Miss Minnesota

Welcome to the Miss Minnesota Scholarship Pageant
Official Preliminary to the Miss America Pageant
Miss Minnesota has been wearing the crown for 80 years, originating in 1935. We are one of the largest providers of scholarship dollars to young women throughout our great state.

The Miss Minnesota Scholarship Pageant is a non-profit organization that awards scholarship dollars 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 Pageant is an official preliminary of the Miss America Pageant, 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 platforms 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 Pageant 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 Pageants 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 Pageant 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 platform 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 Pageant
(Non-Board Positions)
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(There are many dedicated individuals who 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.)
Producer:  Nancy Nelson Mathisen
Assistant Producer: 
Teen Producer: Nancy Nelson Mathisen 
Choreographer:  Mary Williams Jasicki '68, Charlotte Sims Olein '67
Teen Choreographer:  
Northern Lights Princess Director:  Cori McRae
Northern Lights Princess Assistant Director: Kayla Brown
Graphic Design & Program Book:  Catie Kriewald
Hostess Committee:  Karla Boettcher and Jacquie Jenkins
Style Consultant: Stacy DeLong, Le Chic Prom & Pageant Boutique
Accountant:  Harrington Langer & Associates
Business Manager:  Charlotte Olein
Marketing Director:  Rachel Latuff Betterley '15
Scholarship Chairperson:  Gina Cavanagh
Graphics & Contestant Video:  Kari Cavanagh
Program Book:   Alyssa Euteneuer​
Judges Chairperson/Hosts:  Luke & Brenda Merchlewitz
​Teen Judges Chairperson/Hosts:   Jean Kyle & Bob Smith
Teen Marketing Director:  Lauren Johnson
Pageant Historian:  Millie Goodermont
Pageant Webmaster:  Danielle Schermerhorn
Sister-to-Sister Co-Chairs: Rebecca Yeh Mathison '13 and Kathryn Knuttila Karg '10

STATE FIELD DIRECTORS/RECRUITING
Karla Boettcher 
Jodi Swaja

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!

Children's Miracle Network

The Miss America Organization has partnered with Children's Miracle Network Hospitals to raise funds and awareness for children's hospitals throughout the United States. Contestants competing in Miss America-sponsored pageants are expected to raise a minimum of $100 in donations for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and the Miss America Scholarship Fund. It's not an entrance fee, but a service requirement.

In addition, each new Miss America becomes the goodwill ambassador for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, speaking on behalf of kids treated at children's hospitals and raising awareness around the country. It's just another way the Miss America Organization helps young women leave a legacy of service, scholarship and support.

For more information, visit http://www.missamericaforkids.org/