Miss Minnesota USA 2021 Katarina Spasojevic, 21, of Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States will crown her successor at the Ames Center in Burnsville, Minnesota on May 29, 2022. It is the 66th edition of the state-level beauty pageant that selects Minnesota’s candidate for Miss USA, which selects the Miss Universe candidate of the U.S.

Currently, Minnesota has 15 Miss USA placements including the coronation of Barbara Peterson in 1976. The most recent one was in 2019 when Catherine “Cat” Stanley finished in the Top 15.

Spasojevic was crowned Miss Minnesota USA 2021 at the Ames Center in Burnsville on August 1, 2021. The respective first, second, third and fourth runners-up were Darby Davis of Minneapolis, Muna Ali of Roseville, Nicole Perlstein of Hennepin County and Kala Schmidt of Scott County.

There are 26 women competing for the Miss Minnesota USA 2022 title. If facial beauty is the only criterion, these will be my Top 10 candidates:

#10. Kimlynn Le (Elk River)

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#9. Nadra Said (Southern Minnesota)

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#8. Natalie Reazy (Minnetonka)

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#7. Muna Ali (Minnesota)

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#6. Madeline Hickey (Faribault)

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#5. Kayla Klinestooper (Monticello)

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#4. Nkechi Okorie (Minneapolis)

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#3. Sarah Scott (Forest Lake)

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#2. Elle Gilbert (Southeast Minnesota)

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#1. Madeline Helget (Clearwater)