Miss Montana

The Miss Montana competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Montana in the Miss America pageant.

Unlike most state pageants in the Miss America system, Montana does not use preliminary local pageants to limit entrants to the state-level competition. 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.



Results summary
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)
 * Top 15: Kay Kittendorf (1940), Patti Luer (1948)
 * Top 16: Alexis Wineman (2013)

Preliminary awards

 * Preliminary Talent: Kay Kittendorf (1940), Patti Luer (1948), Diana Pacini (1976), Yvonne Dehner (1995)

Non-finalist awards

 * Non-finalist Talent: Dianne Feller (1966), Debbie Reber (1974), Lilly Cruise (1981), Jenni Ramseth (1992), Laura Haller (2019)

Other awards

 * Miss Congeniality: Carol Fraser (1949) (tie)
 * America's Choice: Alexis Wineman (2013)
 * Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Janice Frankino (1977), Julie Reil (1988), Mo Shea (2020)
 * Quality of Life Award Finalists: Brittany Wiser (2010)
 * STEM Scholarship Award Winners: Laura Haller (2019)
 * STEM Scholarship Award Finalists: Lauren Scofield (2017), Mo Shea (2020)

Winners
Declared as winner

Ended as a runner-up

Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist