Nitaya Panemalaythong was skeptical when a friend suggested she look into the Miss Minnesota USA competition last year. She’d done some modeling before, but thought, “No, that’s not my thing.

Days before Halima Aden even stepped on the stage as the first Miss Minnesota USA contestant to wear a hijab, she was inspiring other women across the country. As news agencies began to report on ...

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - A warm congratulations to Miss Minnesota for placing in the top 11 at Miss America! Mankato’s own Emily Schumacher competed alongside 51 other contestants in Orlando ...

Former Miss North Dakota USA Samantha Edwards' mom revealed that she died at 37 due to an undiagnosed genetic heart condition Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering ...

Mikayla Holmgren was the first woman with Down syndrome to compete in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant Sunday night, making history and breaking down a barrier for women with cognitive disabilities ...

LONG BEACH, California — Brainerd’s Camryn Anderson, Isabel Kuepers and Ezmae Carnes competed for Team Minnesota at the Miss ...

But if there was anyone that was going to get me to change my mind, it would be someone like Halima Aden, who became the first woman to wear a hijab in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant, or the just ...

But just four months later, Kolbow was named Miss Black Minnesota 2008, and is now on her way to representing the Land of 10,000 Lakes in the Miss Black USA 2008 Scholarship Pageant. “I think it’s ...