A history of exceptional women
Queens, princesses, and ambassadors
The Miss Red Wing Organization began in 1965 and continued until 1973. After a brief hiatus, the program restarted in 1983 in conjunction with Red Wing's River City Days festival and was restructured as a scholarship program.
In 2011, the program changed again from selecting one Queen and two Princesses to selecting three equal Royal Ambassadors.
As of 2022, the Red Wing Royal Ambassador program began recognizing one candidate with the Kodakciyapi award, which replaced the previous Miss Congeniality award. Kodakciyapi is a Dakota word that roughly translates to “friendship” in English.
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Deceased* | Current Committee Member
1965
Miss Red Wing Mary (Hallquist) Lutjen
Princess Linda (Mcleary) Nord
Princess Diane (Seeley) Hermann
1966
Miss Red Wing Laurie (Nelson) Thomas
Princess Nancy Thuman
Princess Sandra (Tanner) Kruse
1967
Miss Red Wing Judy Ann (Peterson) Kinney
Princess Nancy (Combs) Ruth
Princess Donene Gordon
1968
Miss Red Wing Patricia Chelberg
Princess Shirley (Ellefson) Johnson
Princess Beverly (Galchutt) Lundquist
1969
Miss Red Wing Patricia (Flueger) Hood
Princess Darlene Lewis
Princess Dalette (Veith) Schwalboski
1970
Miss Red Wing Julie (Diehl) Heiner
Princess Debbie (Mock) Kokaska
Princess Patrice (Schmidt) Rooney
1971
Miss Red Wing Denise (Baxter) Malo
Princess Wendy (Anderson) Isackson *
Princess Karen (Welk) Gheen
1972
Miss Red Wing Barbara (Fisher) Eliason
Princess Wendy (Anderson) Isackson*
Princess JoAnne Coburn
1973
Miss Red Wing Wendy (Anderson) Isackson*
1983
Miss Red Wing Lori (Grote) Wetsch - 1985 Minneapolis Aquatennial Queen of the Lakes
Princess Dawn (Borgen) Quist
Princess Andrea (Schmidt) Scamehorn
1984
Miss Red Wing Laurie (Meyer) Prifrel
Princess Candace (Henderson) Wilkinson
Princess Jane (Nadeau) Ramsey
1985
Miss Red Wing Missy (Fairbanks) Anderson
Princess Sue (Carlson) Shullo
Princess Mary Zimmermann
1986
Miss Red Wing Marisa (McCoughtry) Nybo
Princess Jennifer (Roseen) Bollum
Princess Teri Jo (Dokken) Hillmann
1987
Miss Red Wing Gina (Wagenmann) Green
Princess Kari (Strusz) Wartick
Princess Ann (Kruse) Phillips*
1988
Miss Red Wing Jennifer (Schaubach) Wadd - Miss Congeniality
Princess Lisa (Nesburg) Severs
Princess Jennifer (Lassek) Tauer
1989
Miss Red Wing Kimberly (Rehder) Egan
Princess Nicole (Strusz) Mueller
Princess Janell (Thompson) Peterson
1990
Miss Red Wing Amy (Goetsch) Christiansen
Princess Krista (Bergner) Sale - Miss Congeniality
Princess Kelly Pfeffer
1991
Miss Red Wing Angela (Fryer) Callister
Princess Lisa (Schoener) Mielke
Princess Vanessa (Rehder) Jeske
1992
Miss Red Wing Aymé (Mossefin) Zemke
Princess Julie (Jech) Degener
Princess Sarah (Anderson) Prescher - Miss Congeniality
1993
Miss Red Wing Rachel Marshall Schoenfelder
Princess Nicole (Schiemann) Kuehni
Princess Laurie (Jeske) Benway
1994
Miss Red Wing Tess (VanDeusen) Barry
Princess Eleanor (Foot) Kelly
Princess Tammy (Huppert) Hines
1995
Miss Red Wing Natalie (Halvorson) Kendrick
Princess Krista (Sasse) Belanger
Princess Sarah (Trapanese) Somrack
1996
Miss Red Wing Sarah (Midler) Carter
Princess Rachel (Anderson) Kangas
Princess Tanya (Anderson) Carlson
1997
Miss Red Wing Emmy (Treptow) Hartman
Princess Stacy (Demers) Hartman
Princess Lindsay (Eberlein) Edwards
1998
Miss Red Wing Sarah Wolter
Princess Tessa (Anderson) Blue
Princess Jennifer (Johnson) Plath
1999
Miss Red Wing Beth (Fagerlund) Schultz
Princess Teresa (Demers) Anderberg
Princess Kimberly (Clafton) Chandler
2000
Miss Red Wing Rachael (Nelson) Ackerman - Miss Congeniality
Princess Andrea (Fredrickson) Hanson
Princess Katie (Riegelman) Yard
2001
Miss Red Wing April (Bezdichek) Scolari
Princess Karley (Silverberg) De Patto
Princess Jacqueline (Jenson) Strzyzykowski
2002
Miss Red Wing Calli (Kirk) Sparby
Princess Chelsea (Danielson) Jepsen
Princess Briana Klindworth*
2003
Miss Red Wing Natalie McShane Drummond - 2005 Minneapolis Aquatennial Miss Congeniality
Princess Stephanie (Novak) Paine
Princess Ashley (Fredrickson) Koehler
2004
Miss Red Wing Sarah (Bogan) Bryan
Princess Katelyn (Mettling) Browlee
Princess Megan (Buysse) O’Dell
2005
Miss Red Wing Rachel (Brown) McWithey - Miss Congeniality
Princess Sarah (LaRuffa) Adams
Princess Kendra Keller
2006
Miss Red Wing Mari Bodensteiner
Princess Amanda (Dodge) Downing
Princess Kelly (Smith) Ganrud - Miss Congeniality
2007
Miss Red Wing Keyana (Silverberg) Richter
Princess Stephanie (Pasch) Walch
Princess Kelsy (Rezansoff) Colbeth
2008
Miss Red Wing Leah (Wipperling) Garsteig
Princess Kyley (Groby) Lindholm
Princess Samantha Bengs - Miss Congeniality
2009
Miss Red Wing Camryn Nelson-Lord
Princess Amanda (Faas) Cedergren - Miss Congeniality
Princess Chelsie Hinrichs
2010
Miss Red Wing Michaela (Holm) Bertsch
Princess Stephanie (Siewert) Gray
Princess Maura (Walsh) Clemons
2011
Ambassador Chloe Mark
Ambassador Mallory Sachen
Ambassador Carly Smith - 2013 Minneapolis Aquatennial Queen of the Lakes
2012
Ambassador Hannah (Eisert) Weiderspon- Miss Congeniality
Ambassador Danielle (Patterson) Fernandez
Ambassador Tabitha (Schneider) Meyer
2013
Ambassador Autumn Anderson
Ambassador Jess (Kolsky) McParland - Miss Congeniality
Ambassador Emma (Reese) Baker
2014
Ambassador Hailey (Kuhl) Petterson
Ambassador Kelsey (Reding) Peasley - Miss Congeniality
Ambassador Carlie Sandstrom
2015
Ambassador Madeline Bodensteiner - Miss Congeniality
Ambassador Erin Fritz
Ambassador Jordan Munson
2016
Ambassador Olivia Gonsior
Ambassador Sara (Kelly) Bryan - Miss Congeniality
Ambassador Kailee (Siefert) Acosta
2017
Ambassador Mackenzie Irwin
Ambassador Ashley Knowlton
Ambassador Josie Lappegaard
2018
Ambassador Hannah Coyle - Miss Congeniality
Ambassador Megan Jeranek
Ambassador Kendal Swanson
2019
Ambassador Hannah Rodgers - 2022 Minneapolis Aquatennial Princess
Ambassador Morgan Fritz
Ambassador Delaynee Fox
2022
Ambassador Gabrielle Mueller
Ambassador Courtney Colwell
Ambassador Madison Odziemski
2023
Ambassador Emma Hoppman
Ambassador Brianna Tix — Kodakciyapi Award Winner, Lydia’s Legacy Winner
Ambassador Kylie Griffin