contestants whose daughters went on to compete for the same crown compete with the crown joining us is vicky kippersmiss minnesota in 1983 her daughter katheryn is this year's miss minnesota. >> thank you for being here. >> it's amazing story and hard to imagine that this could happen katheryn, you're miss minnesota for this year's competition? >> yes. >> what did you learn growing up watching what your mother had done >> when i decided to compete i knew that i wanted to compete for the scholarships i knew that there was an experience like no other waiting for me because you get to meet women from all over the country, practice interviews, practice public speaking. i wanted that experience that i knew my mom also had. >> vicky, did it shock you when you learned she want today do this >> oh, my gosh i always dragged her to every pageant and my sons, too we would always go a lot of the miss minnesotas were like her aunts. one day she said, i want to compete. you do we really had never discussed it. >> what did you think when she said that? >> well, i said, okay, we're going to sit down and have a talk