Miss Minnesota  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. Kathryn Kueppers of Mendota Heights was crowned Miss Minnesota 2019 on June 22, 2019 at Eden Prairie Performing Arts Center in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. She competed for the title of Miss America 2020 in December 2019. The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Minnesota 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.