The Miss Minnesota USA 2023 coronation ceremony will take place at the Ames Center in Burnsville, Dakota County, Minnesota, United States on July 30, 2023. It is the 67th 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.
Representing Clearwater, Madeline Helget was crowned Miss Minnesota USA 2022 at the Ames Center on May 29, 2022. The respective first, second, third and fourth runners-up were Natalie Reazy of Minnetonka, Nkechi Okorie of Minneapolis, Muna Ali of Minnesota and Elle Gilbert of Southeast Minnesota.
Currently, Minnesota has 16 Miss USA placements including the coronation of Barbara Peterson in 1976. The most recent one was in 2022 when Helget finished in the Top 12.
There are 36 women competing for the Miss Minnesota USA 2023 crown. Here are the candidates:
- Elle Gilbert (Apple Valley)
- Emily Okland (Beltrami County)
- Daliang Xiong (Brooklyn Park)
- Gabriella Spargo (Chanhassen)
- Gwendolyn Stafne (Duluth)
- Celia Nguyen (Eagan)
- Ugbad Barud (Eastern Minnesota)
- Kala Schmidt (Eden Prairie)
- Leah Stanislawski (Elk River)
- Brianna Smith (Excelsior)
- Samantha Mangseth Akins (Grand Rapids)
- Modoh Wanda (Hennepin County)
- Jenna Leonard (Jordan)
- Nicole Doyle (Lakeville)
- Sarah Anderson (Maple Grove)
- Cara Rgnonti (Mendota Heights)
- Sonia Sukumar (Minneapolis)
- Natalie Razey (Minnetonka)
- Abbigail Jackson (New Germany)
- Avrielle Schneider (Northern Minnesota)
- Tori Trittin (Prior Lake)
- Cindy Sanchez (Ramsey County)
- Ramla Sheikh (Roseville)
- Megan Howard (Saint Louis County)
- Nkechidindu Okorie (Saint Paul)
- Nicole Ramirez (Sartell)
- Ladna Abader (Savage)
- Megan Rivera (Scott County)
- Vanessa Waldorf (Sherburne County)
- Ahmitara Alwal (Southern Minnesota)
- Mikayla Holmgren (Stillwater)
- Terriona Norvell (Twin Cities)
- Kristina Tubera (Uptown)
- Malay Novang (Willmar)
- Christina DeBacker (Winona)
- Josefyne Lentner (Wayzata)

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