Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Danielle Hooper | Inver Grove Heights | 20 | |||
| 2012 | Nitaya Panemalaythong | Minneapolis | 26 | Born in Thailand | ||
| 2011 | Brittany Thelemann | Plymouth | 23 | |||
| 2010 | Courtney Basara | Duluth | 20 | |||
| 2009 | Erica Nego | Plymouth | 24 | Top 15, finishing in 12th place | Later Miss Universe Ghana 2011 | |
| 2008 | Kaylee Unverzagt | Eagan | 20 | Top 15, finishing in 15th place | ||
| 2007 | Alla Ilushka | Eden Prairie | 22 | Previously Miss Minnesota Teen USA 2002, top 10 at Miss Teen USA 2002 | ||
| 2006 | Dottie Cannon | Eagan | 22 | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 2005 | Carrie Lee | Sebeka | 25 | |||
| 2004 | Jessica Dereschuk | Stacy | 20 | |||
| 2003 | Sarah Cahill | Waseca | 24 | Miss Photogenic | Previously Miss Minnesota Teen USA 1996 | |
| 2002 | Lanore Van Buren | Edina | 26 | 3rd runner-up | Bluepoint Apparel Swimsuit and Fitness Award | |
| 2001 | Anne Marie Clausen | Golden Valley | ||||
| 2000 | Paige Swenson | Fridley | Miss Photogenic | Previously Miss Minnesota Teen USA 1994, placed 13th at Nationals | ||
| 1999 | Crystal Vandenberg | Brooklyn Center | 19 | |||
| 1998 | Josan Hengen | Eden Prairie/Circle Pines, Minnesota | 19 | |||
| 1997 | Melissa Hall | Minneapolis | Later Mrs. Minnesota America 2004 and Top 10 semi-finalist at Mrs. America 2004 under her married name, Melissa Young. | |||
| 1996 | Karin Smith | Brooklyn Park | 25 | Contestant on ABC-TV "The Bachelor" | ||
| 1995 | Angelique de Maison | St. Louis Park | Top 6 Finalist, finishing in 5th place | |||
| 1994 | Jolene Stravrakis | Burnsville | Semifinalist, finishing in 10th place | Five years after briefly holding the title in 1988, Stravraki won the title again in her last year of eligibility after having her criminal record expunged. | ||
| 1993 | Kristi Bennecke | Anoka | ||||
| 1992 | Amber Rue | Minneapolis | Completed her reign amid publicity about a "public lovers' quarrel involving allegations of coerced sex, extortion, fraud and defamation of character". | |||
| 1991 | April Herke | Eden Prairie | 4th runner up in Miss Oktoberfest 1990 | |||
| 1990 | Janet Tveita | Minneapolis | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 1989 | Julie Knutson | Crystal | Semi-finalist in 1987 and 1988, won crown in 1989 at age 22 | |||
| 1988 | Julie Nelson | Bloomington | Second runner-up to Bolich, replaced Stavrakis. She was crowned less than a month before she competed in the Miss USA pageant. | |||
| Jolene Stavrakis | Apple Valley | Bolich's first runner-up and replacement. Resigned days later after she too revealed she had pleaded guilty to shoplifting in 1986. | ||||
| Sue Bolich | Mound | Reigned from November 1987 - February 1988, resigned after she was arrested for shoplifting. | ||||
| 1987 | Christine Rosenberger | South St. Paul | ||||
| 1986 | Cynthia Peterson | Edina | ||||
| 1985 | Kari Lee Johnson | Minneapolis | 4th runner-up | |||
| 1984 | Martha Mork | Edina | ||||
| 1983 | Carolyn Mattson | New Hope | ||||
| 1982 | Lori Kmetz | New Brighton | ||||
| 1981 | Polly Peterson | Edina | Sister of Miss Minnesota USA 1976; 2nd runner-up in the 1976 Miss Teenage America Pageant | |||
| 1980 | Carla Peterson | Albert Lea | Semi-finalist, finishing in 12th place | |||
| 1979 | Cynthia Sue Lee | St. Paul | ||||
| 1978 | Janey Gohl | St. Cloud | ||||
| 1977 | Deborah Cossette | Minneapolis | 2nd runner-up | |||
| 1976 | Barbara Peterson | Edina | Winner | Non semifinalist at Miss Universe 1976 | ||
| 1975 | Dawn Lamotte | St. Paul | ||||
| 1974 | Gayle Johnson | Minneapolis | ||||
| 1973 | Cyndi James | Minneapolis | ||||
| 1972 | Darlene Koskiniemi | Roseville | ||||
| 1971 | Shirley Kittleson | Minneapolis | ||||
| 1970 | Sally Strickland | St. Paul | ||||
| 1969 | Laureen Darling | Minneapolis | ||||
| 1968 | Arlene Larson | Minneapolis | ||||
| 1967 | Betty Ann Brewer | Richfield | ||||
| 1966 | Patricia Thatcher | |||||
| 1965 | Elizabeth Jane Carroll | Bloomington | Miss Congeniality | |||
| 1960-64 | No Representative | |||||
| 1959 | Muriel Fairbanks | Minneapolis | ||||
| 1958 | Sue Bouchard | Minneapolis | ||||
| 1957 | Mary Margaret Ford | Minneapolis | ||||
| 1956 | Marilyn Johnson | Minneapolis | ||||
| 1955 | Sally Ann Colombo | Stillwater | ||||
| 1954 | Dawn Joyce | Minneapolis | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1953 | Mary Ann Papke | Minneapolis | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1952 | Jodell Stirmlinger | St. Paul | Semi-finalist |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
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