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,

Minnesota's dairy industry crowned its Princess Kay, a Wright County native, at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. A Stearns County native is runner up.