13 things about Miss Minnesota USA 2025 Megan Rivera

Megan Rivera competed in Miss Minnesota Teen USA twice and Miss Minnesota USA three times. She represented Minnesota, United States in the 74th edition of Miss USA.

BIOGRAPHY

Rivera is a Guatemalan-American beauty queen from Prior Lake, Scott County, Minnesota. She visited Costa Rica in 2014, Mexico in 2015, France and Japan in 2016, Guatemala and Zambia in 2017, Jamaica and Australia in 2018, the Dominican Republic, Italy, Greece, Denmark and Norway in 2022, Ireland and Scotland in 2023 and Iceland in 2024.

Born in 2000, Rivera is an alumna of Visitation School in Mendota Heights, Minnesota and Marist University in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. From 2014 to 2018, she attended Visitation School.
2. She was a Miss Minnesota Teen USA 2017 candidate.
3. From 2018 to 2022, she attended Marist University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in fashion merchandising with minors in business and environmental science.
4. She was a Miss Minnesota Teen USA 2018 semifinalist.
5. In 2020, she was a public relations and social media intern at Caravan Stylist Studio in New York City, New York.
6. In 2021, she was a buying intern at Macy’s in New York City,
7. From 2022 to 2024, she was an assistant buyer at Macy’s in New York City.
8. In 2022, she joined the service experience team of CorePower Yoga.
9. In 2024, she joined Alo Yoga in Edina, Minnesota as a part-time sales associate and Target in Minneapolis, Minnesota as a full-time senior merch specialist.
10. She was a Miss Minnesota USA 2023 semifinalist.
11. She was Miss Minnesota USA 2024 third runner-up.
12. She won Miss Minnesota USA 2025.
13. She was a Miss USA 2025 candidate.

TIMELINE

Rivera worked as a seasonal sales associate at Nordstrom in Bloomington, Minnesota while she was attending Marist University. While reigning as Miss Minnesota USA 2025, she served as an advocate for Days for Girls Channassen, which provides sustainable menstrual solutions worldwide.

2010s

• In March 2014, she traveled to Los Sueños Resort and Marina, Playa Herradura, Costa Rica.
• In February 2015, she traveled to Mexico.
• In July 2016, she traveled to Versailles, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France.
• In August 2016, she traveled to Narita, Japan.
• On November 27, 2016, she competed for the Miss Minnesota Teen USA 2017 crown in Burnsville, Minnesota but was unplaced.
• In March 2017, she traveled to San José Nacahuil, Departamento de Guatemala, Guatemala.
• In June 2017, she traveled to Ndola, Zambia.
• On November 26, 2017, she competed for the Miss Minnesota Teen USA 2018 crown in Burnsville and finished in the Top 15.
• In February 2018, she traveled to Duncans, Jamaica.
• In March 2018, she traveled to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• In June 2018, she graduated from Visitation School.
• In July 2018, she joined Nordstrom in Bloomington.
• In August 2018, she entered Marist University.
• In December 2018, she was a student volunteer at Oscar de la Renta in New York City.

2020s

• From May 2020 to August 2020, she was a Caravan Stylist Studio intern in New York City.
• From June 2021 to July 2021, she was a Macy’s intern in New York City.
• In March 2022, she traveled to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
• In June 2022, she graduated from Marist University and traveled to Florence, Italy; Santorini, Greece and Copenhagen, Denmark.
• In July 2022, she left Nordstrom.
• In August 2022, she became a full-time Macy’s assistant buyer in New York City.
• In November 2022, she traveled to Bergen, Norway and became a part-time CorePower Yoga employee.
• On July 30, 2023, she represented Scott County at Miss Minnesota USA 2023, competed against 35 other candidates at the Ames Center, in Burnsville and finished in the Top 16.
• In October 2023, she traveled to Galway, Ireland and Edinburgh, Scotland.
• In May 2024, she traveled to Iceland.
• On June 23, 2024, she represented Prior Lake at Miss Minnesota USA 2024 and competed against 29 other candidates at the Ames Center in Burnsville. She was third runner-up to Muna Ali.
• In August 2024, she left Macy’s.
• In September 2024, she joined Alo Yoga in Edina.
• In November 2024, she joined Target in Minneapolis.
• On August 10, 2025, she competed against seven other Miss Minnesota USA 2025 candidates at the Franklin Center in Des Moines, Iowa, USA and won the title.
• On October 24, 2025, she represented Minnesota at Miss USA 2025 and competed against 50 other candidates at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, USA. She was unplaced.