Yolina Lindquist


Yolina Serafina Lindquist is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Cosmo 2025. Lindquist represented the United States at Miss Cosmo 2025, and was the first American to win Miss Cosmo.

Early life and education

Yolina Serafina Lindquist was born in 2003, and is from Metropolis, Illinois and was born to Leila Lindquist-Schubiger and Lars Lindquist.
Lindquist graduated from Massac County High School in 2021. She graduated summa cum laude at Southern Illinois University, with degrees in Marketing, International & Financial Economics, German, and International Trade.

Pageantry

Yolina won Little Miss Supergirl in 2011 and Tiny Miss Supergirl prior to that.
Yolina was crowned the last Miss Metropolis Pre-Teen and in 2021 was crowned Miss Metropolis Outstanding Teen.

Miss Illinois USA 2023

At Miss Southern Illinois USA, Lindquist was third runner-up at Miss Illinois USA 2023, at the Braden Auditorium of Illinois State University, against 37 other candidates.

Miss Illinois USA 2025

Lindquist represented Southern Illinois and was first runner-up at Miss Illinois USA 2025, on May 25, 2025, at the Braden Auditorium of Illinois State University.

Miss Cosmo USA 2025

Lindquist was appointed Miss Cosmo Illinois 2025 and won Miss Cosmo USA 2025, on October 19, 2025.

Miss Cosmo 2025

Lindquist represented the United States and won Miss Cosmo 2025, held at Vietnam's Creative Park on December 20, 2025. She was crowned by Miss Cosmo 2024 Ketut Permata Juliastrid at the end of the contest. She is expected to reign with the runner-up, Chelsea Fernandez from the Philippines.

Advocacy

Lindquist's advocacy platform, Courage Over Cancer focuses on research initiatives, fundraising efforts, and outreach to patients, while her other platform, Servant Leadership, focuses on empathy-driven leadership through service to others.