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The Miss Minnesota competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Minnesota in the Miss America pageant. Women from Minnesota have won the Miss America crown on three occasions. The most recent winner was Gretchen Carlson in 1989.

Brianna Drevlow of Thief River Falls was crowned Miss Minnesota 2017 on June 17, 2017 at Eden Prairie Performing Arts Center in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2018 on September 10, 2017 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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Results summary

The year in parentheses indicates the year of the Miss America competition the award/placement was garnered.

Placements

• Miss America: BeBe Shopp (1948), Dorothy Benham (1977), Gretchen Carlson (1989)
• 1st runners-up: Elaine Campbell (1947)
• 2nd runners-up: N/A
• 3rd runners-up: Lauren Susan Green (1985)
• 4th runners-up: Arlene Anderson (1945), Nancee Parkinson (1962), Barbara Hasselberg (1965), Judy Mendenhall (1970), Rebecca Yeh (2014)
• Top 10: Florence Hunton (1943), Charlotte Sims (1968), Sheila Bernhagen (1972), Laurie Saarinen (1983)
• Top 12: Patricia Cummings (1944)
• Top 15: Lucille McGinty (1925), Marion Rudeen (1939), Gloria Burkhart (1949)

Awards

Preliminary awards

• Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: BeBe Shopp (1948), Nancee Parkinson (1962), Judy Mendenhall (1970), Dorothy Benham (1977), Sue Erickson (1979), Debra Goodwin (1981)
• Preliminary Talent: Marion Rudeen (1939), Arlene Anderson (1945), Elaine Campbell (1947), Gloria Burkhart (1949), Barbara Hasselberg (1965), Dorothy Benham (1977), Lauren Susan Green (1985), Gretchen Carlson (1989), Rebecca Yeh (2014), Brianna Drevlow (2018)

Non-finalist awards

• Non-finalist Talent: Debra Goodwin (1981), Jo Bender (1993), Shawna Deeann Stoltenberg (1994), Jennifer Ostergaard (1998), Karyn Stordahl (2006), Nicole Swanson (2007), Brooke Kilgarriff (2010), Kathryn Knuttila (2011), Brianna Drevlow (2018)

Other

• Miss Congeniality: Madeline Van Ert (2017)
• Louanne Gamba Instrumental Award: Kathryn Knuttila (2011), Rebecca Yeh (2014)
• Quality of Life Award Winners: Jennifer Ostergaard (1998)
• Quality of Life Award Finalists: Jennifer Hudspeth (2008), Brooke Kilgarriff (2010), Kathryn Knuttila (2011), Natalie Davis (2012), Brianna Drevlow (2018)
• Waterford Business Management & Marketing Award: Paula Knoll (1996)

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Winners

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