Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Talent at Miss America | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Rosie Sauvageau | Fargo | Miss Fort Abercrombie | Piano/Vocal "To Make You Feel My Love" | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
| 2011 | Ariana Walker | Bismarck | 20 | Miss State Capitol | Contemporary Lyrical Dance "Defying Gravity" | Previously 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! | previously 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" | ND Quality of Life Winner | ||
| 1994 | Nicci Elkins | Grand Forks | 21 | Miss Red River Valley | Tap Dance | previously Miss North Dakota Teen USA 1991, 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 Semi-finalist | Previously 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 | previously Miss North Dakota USA 1983 (4th runner-up at Miss USA) | ||
| 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 Semi-finalist | ||
| 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 | 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 | ||||||
| 1954 | Delores Paulson | Bismarck | Violin "Méditation" | |||||
| 1953 | Marilyn Wentz | Napoleon | Vocal | |||||
| 1952 | Margaret Aandahl | Litchville | Piano | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||||
| 1951 | Marilyn Walker | Minot | ||||||
| 1950 | Joan Teets | Minot | Comedy Monologue "Touch of Norway" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||||
| 1949 | Kitty Page | Bismarck | Tap Dance & Baton Twirling |
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