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Miss South Dakota
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss South Dakota USA.
The Miss South Dakota competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of South Dakota in the Miss America pageant.
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Anna Simpson | Rapid City | 21 | Miss Rolling Plains | Piano "Theme from Pirates of the Caribbean" | |||
| 2010 | Loren Vaillancourt | Huron | 20 | Miss Hub City | Gymnastics/Dance "Cinema Italiano" from Nine | |||
| 2009 | Morgan Peck | Sioux Falls | 20 | Miss USD | Vocal "My Simple Christmas Wish" | |||
| 2008 | Alexandra Hoffman | Eureka | 20 | Miss South Dakota State University | Vocal "Even Now" | Top 15 at Miss America 2009 | Previously Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2006; sister of Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2008. Received a "golden sash" and was voted into the top 15 by the American viewing public | |
| 2007 | Kate Wismer | Britton | 22 | Miss South Dakota State Fair | Classical Vocal "The Doll Song" from The Tales of Hoffmann | |||
| 2006 | Callee Bauman | Huron | 21 | Miss South Dakota State University | Vocal "Journey to the Past" | Miss Congeniality Top 3 finalist | ||
| 2005 | Nikki Grandpre | Pierre | 23 | Miss Sioux Empire | Vocal "Shy" from Once Upon a Mattress | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2003 | ||
| 2004 | Kyra Korver | Mitchell | 23 | Miss Black Hills Gold | Classical Vocal "Time to Say Goodbye" | |||
| 2003 | Sara Seever | Custer | 21 | Miss Rushmore | Vocal / Dance "The Music And the Mirror" from A Chorus Line | |||
| 2002 | Vanessa Short Bull | Rapid City | 23 | Miss State Fair | Ballet en Pointe "The Dying Swan" | Previously Miss South Dakota USA 2000 | ||
| 2001 | Alecia Zuehlke | Britton | 23 | Miss Great Plains | Piano "My Tribute" by Andraé Crouch | |||
| 2000 | Nicole Nigg | Sisseton | 24 | Miss Western Plains | Vocal "When I Look At You" from The Scarlet Pimpernel | |||
| 1999 | Trisha Haroldson | Bruce | 22 | Miss Dakota Rose | Classical Vocal "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus | |||
| 1998 | Sara Frankenstein | Tulare | 23 | Miss Heartland | Vocal "In His Eyes" from Jekyll & Hyde | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1997 | Shantel Swedlund | Arlington | 24 | Miss State Fair | Jazz Alto Saxophone Solo | |||
| 1996 | Stephanie Camp | Rapid City | 20 | Miss State Fair | Vocal "I Am Changing" | |||
| 1995 | Kimberlee McKay | Belle Fourche | 22 | Miss University of South Dakota | Flute Solo "Carmen Fantasy" | recipient of Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
| 1994 | Kristi Bauer | Brookings | 23 | Miss State Fair | Interpretive Ballet | |||
| 1993 | Angela Casey | Rapid City | 24 | Miss Rushmore | Popular Vocal | recipient of Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
| 1992 | Leslie Saunders | Dakota Dunes | 21 | Miss East River | Classical Vocal "O Mio Fernando" from La Favorita | |||
| 1991 | Melissa Brown | Rapid City | 22 | Miss Rapid City | Vocal "Crazy" | |||
| 1990 | Jennifer Palmquist | Wilmot | 21 | Miss State Fair | Dramatic Monologue | |||
| 1989 | Dawn Strunk | Irene | 20 | Miss Sioux Empire | Piano Solo | |||
| 1988 | Kathryn Barnes | Sioux Falls | 22 | Miss Sioux Falls | Vocal "Miss Celie's Blues" from The Color Purple | |||
| 1987 | Najla Ghazi | Brookings | 19 | Miss South Dakota State University | Oral Interpretations | |||
| 1986 | Julie Hedin | Watertown | 21 | Miss South Dakota State University | Flute Solo | |||
| 1985 | Amy DeHeer | Hot Springs | 21 | Miss State Fair | Vocal "Who Will Buy?" from Oliver! | |||
| 1984 | Debra Cleveland | Madison | 19 | Miss State Fair | Classical Piano Solo | |||
| 1983 | LaRonda Lundin | Revillo | 20 | Miss South Dakota State University | Classical Piano "Polichinelle" by Sergei Rachmaninoff | |||
| 1982 | Tara Meyerink | Platte | 19 | Miss Mitchell | Classical Piano "Beethoven's Sonata No. 6, Opus 10" | |||
| 1981 | Pennisue Largent | Hot Springs | 22 | Miss Hot Springs | Vocal & Jazz Dance "Misty" | |||
| 1980 | Carol Barnett | Sioux Falls | 18 | Miss Sioux Falls | Vocal "Money Tree" | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1979 | Julie Kleinsasser | Freeman | 19 | Miss Huron | Popular Vocal "Cry" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1978 | Jennifer Holt | Mitchell | 20 | Miss Mitchell | Vocal "Spanish Rose" | |||
| 1977 | Karen Janousek | Rapid City | 22 | Miss Rapid City | Classical Piano "Prelude in C Minor" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1976 | Beth Guthmiller | Tripp | 21 | Miss South Dakota State University/Brookings | Vocal "My Tribute" | Younger sister of Miss South Dakota 1974, Barbara Guthmiller | ||
| 1975 | Gina Campbell | Canton | 21 | Miss University of South Dakota | Vocal "Listen to a Country Song" | |||
| 1974 | Barbara Guthmiller | Tripp | 21 | Miss Yankton College | Vocal "Summertime" | Semi-finalist | Older sister of Miss South Dakota 1976, Beth Guthmiller; Competed in the 1972 National Sweetheart Pageant | |
| 1973 | Gwen Resick | Clark | 20 | Miss South Dakota State University | Dramatic Skit "Aldonza" from Don Quixote | |||
| 1972 | Janet Hunter | Madison | 20 | Miss Madison | Classical Piano "Chopin's Scherzo No. 3" | |||
| 1971 | Susan Inman | Hot Springs | 19 | Miss Hot Springs | Original Dramatic Skit "Ecology" | |||
| 1970 | Mary Harum | Sioux Falls | 19 | Miss Sioux Falls | Vocal Medley "You've Made Me So Very Happy" "Something" & "Yesterday" | Semi-finalist | Co-host of Entertainment Tonight | |
| 1969 | Nancy Nickelson | Belle Fourche | 20 | Miss Black Hills State College | Folk Singing & Guitar "If I Had Wings" | |||
| 1968 | Ann McKay | Vermillion | 21 | Miss Lead-Deadwood | Dramatic Monologue from This Property Is Condemned | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1967 | Sally Jo Iverson | Brandon | 20 | Miss Sioux Falls | Original Reading "Tommorow's Game" | |||
| 1966 | Deborah Molitor | Vermillion | 19 | Miss University of South Dakota | Popular Vocal & Contemporary Dance | |||
| 1965 | Nancy Sandwick | Sioux Falls | 19 | Miss Sioux Falls | Vocal Medley "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" & "I Could Have Danced All Night" | |||
| 1964 | June Ann Delbridge | Sioux Falls | 19 | Miss Sioux Falls | Piano Solo | |||
| 1963 | Heather Ann Paterson | Watertown | Miss Yankton College | Ballet, Soft-Shoe & Charleston Dance | ||||
| 1962 | Charlean Fuhrman | Mansfield | 19 | Miss Northern State Teachers College | Vocal Solo & Dramatic Act | |||
| 1961 | Rejean Bowar | Faulkton | 21 | Miss South Dakota State College | Piano, Vocal & Narration of Original Monologue | |||
| 1960 | Janet Barber | Britton | 18 | Miss Britton | Dramatic Interpretation "Casual Approach to Violence" | |||
| 1959 | Meredith Auld | Yankton | 18 | Vocal | Wife of Tom Brokaw; 1st runner-up in the Miss Wool of America Pageant | |||
| 1958 | Carolee Nelson | Irene | Drama | |||||
| 1957 | Patricia Miller | Mobridge | Vocal | |||||
| 1956 | Lois Paulson | Mobridge | Vocal | |||||
| 1955 | Connie White | Canistota | ||||||
| 1954 | Cleo Ann Harrington | Colman | Classical Vocal | |||||
| 1953 | Delores Jerde | Spearfish | Piano | Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | ||||
| 1952 | Sandra Hart | Huron | Fire Baton Twirling | |||||
| 1951 | Marlene Rieb | Parkston | Baton Twirling | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | withdrew from 1952 Miss USA competition | ||
| 1950 | Irene O'Connor | Burbank | Dramatic Monologue "Dedication of the White Armor" from Saint Joan | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
| 1949 | Carol Quinn | Sioux Falls | ||||||
| 1948 | Myrna Clemenson | Conde | ||||||
| 1947 | Roselyn Anderson | Saint Onge | Piano "'O Sole Mio" | |||||
| 1927 | Ramona Sarenson | Lemmon | ||||||
| 1926 | Mary Davis |
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