page_title: Miss Minnesota
hierarchical_section_title: Miss Minnesota
caption_attribution_description: English: Fox and Friends news anchor Gretchen Carlson with Marines from Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force 26 and sailors from USS New York in the background aboard the flight deck of USS New York Nov. 5, 2009. Aboard the ship are Marines from several units that merged to form SPMAGTF-26. The ship, which has 7 1/2 tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center forged into its hull, is scheduled to be commissioned Nov. 7.
context_page_description: The Miss Minnesota competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Minnesota in the Miss America pageant. Women from Minnesota have won the Miss America crown on three occasions. The most recent winner was Gretchen Carlson in 1989.
  Kathryn Kueppers of Mendota Heights was crowned Miss Minnesota 2019 on June 22, 2019 at Eden Prairie Performing Arts Center in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. She competed for the title of Miss America 2020 in December 2019.
context_section_description: The Miss Minnesota competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Minnesota in the Miss America pageant. Women from Minnesota have won the Miss America crown on three occasions. The most recent winner was Gretchen Carlson in 1989.
  Kathryn Kueppers of Mendota Heights was crowned Miss Minnesota 2019 on June 22, 2019 at Eden Prairie Performing Arts Center in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. She competed for the title of Miss America 2020 in December 2019.
caption: Gretchen Carlson,
  Miss Minnesota 1988 and Miss America 1989
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