Monni Nyaribo biography: 13 things about Miss North Dakota USA 2023

Monni Kwamboka Nyaribo is a Kenyan-American beauty queen from North Dakota, United States. She is the first ever African woman to win Miss North Dakota USA.

Nyaribo was born in Champlain, Minnesota, USA to Kenyan parents Dr. Obed Nyaribo and Joyce Kombo. When Monni was in middle school, her interest in beauty pageants started, her father told Mshale.

A first-generation Kenyan-American, Monni is advocating for the state of North Dakota to pass the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act, which would prohibit race-based hair discrimination. Here are 13 more things about her:

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1. In October 2017, she was in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
2. On October 6, 2018, she was crowned Miss Grand Forks 2019 in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
3. From June 2019 to June 2022, she worked at Prairie Pharmacy in Fargo, North Dakota as a sales clerk.
4. On June 15, 2019, she represented Grand Forks at Miss North Dakota 2019 and competed against 19 other candidates in Williston, North Dakota. She finished in the Top 11.
5. In July 2019, she was crowned Miss Red River Valley Fair 2020.
6. From 2020 to 2023, she attended North Dakota State University in Fargo where she earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration. She is Miss North Dakota State University 2020.
7. On June 12, 2021, she represented Red River Valley Fair at Miss North Dakota 2021 and competed against 17 other candidates in Williston. She finished in the Top 10.
8. From August 2021 to June 2022, she worked at Beer and Fish Company in Fargo as a server.
9. On May 1, 2022, she competed at Miss North Dakota USA 2022 at The Empire Arts Center in Grand Forks. She was fourth runner-up to SaNoah LaRocque.
10. From June 2022 to August 2022, she was a marketing intern at Checkable Health in Fargo.
11. In February 2023, she joined Folkways in Fargo as a content creation intern.
12. On June 11, 2023, she represented Badlands at Miss North Dakota USA 2023 and competed against 14 other candidates at the Watertown Events Center in Watertown, South Dakota, USA. She won the title.
13. She was 27 years old when she represented North Dakota at Miss USA 2023 on September 29, 2023 and competed against 50 other candidates at Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, USA. She was unplaced.