Meet the 2016 Minnesota Royalty!
2016 Miss Minnesota Princess
Audrey Marie Proulx
Age: 6
Hometown: Woodbury
Hobbies: Competition tap and jazz dancing and playing Barbies
Favorite Color: Yellow
Favorite Food: French fries with ketchup
Ambition: To be an art teacher and professional singer
2016 Miss Minnesota Jr. Pre-Teen
Grace Nester
Age: 10
Hometown: Woodbury
Hobbies: Competitive dance and dressing up my cat
Favorite Color: Cotton candy pink
Favorite Food: Sweet and sour chicken
Ambition: To have my own talk show like Ellen and to be President of the United States
2016 Miss Minnesota Pre-Teen
Mikala Peterson
Age: 12
Hometown: Mora
Hobbies: Figure skating and playing sports
Favorite Subject in School: Math
Favorite Food: Lasagna
Ambition: To be the best figure skater I can be and become a veterinarian
2016 Miss Minnesota Jr. Teen
Grace Myler
Age: 14
Hometown: Shakopee
Hobbies: High jump and traveling
Favorite Subject in School: Writing
Favorite Food: Pepperoni pizza
Ambition: To be a broadcast journalist on The Today Show
2016 Miss Minnesota Teen
Maddie Helget
Age: 18
Hometown: Clearwater
Hobbies: Tennis and making homemade candy with my grandma
Favorite Subject in School: World Studies
Favorite Food: Freshly cut watermelon
Ambition: To be a pediatric surgeon at the Mayo Clinic
2016 Miss Minnesota
Age: 21
Hometown: St. Cloud
Hobbies: choreographing and teaching dance routines, instructing Zumba fitness classes, as well as other group fitness classes, and creating clean eating recipes
Favorite Subject in School: intercultural communication
Favorite Food: Mac and cheese
Ambition: My life ambitions are to receive a doctoral degree in communication studies, create and publish books of intercultural relations, and enhance understanding of what it means to be culturally aware
2016 Miss South Dakota Teen
Sara Moore
Age: 19
Hometown: Tea, South Dakota
Hobbies: Competitive Dance & Spreading Awareness of Lynch Syndrome
Favorite Subject in School: Psychology
Favorite Food: Any and All Pasta
Ambition: To earn my PhD and become a Criminal Psychologist