13 things about Miss Cosmo 2025 Yolina Lindquist

Yolina Schubiger Lindquist represented Southern Illinois, Illinois, United States in the 72nd edition of Miss Illinois USA and the state in the inaugural edition of Miss Cosmo USA. She represented the country in the second edition of Miss Cosmo.

BIOGRAPHY

Lindquist is a Swiss-American community engagement and talent acquisition specialist and beauty queen born and raised in Metropolis, Illinois. She is Lars Lindquist and Leila Lindquist-Schubiger‘s daughter.

Yolina is an alumna of Massac County High School in Metropolis and Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. Driven by personal experiences with cancer, she supports research, fundraising and patient outreach through her platform called Courage Over Cancer.

Before winning Miss Cosmo 2025, Yolina visited 16 countries. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In 2016, she visited France.
2. In 2017, she visited Switzerland.
3. In 2018, she visited Japan.
4. In 2021, she graduated from Massac County High School.
5. From 2021 to 2025, she attended Southern Illinois University where she earned bachelor’s degrees in marketing, international and financial economics, international trade and foreign languages with German as a focal point.
6. In 2023, she joined Underground Public House in Carbondale as a hostess and a server.
7. From 2023 to 2024, she was a Stryke brand ambassador intern in Chicago, Illinois.
8. She was Miss Illinois USA 2023 third runner-up.
9. In 2024, she joined Koerner Distributor, which is based in in Effingham, Illinois, as a content creator and visited Germany.
10. In 2025, she visited Vietnam.
11. She is Miss Cosmo Illinois 2025.
12. She won Miss Cosmo USA 2025.
13. She won Miss Cosmo 2025.

TIMELINE

Yolina is 5’8″ tall and she speaks English, French and German. Born in 2003, she was the youngest candidate at Miss Illinois USA 2023.

2010s

• In July 2016, she traveled to Paris, France.
• In July 2017, she traveled to Zurich, Switzerland.
• In September 2018, she traveled to Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.
• In December 2018, she traveled to Flims Dorf, Graubunden, Switzerland.

2020s

• In May 2021, she graduated from Massac County High School.
• In August 2021, she entered Southern Illinois University.
• In January 2023, she became a part-time housing and residence life student worker at Southern Illinois University.
• On May 28, 2023, she represented Southern Illinois at Miss Illinois USA 2023 and competed against 36 other candidates at the Braden Auditorium of Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. She was third runner-up to Samantha Elliott.
• In August 2023, she became an Underground Public House employee in Carbondale.
• In December 2023, she joined Stryke in Chicago as an intern.
• In May 2024, she traveled to Mainz, Germany and Cologne, Germany.
• In May 2024, her internship at Stryke ended.
• In September 2024, she became a Koerner Distributor content creator.
• In May 2025, she graduated summa cum laude from Southern Illinois University.
• On October 18, 2025, she represented Illinois at Miss Cosmo USA 2025 and competed against 23 other finalists at the Magof Fin Auditorium of the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in El Paso, Texas, USA. She won the title.
• On December 20, 2025, she represented the U.S. at Miss Cosmo 2025 and competed against 70 other candidates at the Creative Park in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She won the title.