Malorie Thorson became the 72nd Princess Kay of the Milky Way on Wednesday, the eve of the 2025 Minnesota State Fair.

Malorie Thorson, who grew up on a dairy farm in rural Wright County, was crowned the 72nd Princess Kay of the Milky Way on Wednesday, the eve of the Minnesota State Fair. Thorson, a 20-year-old dairy production student at South Dakota State University,

Malorie Thorson, a 20-year-old college student from Waverly, Minnesota, was crowned in an evening ceremony on Wednesday, Aug. 20. April Klaphake of Stearns County, was selected as a runner-up.