Submitted Photo Rita Johnson, Miss North Dakota’s Teen, left, and Kennedy DeLap, Miss North Dakota, right, will pass down their titles when their successors are crowned in Williston on June 13.

WILLISTON – The 2026 Miss North Dakota and Miss North Dakota’s Teen competitions will be held June 10-13 in Williston, where 44 young women will compete for thousands of scholarship dollars in their respective categories.

Kennedy DeLap, Miss North Dakota 2025, and Rita Johnson, Miss North Dakota’s Teen 2025, will crown their successors on the final night of the event. The winning contestants will advance to the Miss America Pageant and Miss America’s Teen Pageant in Florida. The new Miss North Dakota also will travel to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to celebrate the United States’ 250th anniversary by taking part in a parade on July 3.