Miss Minnesota

Welcome to the Miss Minnesota Scholarship Organization
Official Preliminary to the Miss America Competition
Miss Minnesota has been wearing the state crown since 1935. We are one of the largest providers of scholarship assistance to young women throughout our great state. Miss America, our parent organization, was founded in 1921!

The Miss Minnesota Scholarship Organization is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that awards scholarships to outstanding young women to help advance them academically and professionally. Participants have gone on to achieve major success in diverse fields including medicine, law, business, broadcast journalism, theater, politics, literature and more.

The Miss Minnesota Scholarship Program is an official preliminary of the Miss America Organization, the nation's leading achievement program and the world's largest provider of scholarship assistance to young women.

Participation in this program provides young women with the opportunity to promote a social impact initiative of community service, share their talents, intelligence, and positive values while serving as role models in their communities, all with the support of dedicated volunteers assisting them in their pursuit of academic excellence, service and lifelong success.

The Miss Minnesota Scholarship Organization operates within the guidelines of the Miss America Organization while stressing individuality, personal development, communication skills and physical fitness.

Miss America

The Miss America Organization is one of the nation's leading achievement programs and the world's largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women. This assistance is not just for the handful of women who become Miss America, but is available to the over 12,000 young women who compete in the local competitions as well.

The Miss America Competition was organized in 1921 by a group of Atlantic City merchants and civic leaders. The first Miss America 'Pageant' was a spectacular two-day festival, culminating with a beachfront parade called the "Bather's Revue." The festival was to be a special event designed to extend the summer season by one week.

Today, Miss America and its 1,500 Local and State Organizations comprise the largest single source of scholarship funds available to young women in the world. An estimated 300,000 volunteers donate more than 6 million hours each year to local, state and national competitions. This unique organization provides scholarships at every level of competition.

Mission Statement

The Miss Minnesota Scholarship Organization is a means for statewide awareness of the Miss America and Miss America's Outstanding Teen programs. Our mission is to uphold the four points of the crown: Service, Scholarship, Success, and Style.
SERVICE
To support our young women who devote a year of service promoting the Miss Minnesota Scholarship Program. Their year of service provides them the forum to share not only their social impact initiative and their talent, but the opportunity to express their views on local, regional, national and global issues.

SCHOLARSHIP
To provide opportunities to young women to obtain scholarship dollars. We support higher education for advancing academic goals by using the model of competition. This experience prepares them to accept life's challenges and to produce role models who exemplify and promote positive values.

SUCCESS
To support a statewide organization of dedicated volunteers who devote time, talents and resources for the betterment and longevity of the Miss Minnesota and Miss Minnesota's Outstanding Teen Programs.

STYLE
To provide young women with opportunity for personal growth, fitness and self-expression. To emphasize the importance of doing one's best while championing educational and career goals.
Executive Committee

Valued Volunteers

Volunteers to the Miss Minnesota Scholarship Organization  (Non-Board Positions)

These dedicated individuals offer their time and talents for the betterment of the Miss Minnesota Scholarship Organization.
Thank you to all those who go above and beyond to help us be the best we can be.

Volunteering

The Miss Minnesota Scholarship Organization is built upon the countless volunteers that dedicate their time and talents to this program. There are no salaried positions and every dime that is spent is raised through the generosity of our sponsors and donors. If you would like to become a volunteer, please contact us.
Thank you!
Miss Minnesota Production Producer:  Nancy Nelson Mathisen
Choreography: Stephanie Bently
​Teen Director: Megan Ehlert
Teen Producer: Nancy Nelson Mathisen 
Northern Lights Princess Director:  Cori McRae
Northern Lights Princess Assistant Director: Kayla Brown
Hostess Committee:  Karla Boettcher & Jacquie Jenkins
Hostess Assistants: Jackie Thurlow &  Darcy Bertram
Auditors: Cyndy Huber, CFO United Community Bank and John Huber
Miss Business Manager:  Charlotte Olein
Teen Business Manger: Shelly Johnson
Marketing Directors:  Vicki Plaster Kueppers '83 & Rachel Latuff Betterly '15
Scholarship Chairperson:  Gina Cavanagh
Graphics & Contestant Video:  Kari Cavanagh
Program Book Editor:  Alyssa Euteneuer​
Judges Chairperson/Hosts:  Luke & Brenda Merchlewitz
​Teen Judges Chairperson/Hosts:  Laurie Elhert
Website Manager:  Waking Girl
Pageant Historian:  Vicki Plaster Kueppers '83
Sister-to-Sister Co-Chairs: Rebecca Yeh Mathison '13 & Kathryn Knuttila Karg '10

STATE FIELD DIRECTORS/RECRUITING
Jodi Swaja