Miss South Dakota USA
| Formation | 1952 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Sioux Falls |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Budget | Official Website |
| Website | Official website |
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss South Dakota.
The Miss South Dakota USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of South Dakota in the Miss USA pageant. This state pageant is currently directed by Future Productions.
South Dakota is one of the least successful states, having only placed twice and never having advanced past the Semi-finals. One notable Miss South Dakota USA was Vanessa Shortbull (2000), one of the first Native Americans to compete at Miss USA. Shortbull was also Miss South Dakota 2002.
Results summary
- Top 12: Debra Ann Brickley (1974)
- Top 15: Helen Youngquist (1958)
Winners
Jessica Albers, Miss South Dakota USA 2013
Charlie Buhler, Miss South Dakota USA 2008
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Madison McKeown | Brandon | 20 | TBA | Previously Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2014 | |
| 2015 | Lexy Schenk | Irene | 20 | Previously 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 | 19 | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2008 | ||
| 2005 | Jessica Fjerstad | Madison | 20 | Previously Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2002 | ||
| 2004 | Andrea Parliament | Brandon | 20 | |||
| 2003 | Jessica Lawrence | Brookings | 25 | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2001 | ||
| 2002 | Sitania Syrovatka | Sioux Falls | ||||
| 2001 | Beth Lovro | Sioux Falls | ||||
| 2000 | Vanessa Shortbull | Rapid City | Future Miss South Dakota 2002 | |||
| 1999 | Shawna Gross | Huron | ||||
| 1998 | Lori O'Brien | Rapid City | ||||
| 1997 | Jamie Swenson | Sioux Falls | 25 | |||
| 1996 | Caresa Winters | Huron | 20 | |||
| 1995 | Jenny Snobeck | Sioux Falls | ||||
| 1994 | Tabetha Mauck | Mobridge | Previously Miss South Dakota Teen USA 1991 | |||
| 1993 | Kara Rovere | Sturgis | ||||
| 1992 | Shawn Frerichs | Sioux Falls | ||||
| 1991 | Jillayne Fossum | Canton | Previously Miss South Dakota Teen USA 1988 | |||
| 1990 | Valerie Sejnoha | Sioux Falls | ||||
| 1989 | Nanette Enders | Watertown | ||||
| 1988 | Sandi Lynn Fix | Sioux Falls | ||||
| 1987 | Jana Van Woudenberg | Hudson | ||||
| 1986 | Lori Scumacher | Sioux Falls | ||||
| 1985 | Stacey Arnold | Rapid City | ||||
| 1984 | Donna Smith | Box Elder | ||||
| 1983 | Kelly Rosenbaum | Elk Point | ||||
| 1982 | Meaghan North | Sioux Falls | ||||
| 1981 | Joan Abbott | Irene | ||||
| 1980 | Jane Schmidt | Flandreau | ||||
| 1979 | Noele de Saint Gall | Garretson | ||||
| 1978 | Nadene Oppold | Sioux Falls | ||||
| 1977 | Ginger Thomson | Sioux Falls | ||||
| 1976 | Dorothy Westphal | Sioux Falls | Miss Congeniality (tie) | |||
| 1975 | Lanette Rabenberg | Sioux Falls | ||||
| 1974 | Debra Ann Brickley | Sioux Falls | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1973 | Rebecca Bunkers | Brookings | ||||
| 1972 | Kathleen Bakke | DeSmet | ||||
| 1971 | Sonia Hart | Sioux Falls | ||||
| 1970 | Cynthia Finley | Sturgis | ||||
| 1969 | Mary Bergen | Sioux Falls | ||||
| 1968 | Byrean Blacksmith | Sioux Falls | ||||
| 1967 | Patricia Marshall | Rapid City | ||||
| 1962-1966 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1961 | Sharon Hoffman | |||||
| 1960 | Patricia Klith | |||||
| 1959 | Jeannine Stratton | |||||
| 1958 | Helen Youngquist | Semi-finalist | ||||
| 1957 | Gay Marshall | |||||
| 1956 | Did Not Compete | |||||
| 1955 | Phyllis Choquette | |||||
| 1954 | Barbara Ann Brown | |||||
| 1953 | Kathleen Herman | |||||
| 1952 | Marlene M. Rieb | withdrew |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
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