The Miss Northwest Pageant is held every summer during the Northwest Water Carnival and is sponsored by the Detroit Lakes Jaycees. The 2017 Miss Northwest and Miss Northwest Outstanding Teen pageant will be held Friday, July 7th and is currently accepting applications. The first practice will be held on Tuesday, June 20th at the Historic Holmes Theater in Detroit Lakes. All paperwork from contestants is due no later than June 22nd. The Miss Northwest and Miss Northwest Outstanding Teen is a closed pageant but is open from the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities north and west. For any questions, please email missnorthwestpageant@gmail.com. 

Miss Northwest is a part of the Miss America Organization and is a preliminary competition for the Miss Minnesota Pageant.
​For further information on the Miss Minnesota and Miss America organizations please visit their websites: www.missminnesota.org & www.missamerica.org