Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss North Dakota USA and Teen USA pageants, from the first winner to the most recent. Get to know every single Miss and Teen titleholder with a full listing, hometown map and extensive photo archive, with state pageant photos, Miss USA and Teen USA competition photos and more.
24 • Minot
21 • Minot
1st runner-up
at Miss USA
25 • Belcourt
27 • Fargo
31 • Amidon
1st runner-up
Audra Mari (2014), Caitlyn Vogel (2021)
3rd runner-up
Judy Ann Slayton (1966)
4th runner-up
Elizabeth Jaeger (1983)
Top 5/6
Juliette Spier (1996)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2024 | Codi Miller* | Amidon | 31 | Previously Miss ND Teen USA 2009 |
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 | 2023 | Monni Nyaribo | Fargo | 27 | |||
 | 2022 | SaNoah LaRocque | Bismarck | 25 | |||
 | 2021 | Caitlyn Vogel* | Minot | 21 | 1st runner-up | Previously Miss ND Teen USA 2019 (1RU Miss Teen USA) | |
 | 2020 | Macy Christianson^ | Minot | 24 | Previously Miss ND 2016 | ||
 | 2019 | Samantha Redding | Burlington | 22 | |||
 | 2018 | Abigail Pogatshnik | Bismarck | 20 | |||
 | 2017 | Raquel Wellentin | Fargo | 24 | |||
 | 2016 | Halley Maas | Grand Forks | 21 | |||
 | 2015 | Molly Ketterling | Elgin | 20 | |||
 | 2014 | Audra Mari* | Fargo | 20 | 1st runner-up | Previously Miss ND Teen USA 2011 (1RU Miss Teen USA) | |
 | 2013 | Stephanie Erickson | Fargo | 23 | |||
 | 2012 | Jaci Stofferahn | Fargo | 23 | |||
 | 2011 | Brandi Schoenberg | Mohall | 26 | |||
 | 2010 | Taylor Kearns* | Fargo | 20 | Previously Miss ND Teen USA 2007 | ||
 | 2009 | Kelsey Erickson | Grand Forks | 22 | |||
 | 2008 | Stephanie Tollefson | New Rockford | 21 | |||
| 2008 | Bethany Neisham (resigned) | ||||||
 | 2007 | Rachel Mathson | Fargo | 25 | |||
 | 2006 | Kimberly Krueger | Fargo | 21 | |||
 | 2005 | Chrissa Miller | Bismarck | 20 | |||
 | 2004 | Jennifer Smith | Fargo | 27 | |||
 | 2003 | Samantha Edwards†| Fargo | 23 | †2016 | ||
 | 2002 | Amy Elkins | Riverdale | 26 | |||
 | 2001 | Michelle Guthmiller | Palermo | 18 | |||
 | 2000 | Amie Hoffner | Minot | 24 | |||
 | 1999 | Shayna Bank | Bismarck | 21 | |||
 | 1998 | Alison Nesemeier* | Casselton | 21 | Previously Miss ND Teen USA 1994 | ||
 | 1997 | Laurie Marie Gapp | Fargo | 25 | |||
 | 1996 | Juliette Spier* | West Fargo | 20 | Finalist | Previously Miss ND Teen USA 1992; sister of Previously Miss ND Teen USA 1995 | |
 | 1995 | Jean Ann Stallmo | Grand Forks | ||||
 | 1994 | Amy Lantz | Fargo | ||||
 | 1993 | Jennifer Seminary* | Fargo | Previously Miss ND Teen USA 1988 | |||
 | 1992 | Camie Fladeland | Fargo | ||||
 | 1991 | Mischelle Christensen | Fargo | 25 | |||
 | 1990 | Kari Larson* | Bismarck | 23 | Previously Miss ND Teen USA 1984 (SF Miss Teen USA) | ||
 | 1989 | Carla Christofferson | Tolna | 21 | |||
 | 1988 | Kate Sevde | Minot | 22 | |||
 | 1987 | Shelley Gangness | Fargo | 22 | |||
 | 1986 | Beth Remmick | Minot | ||||
 | 1985 | Regina Schatz | Linton | 21 | |||
 | 1984 | Suzanne Lewis | Fargo | ||||
 | 1983 | Elizabeth Jaeger^ | Fargo | 4th runner-up | Later Miss ND 1985 | ||
 | 1982 | Tammy Martinson | Grand Forks | 21 | |||
 | 1981 | Laurie Saarinen^ | Jamestown | 19 | Later Miss MN 1982 (SF Miss USA) | ||
 | 1980 | Kimberlee "Kim" Thompson | Minot | 22 | |||
 | 1979 | Renae Hermanson | Crosby | 17 | |||
 | 1978 | Theresa Olson | Fargo | 20 | |||
 | 1977 | Barbara Redlin | Ellendale | ||||
 | 1976 | Linda Paulson | Bowman | Mother of Miss WI Teen USA 2010 Kirsten Norderhaug | |||
 | 1975 | Renae Saville | Linton | 19 | |||
 | 1974 | Judith Waltz | Langdon | 21 | |||
 | 1973 | Barbara Lundeen | Minot | 18 | |||
 | 1972 | Gail Schmeichel | Minot | 18 | |||
 | 1971 | Joanne Engel | Minot | 19 | |||
 | 1970 | Nancy Jean Perry | Minot | 20 | |||
 | 1969 | Beckee Bentz | Harvey | 19 | |||
 | 1968 | Jewel Christensen | Fargo | 24 | |||
 | 1967 | Jacqueline Linder | Fargo | 21 | |||
 | 1966 | Judy Ann Slayton | Fargo | 21 | 3rd runner-up | ||
 | 1965 | Patricia Dodge | Fargo | 21 | |||
| 1964 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
| 1963 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
| 1962 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
| 1961 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
 | 1960 | Twila Fleckten | Drayton | 19 | |||
| 1959 | Patricia McGinley | Minot | 18 | ||||
 | 1958 | Diana Spidahl | Grand Forks | 18 | |||
 | 1957 | Anne-Marit Studness | Devils Lake | 19 | |||
 | 1956 | Mary Harroun | Bismarck | 19 | |||
 | 1955 | Joan Smith | Bismarck | 19 | |||
 | 1954 | Priscilla Jane Hewitt†| Fargo | 19 | †2020 | ||
| 1953 | Marilyn Caufield | Jamestown | 19 | ||||
 | 1952 | Gloria Rowe | Fargo | 26 |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Codi Miller* | Amidon | 31 | Previously Miss ND Teen USA 2009 |
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| 2023 | Monni Nyaribo | Fargo | 27 | |||
| 2022 | SaNoah LaRocque | Bismarck | 25 | |||
| 2021 | Caitlyn Vogel* | Minot | 21 | 1st runner-up | Previously Miss ND Teen USA 2019 (1RU Miss Teen USA) | |
| 2020 | Macy Christianson^ | Minot | 24 | Previously Miss ND 2016 | ||
| 2019 | Samantha Redding | Burlington | 22 | |||
| 2018 | Abigail Pogatshnik | Bismarck | 20 | |||
| 2017 | Raquel Wellentin | Fargo | 24 | |||
| 2016 | Halley Maas | Grand Forks | 21 | |||
| 2015 | Molly Ketterling | Elgin | 20 | |||
| 2014 | Audra Mari* | Fargo | 20 | 1st runner-up | Previously Miss ND Teen USA 2011 (1RU Miss Teen USA) | |
| 2013 | Stephanie Erickson | Fargo | 23 | |||
| 2012 | Jaci Stofferahn | Fargo | 23 | |||
| 2011 | Brandi Schoenberg | Mohall | 26 | |||
| 2010 | Taylor Kearns* | Fargo | 20 | Previously Miss ND Teen USA 2007 | ||
| 2009 | Kelsey Erickson | Grand Forks | 22 | |||
| 2008 | Stephanie Tollefson | New Rockford | 21 | |||
| 2008 | Bethany Neisham (resigned) | |||||
| 2007 | Rachel Mathson | Fargo | 25 | |||
| 2006 | Kimberly Krueger | Fargo | 21 | |||
| 2005 | Chrissa Miller | Bismarck | 20 | |||
| 2004 | Jennifer Smith | Fargo | 27 | |||
| 2003 | Samantha Edwards†| Fargo | 23 | †2016 | ||
| 2002 | Amy Elkins | Riverdale | 26 | |||
| 2001 | Michelle Guthmiller | Palermo | 18 | |||
| 2000 | Amie Hoffner | Minot | 24 | |||
| 1999 | Shayna Bank | Bismarck | 21 | |||
| 1998 | Alison Nesemeier* | Casselton | 21 | Previously Miss ND Teen USA 1994 | ||
| 1997 | Laurie Marie Gapp | Fargo | 25 | |||
| 1996 | Juliette Spier* | West Fargo | 20 | Finalist | Previously Miss ND Teen USA 1992; sister of Previously Miss ND Teen USA 1995 | |
| 1995 | Jean Ann Stallmo | Grand Forks | ||||
| 1994 | Amy Lantz | Fargo | ||||
| 1993 | Jennifer Seminary* | Fargo | Previously Miss ND Teen USA 1988 | |||
| 1992 | Camie Fladeland | Fargo | ||||
| 1991 | Mischelle Christensen | Fargo | 25 | |||
| 1990 | Kari Larson* | Bismarck | 23 | Previously Miss ND Teen USA 1984 (SF Miss Teen USA) | ||
| 1989 | Carla Christofferson | Tolna | 21 | |||
| 1988 | Kate Sevde | Minot | 22 | |||
| 1987 | Shelley Gangness | Fargo | 22 | |||
| 1986 | Beth Remmick | Minot | ||||
| 1985 | Regina Schatz | Linton | 21 | |||
| 1984 | Suzanne Lewis | Fargo | ||||
| 1983 | Elizabeth Jaeger^ | Fargo | 4th runner-up | Later Miss ND 1985 | ||
| 1982 | Tammy Martinson | Grand Forks | 21 | |||
| 1981 | Laurie Saarinen^ | Jamestown | 19 | Later Miss MN 1982 (SF Miss USA) | ||
| 1980 | Kimberlee "Kim" Thompson | Minot | 22 | |||
| 1979 | Renae Hermanson | Crosby | 17 | |||
| 1978 | Theresa Olson | Fargo | 20 | |||
| 1977 | Barbara Redlin | Ellendale | ||||
| 1976 | Linda Paulson | Bowman | Mother of Miss WI Teen USA 2010 Kirsten Norderhaug | |||
| 1975 | Renae Saville | Linton | 19 | |||
| 1974 | Judith Waltz | Langdon | 21 | |||
| 1973 | Barbara Lundeen | Minot | 18 | |||
| 1972 | Gail Schmeichel | Minot | 18 | |||
| 1971 | Joanne Engel | Minot | 19 | |||
| 1970 | Nancy Jean Perry | Minot | 20 | |||
| 1969 | Beckee Bentz | Harvey | 19 | |||
| 1968 | Jewel Christensen | Fargo | 24 | |||
| 1967 | Jacqueline Linder | Fargo | 21 | |||
| 1966 | Judy Ann Slayton | Fargo | 21 | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 1965 | Patricia Dodge | Fargo | 21 | |||
| 1964 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1963 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1962 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1961 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1960 | Twila Fleckten | Drayton | 19 | |||
| 1959 | Patricia McGinley | Minot | 18 | |||
| 1958 | Diana Spidahl | Grand Forks | 18 | |||
| 1957 | Anne-Marit Studness | Devils Lake | 19 | |||
| 1956 | Mary Harroun | Bismarck | 19 | |||
| 1955 | Joan Smith | Bismarck | 19 | |||
| 1954 | Priscilla Jane Hewitt†| Fargo | 19 | †2020 | ||
| 1953 | Marilyn Caufield | Jamestown | 19 | |||
| 1952 | Gloria Rowe | Fargo | 26 |
19 • Grand Forks
18 • Des Lacs
18 • Minot
19 • Fargo
Semi-finalist
at Miss Teen USA
17 • Minot
1st runner-up
Audra Mari (2011), Caitlyn Vogel (2019)
2nd runner-up
Katie Cooper (2006)
4th runner-up
DayNa Decker (1987), Heidi Langseth (1989)
Top 5/6
Nicci Elkins (1991)
Semi-finalist
Kari Larson (1984), Jill Hutchinson (1985), Katrina Bergstrom (1996), Julie Nagle (1997), Morgan Schwindt (2023)
Top 10*
Marisa Field (2003)
Top 15/16/20*
Breanna Abernathy (2004)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Congeniality
Heidi Langseth (1989), Breanna Abernathy (2004)
| IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2024 | Jaycee Parker | Minot AFB | 17 | |||
 | 2023 | Morgan Schwindt | Fargo | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 2022 | Berkley Lundeen | Minot | 18 | |||
 | 2021 | Aspen Hennessy | Des Lacs | 18 | |||
 | 2020 | Amanda Higginbotham | Grand Forks | 19 | |||
 | 2019 | Caitlyn Vogel* | Minot | 18 | 1st runner-up | Later Miss ND USA 2021 (1RU Miss USA) | |
 | 2018 | Ashlyn Erickson | Fargo | 18 | |||
 | 2017 | Kilyn Parisien-Hill | Belcourt | 19 | |||
 | 2016 | Paige Mathison | Fargo | 17 | |||
 | 2015 | Hannah Nelson | Hunter | 18 | |||
 | 2014 | Josie Hettich | Bismarck | 17 | |||
 | 2013 | Emilee Mahar | Fargo | 16 | |||
 | 2012 | Tiffany Fletschock | Casselton | 18 | |||
 | 2011 | Audra Mari* | Fargo | 17 | 1st runner-up | Later Miss ND USA 2014 (1RU Miss USA) | |
 | 2010 | Ariana Walker°^ | Bismarck | 19 | Previously Miss ND's OT 08; Later Miss ND 2011 | ||
 | 2009 | Codi Miller* | Amidon | 16 | Later Miss ND USA 2024 | ||
 | 2008 | Gretchen Dawley | Munich | 17 | |||
 | 2007 | Taylor Kearns* | Fargo | 18 | Later Miss ND USA 2010 | ||
 | 2006 | Katie Cooper | Westhope | 17 | 2nd runner-up | ||
 | 2005 | Caitlin Brown | Colgate | 17 | |||
 | 2004 | Breanna Abernathy | Lansford | 18 | Top 15 | Congeniality | |
 | 2003 | Marisa Field | Minot | 17 | Top 10 | ||
 | 2002 | Jessica Deringer | Bismarck | 18 | |||
 | 2001 | Stacey Thomas^ | Bismarck | 18 | Later Miss ND 2002 | ||
 | 2000 | Amy Kensok | Fargo | 16 | |||
 | 1999 | Natalie Larson | Cooperstown | 17 | |||
 | 1998 | Brandy Smolen | Dickinson | 18 | |||
 | 1997 | Julie Nagle | Fargo | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1996 | Katrina Bergstrom | Finley | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1995 | Jessica Spier | West Fargo | Sister of Miss ND Teen USA 1992 & Miss ND USA 1996 Juliette Spier | |||
 | 1994 | Alison Nesemeier | Casselton | 17 | Later Miss ND USA 1998 | ||
 | 1993 | Wendy Howe | Grand Forks | 17 | |||
 | 1992 | Juliette Spier | West Fargo | Later Miss ND USA 1996 (F Miss USA); sister of Miss ND Teen USA 1995 Jessica Spier | |||
 | 1991 | Nicci Elkins^ | Grand Forks | 18 | Finalist | Later Miss ND 1994 | |
 | 1990 | Sherry Bernotas | Wahpeton | 18 | |||
 | 1989 | Heidi Langseth | Fargo | 17 | 4th runner-up | Congeniality | |
 | 1988 | Jennifer Seminary* | Fargo | 17 | Later Miss ND USA 1993 | ||
 | 1987 | Dayna Decker | Fargo | 17 | 4th runner-up | ||
 | 1986 | Shannon Kaiser | Williston | 16 | |||
 | 1985 | Jill Hutchinson | Fargo | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
 | 1984 | Kari Larson* | Bismarck | 18 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss ND USA 1990 | |
 | 1983 | Lisa Rubin | Grand Forks | 18 |
| YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jaycee Parker | Minot AFB | 17 | |||
| 2023 | Morgan Schwindt | Fargo | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2022 | Berkley Lundeen | Minot | 18 | |||
| 2021 | Aspen Hennessy | Des Lacs | 18 | |||
| 2020 | Amanda Higginbotham | Grand Forks | 19 | |||
| 2019 | Caitlyn Vogel* | Minot | 18 | 1st runner-up | Later Miss ND USA 2021 (1RU Miss USA) | |
| 2018 | Ashlyn Erickson | Fargo | 18 | |||
| 2017 | Kilyn Parisien-Hill | Belcourt | 19 | |||
| 2016 | Paige Mathison | Fargo | 17 | |||
| 2015 | Hannah Nelson | Hunter | 18 | |||
| 2014 | Josie Hettich | Bismarck | 17 | |||
| 2013 | Emilee Mahar | Fargo | 16 | |||
| 2012 | Tiffany Fletschock | Casselton | 18 | |||
| 2011 | Audra Mari* | Fargo | 17 | 1st runner-up | Later Miss ND USA 2014 (1RU Miss USA) | |
| 2010 | Ariana Walker°^ | Bismarck | 19 | Previously Miss ND's OT 08; Later Miss ND 2011 | ||
| 2009 | Codi Miller* | Amidon | 16 | Later Miss ND USA 2024 | ||
| 2008 | Gretchen Dawley | Munich | 17 | |||
| 2007 | Taylor Kearns* | Fargo | 18 | Later Miss ND USA 2010 | ||
| 2006 | Katie Cooper | Westhope | 17 | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2005 | Caitlin Brown | Colgate | 17 | |||
| 2004 | Breanna Abernathy | Lansford | 18 | Top 15 | Congeniality | |
| 2003 | Marisa Field | Minot | 17 | Top 10 | ||
| 2002 | Jessica Deringer | Bismarck | 18 | |||
| 2001 | Stacey Thomas^ | Bismarck | 18 | Later Miss ND 2002 | ||
| 2000 | Amy Kensok | Fargo | 16 | |||
| 1999 | Natalie Larson | Cooperstown | 17 | |||
| 1998 | Brandy Smolen | Dickinson | 18 | |||
| 1997 | Julie Nagle | Fargo | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1996 | Katrina Bergstrom | Finley | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1995 | Jessica Spier | West Fargo | Sister of Miss ND Teen USA 1992 & Miss ND USA 1996 Juliette Spier | |||
| 1994 | Alison Nesemeier | Casselton | 17 | Later Miss ND USA 1998 | ||
| 1993 | Wendy Howe | Grand Forks | 17 | |||
| 1992 | Juliette Spier | West Fargo | Later Miss ND USA 1996 (F Miss USA); sister of Miss ND Teen USA 1995 Jessica Spier | |||
| 1991 | Nicci Elkins^ | Grand Forks | 18 | Finalist | Later Miss ND 1994 | |
| 1990 | Sherry Bernotas | Wahpeton | 18 | |||
| 1989 | Heidi Langseth | Fargo | 17 | 4th runner-up | Congeniality | |
| 1988 | Jennifer Seminary* | Fargo | 17 | Later Miss ND USA 1993 | ||
| 1987 | Dayna Decker | Fargo | 17 | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1986 | Shannon Kaiser | Williston | 16 | |||
| 1985 | Jill Hutchinson | Fargo | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1984 | Kari Larson* | Bismarck | 18 | Semi-finalist | Later Miss ND USA 1990 | |
| 1983 | Lisa Rubin | Grand Forks | 18 |
