Unlike most state pageants in the Miss America system, Montana does not use preliminary local pageants to limit entrants to the state-level competition.[2] They accept at large contestants after an application and interview process.
Kaylee Wolfensberger of Bozeman was crowned Miss Montana 2024 on July 13, 2024, at the Montana State University Billings Petro Theater. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Montana 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
Top 10: Joanna Lester (1962), Yvonne Dehner (1995)
↑ State competition took place in 2020, as national pageant postponed to 2021 for the 2022 edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
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References
↑ "Our Team". Miss Montana's Teen. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
↑ Barber, Louisa (December 29, 2009). "Time to look back on 2009". Sidney Herald. Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008 Taylor Fitch visited Sidney along with Miss Montana Outstanding Teen Victoria Valentine during the 2009 teen pageant.
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