Miss South Dakota USA

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Miss South Dakota USA
Formation1952
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Savage
Location
Membership
Miss USA
Official language
English
Key people
Denise Wallace
Craig Heitkamp
Website Official website

The Miss South Dakota USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of South Dakota in the Miss USA pageant. It is currently directed by Future Productions based in Savage, Minnesota since 2002. [1]

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South Dakota has placed four times. One notable Miss South Dakota USA was Vanessa Short Bull (2000), one of the first Native Americans to compete at Miss USA. Short Bull was also Miss South Dakota 2002. South Dakota's best placement in the competition was Madison Nipe placing in the top five in 2018.

The current titleholder is Amber Hulse of Hot Springs and was crowned on June 11, 2023 at Watertown Event Center in Watertown. She represented South Dakota for the title of Miss USA 2023.

Results summary

South Dakota holds a record of 5 placements at Miss USA.

Winners

Color key
YearNameHometownAge [lower-alpha 1] Placement at Miss USASpecial awards at Miss USANotes
2024 TBATBATBATBA
2023 Amber Hulse Hot Springs 25Previously Miss South Dakota 2019 and Miss South Dakota 2020.
2022 Shania Knutson Viborg 21Previously Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2018
2021 Caroline Pettey Rapid City 26Top 16Previously Miss Alabama Teen United States 2013
2020 Kalani Jorgensen Sioux Falls 25
2019 Abigail Merschman Sioux Falls 22
2018 Madison Nipe Madison 21Top 5
2017 Tessa Dee Mitchell 25Previously Miss South Dakota 2013
2016 Madison McKeown Sioux Falls 20Top 10Previously Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2014
2015 Lexy Schenk Irene 20Previously Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2011
2014 Brittney Palmer Brookings 25
2013 Jessica Albers Yankton 26
2012 Taylor Neisen Rapid City 20
2011 Chandra Burnham Highmore 23
2010 Emily Miller Irene 21
2009 Jessica Rowell Sioux Falls 22
2008 Charlie Buhler Mitchell 19
2007 Suzie Heffernan Brookings 20
2006 Alexis LeVan Sioux Falls 19Contestant at National Sweetheart 2008
2005 Jessica Fjerstad Madison 20Previously Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2002
2004 Andrea Parliament Brandon 20
2003 Jessica LawrenceBrookings25Contestant at National Sweetheart 2001
2002 Sitania SyrovatkaSioux Falls
2001 Beth LovroSioux Falls
2000 Vanessa Short Bull Rapid City Future Miss South Dakota 2002
1999 Shawna Gross Huron
1998 Lori O'BrienRapid City
1997 Jamie SwensonSioux Falls25
1996 Caresa WintersHuron20
1995 Jenny SnobeckSioux Falls
1994 Tabetha Mauck Mobridge Previously Miss South Dakota Teen USA 1991
1993 Kara Rovere Sturgis
1992 Shawn FrerichsSioux Falls
1991 Jillayne Fossum Canton Previously Miss South Dakota Teen USA 1988
1990 Valerie SejnohaSioux Falls
1989 Nanette Enders Watertown
1988 Sandi Lynn FixSioux Falls
1987 Jana Van Woudenberg Hudson
1986 Lori ScumacherSioux Falls
1985 Stacey ArnoldRapid City
1984 Donna Smith Box Elder
1983 Kelly Rosenbaum Elk Point
1982 Meaghan NorthSioux Falls
1981 Joan Abbott Irene
1980 Jane Schmidt Flandreau
1979 Noele de Saint Gall Garretson
1978 Nadene OppoldSioux Falls
1977 Ginger ThomsonSioux Falls
1976 Dorothy WestphalSioux Falls Miss Congeniality (tie)
1975 Lanette RabenbergSioux Falls
1974 Debra Ann BrickleySioux FallsSemi-finalist
1973 Rebecca BunkersBrookings
1972 Kathleen Bakke DeSmet
1971 Sonia HartSioux Falls
1970 Cynthia FinleySturgis
1969 Mary BergenSioux Falls
1968 Byrean BlacksmithSioux Falls
1967 Patricia MarshallRapid City
1962-1966 Did not compete
1961 Sharon Hoffman
1960 Patricia Klith
1959 Jeannine Stratton
1958 Helen YoungquistSemi-finalist
1957 Gay Marshall
1956 Did not compete
1955 Phyllis Choquette
1954 Barbara Ann Brown
1953 Kathleen Herman
1952 Marlene M. Riebwithdrew
  1. Age at the time of the crowning

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References

  1. "Future Productions, LLC State Directors" . Retrieved 8 February 2017.