Miss North Dakota
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss North Dakota USA.
The Miss North Dakota competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of North Dakota in the Miss America pageant.
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Macy Christianson | Minot | 20 | Miss Grand Forks | Contemporary Ballet | |||
| 2015 | Delanie Wiedrich | Hazen | 19 | Miss Grand Forks | Vocal "A New Life" from Jekyll & Hyde | |||
| 2014 | Jacky Arness | Fargo | 21 | Miss Peace Garden | Vocal "Feeling Good" | Top 16 | Miss Congeniality | Judge's Choice, Previously North Dakota's Junior Miss 2011 and top 10 at America's Junior Miss 2011 |
| 2013 | Laura Harmon | Grand Forks | 23 | Miss Grand Forks | Vocal "O Sole Mio" | |||
| 2012 | Rosie Sauvageau | Fargo | 24 | Miss Fort Abercrombie | Piano / Vocal "To Make You Feel My Love" | Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2011 | Ariana Walker[1] | Bismarck | 20 | Miss State Capitol | Contemporary Lyrical Dance "Defying Gravity" | 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" | 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 | |||
| 2008 | Tessie Jones | West Fargo | 21 | Miss Dickinson | Piano | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2007 | ||
| 2007 | Ashley Young | 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 | ||
| 2005 | Jacqueline Johnson | Fargo | 20 | Miss Red River Valley | Cello "Julio" | |||
| 2004 | Ashley Ford | Cavalier | 21 | Miss North Dakota State Potato Queen | Vocal "There You Are" | |||
| 2003 | Sara Schelkoph | Grand Forks | 23 | Miss Fort Abercrombie | Lyrical Ballet "Somewhere" | |||
| 2002 | Stacey Thomas | Bismarck | 19 | Miss Fort Abercrombie | Jazz en Pointe "Sparkling Diamonds" from Moulin Rouge! | 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 | |||
| 2000 | Carrie Haberstroh | Lisbon | 21 | Miss Red River Valley | Classical Piano "Prelude in C sharp minor" | |||
| 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" | 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" | |||
| 1995 | Kim Cooley (White) | Grand Forks | 24 | Miss Potato Bowl | Tap Dance "Luck Be a Lady" | Miss North Dakota Quality of Life Award | ||
| 1994 | Nicci Elkins | Grand Forks | 21 | Miss Red River Valley | Tap Dance | 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 | |||
| 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 | North Dakota's Junior Miss 1985 | |
| 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 | Miss North Dakota USA 1983 and 4th runner-up at Miss USA 1983 | ||
| 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" | 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 Park City | Classical Vocal "Adele's Laughing Song" | |||
| 1976 | Donna Grotberg | Valley City | 18 | Miss Valley City | Piano Solo "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 Medley "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 "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 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 | Bismarck | 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 Ballad & Guitar | |||
| 1961 | Diane Ulvedal | Grand Forks | 18 | Miss Grand Forks | Piano Solo "Gavotte from the Second Sonata" by Bach | |||
| 1960 | Carol Olson | Fargo | 21 | Miss Fargo | Dramatic Monologue "Mary Stuart" | |||
| 1959 | Claudia Gullickson | Grand Forks | 18 | Classical Vocal "Carissima" | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1958 | Helen Korfhage | Grand Forks | 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" | |||||
| 1953 | Marilyn Wentz | Napoleon | Vocal | |||||
| 1952 | Margaret Aandahl | Litchville | Piano | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||||
| 1951 | Marilyn Walker | Minot | Painting Display | |||||
| 1950 | Joan Teets | Minot | Comedy Monologue "Touch of Norway" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||||
| 1949 | Kitty Page | Bismarck | Tap Dance & Baton Twirling |
References
- ↑ "And the winner is: Ariana Walker is crowned Miss ND". Williston Herald. June 11, 2011.
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