The Miss Minnesota Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Minnesota in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed by Future Productions based in Savage, Minnesota.
Minnesota has not been very successful at Miss Teen USA, with their first placement coming in 1995, in the pageant's thirteenth year. Minnesota teens have performed best in the 2000s, with two top fifteen, three top ten placements and a 4th runner-up placement.
Five Minnesota teens have won the Miss Minnesota USA and one the Miss Wisconsin USA pageant and competed at Miss USA.
The current titleholder is Mya Gierman of Rogers, was crowned on May 30, 2026, at The Franklin Center in Des Moines. She will represent Minnesota at Miss Teen USA 2026.
Results summary Placements 1st runner-up: Maisie Adams (2025) 4th runners-up: Maggie McGill (2013) Top 10: Alla Ilushka (2002), Allison Arling (2004), Vanessa Vonbehren (2007) Top 12: Michelle Borg (1995) Top 15: Lauren Hindi (2005), Hannah Corbett (2011) Minnesota holds a record of 8 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Awards Miss Congeniality: Olivia Herbert (2019)
Winners
Year Name HometownAge1 Local title Placement at Miss Teen USA Special awards at Miss Teen USA Notes 2026 Mya Gierman Rogers TBA 2025 Maisie Adams North Oaks 17 Miss North Oaks Teen 1st runner-up Daughter of Miss North Dakota USA 1994 Amy Lantz 2024 Grace Stahl Minnetonka 17 Miss Minnetonka Teen 2023 Mikhala Rivers Maple Grove 17 Miss Saint Paul Teen 2022 Ava Ernst Saint Paul 18 Miss Saint Paul Teen Previously Miss Minnesota High School America 2021 2021 Annika Wiese Owatonna 18 Miss Owatonna Teen 2020 Gwendolyn Buchanan Duluth 18 2019 Olivia Herbert Andover 16 Miss CongenialityCousin of Miss Minnesota USA 2011 Brittany Thelemann 2018 Peyton Schroeder Rosemount 18 2017 Tori Trittin Lakeville15 Later Miss Wisconsin USA 2024 2016 Sophia Primozich Minnetonka 16 2015 Hayden Grace Hammond Maple Grove 18 2014 Catherine Stanley Bloomington 18 Later Miss Minnesota USA 2019 2013 Maggie McGill Plymouth18 4th runner-up 2012 Kendra Berger Apple Valley 16 2011 Hannah Corbett Excelsior 17 Top 15 2010 Haley O'Brien Victoria 18 Later Miss Minnesota USA 2014 Later Miss Collegiate America 2012 2009Vanessa Johnston Lakeville 17 America's Next Top Model Cycle 15 semi-finalist, Eliminated first round of cuts 2008 Sarah Sprayberry St. Paul 16 2007 Vanessa Vonbehren Apple Valley 17 Top 10 2006 Amy Blue Anoka 17 2005 Lauren Hindi Stacy 16 Top 15 2004 Allison Arling Lakeville 18 Top 10 2003 Kristin Swoboda White Bear Lake 16 2002 Alla Ilushka Eden Prairie 17 Top 10 Later Miss Minnesota USA 2007 2001 Serene Aandahl Minneapolis Top 10 at Miss Universe Canada 2007, 4th runner up at Miss Minnesota USA 2008 2000 Jennifer Jones Lakeville 1999 Laura Beth Reier Brooklyn Park 1998 Kristin Hilgenberg Lakeville 19 Daughter of former professional American football player Wally Hilgenberg 1997 Jamie Duffney Plymouth 17 1996 Sarah Cahill Waseca 17 Later Miss Minnesota USA 2003 1995 Michelle Borg Brainerd 17 Semi-finalist 1994 Paige Swenson Fridley Later Miss Minnesota USA 2000 1993 Charity Lundy Stacy 16 1992 Elizabeth Peters Lake Hubert 16 1991 Natasha Grudnoske Arden Hills 1990 Jennifer Bell Blooming Prairie 16 1989 Darcy Inglested Prior Lake 1988 Julie Ward Savage 1987 Karin Hargroves Shoreview 1986 Jennifer Geckal Bloomington 1985 Lana Burke Crystal 1984 Heather Johnson Truman 1983 Kimberly Anne Ess Shakopee 17
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
References
External links Official website