Miss North Dakota
The Miss North Dakota competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of North Dakota in the Miss America pageant. The first Miss North Dakota to compete at Miss America was Kitty Page in 1949. In 2017, Cara Mund became the first North Dakotan to win the Miss America title, when she won the Miss America 2018 pageant.
Kennedy DeLap of Bismarck was crowned Miss North Dakota 2025 on June 7, 2025, at Bakken Auditorium in Williston, North Dakota. She competed for the title of Miss America 2026.
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss North Dakota titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.
Placements
Miss America: Cara Mund Top 10: Donna Grotberg, Tina Curran, Roxana Saberi Top 16: Jacky Arness
Awards
Preliminary awards
Preliminary Talent: Karen Kopseng, Rosie Sauvageau Preliminary Evening Gown: Sophia Richards
Non-finalist awards
Non-finalist Talent: Joan Teets, Margaret Aandahl, Claudia Gullickson, Denise Fledderman, Georgia Ann Becker, Daureen Podenski, Rosie Sauvageau
Other awards
Miss Congeniality: Ashley Young, Jacky Arness Miss America Scholar: Roxana Saberi Quality of Life Award 1st runners-up: Cara Mund