Byron woman crowned Miss Minnesota 2026, wins $10,000 scholarship
Anna Brennan of Byron won Miss Minnesota 2026 at Treasure Island Resort & Casino, earning a $10,000 scholarship and a spot at Miss America 2027.
Anna Brennan of Byron won the Miss Minnesota 2026 title Friday night at Treasure Island Resort & Casino in Welch, earning a $10,000 educational scholarship and the right to represent Minnesota at the 2027 Miss America competition. Brennan competed as Miss Twin Cities and was crowned after three days of competition.
The win marked the 90th Miss Minnesota crowning, according to the Miss Minnesota Scholarship Program. The organization said the first Miss Minnesota was crowned in 1935, and that no competition was held in 2020 because of COVID-19. That makes Brennan’s victory part of a milestone year for the state program, which operates as part of the Miss America Organization and awards educational scholarships to contestants.
Brennan’s title also comes with a year of public-facing duties tied to her community service initiative, MediaWELL. She is a journalism student at the University of St. Thomas and works as a promotions intern at KSTP-TV Twin Cities Live, a background that fits the communications focus of the pageant’s scholarship model.
The state pageant also named Natalia Yurecko, who competed as Miss River Valley’s Teen, as Miss Minnesota’s Teen 2026. For Minnesota pageant competitors, the latest results put both the adult and teen titles in motion heading into the next Miss America cycle, with Brennan now carrying the state banner into 2027.
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