Miss South Dakota
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- 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.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Callee Bauman | Huron | Miss South Dakota State University | was one of her fellow contestants' top 3 choices for Miss Congeniality (the winner was chosen by public vote) | ||
| 2005 | Nikki Grandpre | Pierre | Miss Sioux Empire | |||
| 2004 | Kyra Korver | Mitchell | Miss Black Hills Gold | |||
| 2003 | Sara Seever | Custer | Miss Rushmore | |||
| 2002 | Vanessa Short Bull | Rapid City | Miss State Fair | Previously Miss South Dakota USA 2000 | ||
| 2001 | Alecia Zuehlke | Britton | Miss Great Plains | |||
| 2000 | Nicole Nigg | Sisseton | Miss Western Plains | |||
| 1999 | Trisha Haroldson | Bruce | Miss Dakota Rose | |||
| 1998 | Sara Frankenstein | Tulare | Miss Heartland | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1997 | Shantel Swedlund | Arlington | Miss State Fair | |||
| 1996 | Stephanie Camp | Rapid City | Miss State Fair | |||
| 1995 | Kimberlee McKay | Belle Fourche | Miss University of South Dakota | recipient of Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
| 1994 | Kristi Bauer | Brookings | Miss State Fair | |||
| 1993 | Angela Casey | Rapid City | Miss Rushmore | recipient of Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
| 1992 | Leslie Saunders | Dakota Dunes | Miss East River | |||
| 1991 | Melissa Brown | Rapid City | Miss Rapid City | |||
| 1990 | Jennifer Palmquist | Wilmot | Miss State Fair | |||
| 1989 | Dawn Strunk | Irene | Miss Sioux Empire | |||
| 1988 | Kathryn Barnes | Sioux Falls | Miss Sioux Falls | |||
| 1987 | Najla Ghazi | Brookings | Miss South Dakota State University | |||
| 1986 | Julie Hedin | Watertown | Miss South Dakota State University | |||
| 1985 | Amy DeHeer | Hot Springs | Miss State Fair | |||
| 1984 | Debra Cleveland | Madison | Miss State Fair | |||
| 1983 | LaRonda Lundin | Revillo | Miss South Dakota State University | |||
| 1982 | Tara Meyerink | Platte | Miss Mitchell | |||
| 1981 | Pennisue Largent | Hot Springs | Miss Hot Springs | |||
| 1980 | Carol Barnett | Sioux Falls | Miss Sioux Falls | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1979 | Julie Kleinsasser | Freeman | Miss Huron | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1978 | Jennifer Holt | Mitchell | Miss Mitchell | |||
| 1977 | Karen Janousek | Rapid City | Miss Rapid City | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1976 | Beth Guthmiller | Tripp | Miss South Dakota State University/Brookings | |||
| 1975 | Gina Campbell | Canton | Miss University of South Dakota | |||
| 1974 | Barbara Guthmiller | Yankton | Miss Yankton College | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1973 | Gwen Resick | Clark | Miss South Dakota State University | |||
| 1972 | Janet Hunter | Madison | Miss Madison | |||
| 1971 | Susan Inman | Hot Springs | Miss Hot Springs | |||
| 1970 | Mary Harum | Sioux Falls | Miss Sioux Falls | Semi-finalist | Co-host of Entertainment Tonight | |
| 1969 | Nancy Nickelson | Belle Fourche | Miss Black Hills State College | |||
| 1968 | Ann McKay | Vermillion | Miss Lead-Deadwood | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1967 | Sally Jo Iverson | Brandon | Miss Sioux Falls | |||
| 1966 | Deborah Molitor | Vermillion | Miss University of South Dakota | |||
| 1965 | Nancy Sandwick | Sioux Falls | Miss Sioux Falls | |||
| 1964 | June Ann Delbridge | Sioux Falls | Miss Sioux Falls | |||
| 1963 | Heather Ann Paterson | Watertown | Miss Yankton College | |||
| 1962 | Charlean Fuhrman | Mansfield | Miss Northern State Teachers College | |||
| 1961 | Rejean Bowar | Faulkton | Miss South Dakota State College | |||
| 1960 | Janet Barber | Britton | Miss Britton | |||
| 1959 | Meredith Auld | Yankton | Wife of Tom Brokaw | |||
| 1958 | Carolee Nelson | Irene | ||||
| 1957 | Patricia Miller | Mobridge | ||||
| 1956 | Lois Paulson | Mobridge | ||||
| 1955 | Connie White | Canistota | ||||
| 1954 | Cleo Ann Harrington | Colman | ||||
| 1953 | Delores Jerde | Spearfish | Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1952 | Sandra Hart | Huron | ||||
| 1951 | Marlene Rieb | Parkston | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | withdrew from 1952 Miss USA competition | |
| 1950 | Irene O’Connor | Burbank | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1949 | Carol Quinn | Sioux Falls | ||||
| 1948 | Myrna Clemenson | Conde | ||||
| 1947 | Roselyn Anderson | Saint Onge |
[edit] External links
| South Dakota Pageantry | |
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| Miss America Miss South Dakota |
Miss USA Miss South Dakota USA |
| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen |
Miss Teen USA Miss South Dakota Teen USA |
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