MISS TWIN CITIES HISTORY

MISS TWIN CITIES HISTORY
~A Tradition of Excellence~

MISS TWIN CITIES
HISTORY
MISS TWIN CITIES began in 1981 and ran through 1984 under the direction of Kathy Shellum~

1981 - Casey Kovacic
3rd runner up Miss Minnesota 1982,
1st runner up Miss Minnesota 1984, preliminary talent winner (both years)

1982 - Vicki Plaster
Miss Minnesota 1983

1983 - Lauren Green
Miss Minnesota 1984, 3rd Runner-up and preliminary talent winner
at Miss America 1985

1983 - Susan Hubbard - Became Miss Twin Cities when Lauren became Miss Minnesota

1984 - Diana Winkel
4th runner up Miss Minnesota 1985

In October, 2006 - Director David Shepardson becomes Co-Executive Director of the Miss Minnesota Scholarship Program. The MISS TWIN CITIES Pageant is turned over to new leadership. In October, 2006, MISS TWIN CITIES brought out of "retirement," Kathy Shellum, Judy Register (who used to chair MISS INVER GROVE HEIGHTS in the 80's) and Bruce Krause, to continue what they had begun years ago! (Bruce "reretired" at end of 2007)


2007 - Cindy Neseth
Top 10 Miss Minnesota 2007

2008 - Angela McDermott
Miss MInnesota 2008

2009 - Brooke Kelly Kilgarriff
Miss Minnesota 2009
(Competing January 2010 for Miss America!)

2010 - Kathryn Knuttila - TBA**

**Shares title with her sister Kari Knuttila, who was Miss Twin Cities 2001!
MISS METROPOLITAN
HISTORY

In 1989 Miss Twin Cities changed it's name to MISS METROPOLITAN and ran from 1989 through 1991 under the direction of Bruce Krause~

1989 - Lynne Schacher
Miss Minnesota 1989
(1st runner up Miss Mn 1989 as Miss Thief River Falls)

1991 - Julianne Greif
4th runner up Miss Minnesota 1991

1992 - Sarah Wojtowicz
Top Ten Miss Minnesota 1992

MISS TWIN CITIES
AND
MISS METROPOLITAN
COMBINE

In 1999, David Shepardson and Rod Simonson brought MISS TWIN CITIES back under it's original name. In the years 2001 and 2003, both a MISS TWIN CITIESand a MISS METROPOLITAN were selected to represent the Twin Cities area~

2000 - Katherine Hill
Miss Minnesota 2000

2001 - Kari Knuttila**
Miss Minnesota 2001

2002 - Allyson Kearns
Miss Minnesota 2002

2002 - Heidi Hammond
Miss Metropolitan
2nd Runner-up Miss Minnesota 2002

2003 - Jennifer Hilde
4th runner up Miss Minnesota 2003

2004 - Jackie Ballard
3rd runner up Miss Minnesota 2004

2004 - Tiffany Ogle (Miss Metropolitan) Miss Minnesota 2004

2005 - Grace Pellow
2nd runner up Miss Minnesota 2005

2006 - Nicole Swanson
Miss Minnesota 2006, Non-Finalist Talent Winner - Miss America 2007

**Shares title with her sister Kathryn Knuttila, who is Miss Twin Cities 2010!
MISS CAPITAL CITY
In 2008 Andrea Worley became the Director of Scholarships & Fundraisers. The Miss Twin Cities Organization under the direction of Kathy Shellum & Judy Register, added a new local title under the "umbrella" of Miss Twin Cities Scholarship Organization. She will be called
MISS CAPITAL CITY.

2009 - Sara Larson
1st runner up Miss Minnesota 2009

2010 - Kaylah Dockter - TBA!

In 17 years of existence, 10 Miss Twin Cities and Miss Metropolitan
representatives have gone on to win the Miss Minnesota title!

For more information

on all our

Miss Twin Cities &

Miss Metropolitan

Alumni, please

click on the

TC-Metro Alumni tab

to the left!

The Miss Twin Cities Scholarship Organization is an "OPEN" Pageant.

You must live, work or go to school

in the State of Minnesota to

participate. Proof of residence and/or college enrollment will be required.

MISS TWIN CITIES SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATION

KATHRYN KNUTTILA MISS TWIN CITIES 2010