | Susan Campbell | Grand Forks | 20 | Miss Grand Forks | Lyrical Dance | |||
1986 | Barbara Kerzman | Minot | 23 | Miss Ward County | Semi-classical Vocal, "Love Is Where You Find It" | |||
1985 | Elizabeth Anne Jaeger | Fargo | 25 | Miss Fargo | Jazz Dance | Previously Miss North Dakota USA 1983 4th runner-up at Miss USA 1983 pageant | ||
1984 | Callie Northagen | Grand Forks | 21 | Miss Red River Valley | Piano | |||
1983 | Phyllis Hankey | Park River | 22 | Miss Mayville State College | Vocal, "If You Believe" from The Wiz | |||
1982 | Jeana Wolf | Rugby | 21 | Miss Red River Valley | Tap Dance, "You're a Grand Old Flag" & "Give My Regards to Broadway" | |||
1981 | Stacie Anfinson | Hettinger | 21 | Miss Dickinson | Vocal, "I Only Want to Say" | |||
1980 | Karen Moe | Minot | 20 | Miss Minot | Popular Vocal | |||
1979 | Daureen Podenski | Edgeley | 22 | Miss LaMoure County | Classical Vocal, "Vissi d'arte" from Tosca | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1978 | Shelia Lindeman | Linton | 20 | Miss Valley City | Popular Vocal, "Woman in the Moon" from A Star Is Born | |||
1977 | Kathryn Power | Beulah | 22 | Miss North Dakota State Potato Queen | Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus | |||
1976 | Donna Grotberg | Valley City | 18 | Miss Valley City | Piano, "The Cat and the Mouse" | Top 10 | ||
1975 | Cathy Woell | Minot | 19 | Miss Minot | Vocal, "Yes" | |||
1974 | Susan Kay Myhr | Bottineau | 18 | Miss Bottineau | Vocal, "You're Gonna Hear From Me" & Don't Rain on My Parade | |||
1973 | Linda Joyce Cole | Lisbon | 19 | Miss Valley City | Classical Vocal, "Winds in the South" | |||
1972 | Georgia Ann Becker | Napoleon | 18 | Miss Kidder County | Country Western Vocal, "Rose Garden" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1971 | Lana Herreid | Williston | 20 | Miss Williston | Original Vocal Composition, "From Life" | |||
1970 | Nancy Tangen | Northwood | 19 | Miss Grand Forks | Classical Vocal, "Pace pace mio Dio" from La forza del destino | |||
1969 | Charlene Seifert | Gascoyne | 21 | Miss Bowman | Comedy Monologue, "Sleeping Beauty" | |||
1968 | Virginia Hanson | Bismarck | 21 | Miss Grand Forks | Semi-classical Vocal, "This Is My Country" | |||
1967 | Wanda Lou Lowry | 18 | Miss Parshall | Classical Vocal, "Je veux vivre" from Roméo et Juliette | ||||
1966 | Denise Fledderman | Inkster | 20 | Miss Langdon | Popular Vocal | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1965 | Onalee Olson | Fargo | 19 | Miss Fargo | Original Interpretive Dance "Charleston" | |||
1964 | Karen Kopseng | Bismarck | 19 | Miss Grand Forks | Classical Vocal, "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
1963 | JoAnn Syvrud | Mandan | Miss Dickinson | Vocal Ballad & Guitar | ||||
1962 | Claudia Revland | Fargo | 19 | Miss Fargo | Vocal & Guitar | |||
1961 | Diane Ulvedal | Grand Forks | 18 | Miss Grand Forks | Piano, "Gavotte in B Major" by Bach | |||
1960 | Carol Olson | Fargo | 21 | Miss Fargo | Dramatic Monologue from Mary Stuart | |||
1959 | Claudia Gullickson | Grand Forks | 18 | Classical Vocal, "Carissima" | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
1958 | Helen Korfhage | Classical Vocal, "If Thou Lov'st Me" | ||||||
1957 | Helen Winje | Minot | Vocal | |||||
1956 | Janet Smith | Steele | Drama | |||||
1955 | MaryAnn Gibbs | Williston | Vocal | |||||
1954 | Delores Paulson | Bismarck | Violin, "Méditation" from Thaïs | |||||
1953 | Marilyn Wentz | Napoleon | Vocal | |||||
1952 | Margaret Aandahl | Litchville | Piano | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||||
1951 | Marilyn Walker | Minot | Painting Display | |||||
1950 | Joan Teets | Comedy Monologue, "Touch of Norway" | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||||
1949 | Kitty Page | Bismarck | Tap Dance & Baton Twirling | |||||
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