Miss Minnesota USA 2020 Taylor Fondie, 23, of Ham Lake, Minnesota, United States will crown her successor at the Ames Center in Burnsville, Minnesota on August 1, 2021. It will be the 65th edition of the state-level beauty pageant that selects Minnesota’s represented for Miss USA, which selects the Miss Universe candidate of the U.S.

Currently, Minnesota has 15 Miss USA placements. Representing the state, Barbara Peterson won the title in 1976.

There are 29 women competing for the Miss Minnesota USA 2021 title. Here is the list of candidates:

1. Hannah True (Baxter)
2. Sady Ly (Bloomington)
3. Shamari Coley (Brooklyn Park)
4. Kim Mirander (Champlin)
5. Shante Elsner (Clay County)
6. Laura Bakken (Cloquet)
7. Shadiyo Hussain (Dakota County)
8. Ela Hansen (Eden Prairie)
9. Hannah Ahmadi (Edina)
10. Annabelle Lohrenz (Excelsior)
11. Celeste Musick (Golden Valley)
12. Mallory Alinder (Ham Lake)
13. Nicole Perlstein (Hennepin County)
14. Asia Baker (Isanti)
15. Elle Gilbert (Lake of the Isles)
16. Mikayla Holmgren (Marine on St. Croix)
17. Darby Davis (Minneapolis)
18. Katarina Spasojevic (Minnetonka)
19. Lauren Cannon (Moorhead)
20. Lorali Diaz (Paynesville)
21. Ellie Zimmerman (Ramsey County)
22. Muna Ali (Roseville)
23. Kala Schmidt (Scott County)
24. Tiffany Curtis (Sherburne County)
25. Ahmitara Alwal (Southern Minnesota)
26. Yashmin Nagujja (St. Joseph)
27. Cara Rgnonti (St. Paul)
28. Nasra Daud (St. Peter)
29. Hajamaya Mulbah (Uptown)

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