Thank you to our 2008 Sponsors!

Diamond Sponsors

Paula Preston Official Photographer

Kim Remington Official Personal Trainer

Simonson's Salon & Day Spa Official Salon

Gold Sponsors Around Town - Carla Beaurline Loffler Morrie's Mazda Paeonia Floral Wes Urich, DDS Bronze Sponsors Buca di Beppo - Eden Prairie Byerly's - Chanhassen Chipotle Crave Restaurant Davanni's Pizza Fuddrucker's - Eden Prairie IHOP - Bloomington Laredo's Tex-West Grill and Cantina Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Institute Original Pancake House - Eden Prairie Panera - St. Louis Park Pei Wei - Eden Prairie Subway Timberlodge Steakhouse - Eden Prairie

Silver Sponsors Brunswick Zone - Eden Prairie Eileen Clift, Arbonne Consultant Enterprise Rent-A-Car Heidi (Hammond) Metro Nystrom Signs Stevie Ray's Improv Company Presenting Sponsors Carla Beaurline Family Leatheart-Hoffman Fund Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Stacie McBride-Cox Friends of Miss Minnesota Linda Hesby, for dinner at the St. Paul Saints Game Max’s Chocolates and Steep & Brew, for providing the Judge’s Gifts Wildfire Restaurant, for hosting the Alumni Dinner

Interested in becoming a sponsor? Here's how you can help:

Cash Contributions & Scholarships

Cash donations are a major source of scholarship funds for Miss Minnesota, Miss America, and our local preliminaries. They take several forms:

        - The purchase of advertisements in a local or state pageant program book.
        - Sponsorship of appearances during Miss Minnesota’s year of service.
        - Direct monetary donations to the Miss Minnesota Education Foundation. Contributors have the option of earmarking their funds for a specific purpose, or they can create their own Miss Minnesota Scholarships, naming them after their business, themselves, or in honor of others.
        - Funds may also be donated to help cover the operating expenses of the Miss Minnesota Organization.


In-Kind Scholarships

Colleges and universities both in and outside of Minnesota may offer scholarships to Miss Minnesota contestants, finalists, or winners.

In-Kind Goods and Services

Donations of products, services and time are valuable to the Miss Minnesota Organization. In fact, much of our support comes from in-kind donations from businesses, organizations, and private citizens. Doing so also draws consumers to your business or organization. These types of arrangements can be structured any number of ways. Examples include:

        - A print shop that provides free printing of competition tickets and program books.
        - A restaurant that provides meals for contestants, volunteers, and production staff.
        - A business that provides an award or service that would benefit Miss Minnesota.

The Miss Minnesota Education Foundation enjoys providing our supporters with Program Book Advertising, Production Acknowledgement, Web-Site Recognition, tickets to the Miss Minnesota Pageant, as well as other gifts of appreciation.

To discuss potential sponsorship opportunities for you or your business, please email missminnesotaboard@live.com