Miss South Dakota USA
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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 America 2002.
The Miss South Dakota USA 2006 pageant was held in Watertown, South Dakota in November 2005.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Suzie Heffernan | Brookings | 20 | |||
| 2006 | Alexis LeVan | Sioux Falls | 19 | |||
| 2005 | Jessica Fjerstad | Madison | 20 | |||
| 2004 | Andrea Parliament | Brandon | 20 | |||
| 2003 | Jessica Lawrence | Brookings | 25 | |||
| 2002 | Sitania Syrovatka | Sioux Falls | ||||
| 2001 | Beth Lovro | Sioux Falls | ||||
| 2000 | Vanessa Shortbull | Rapid City | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 1993 | Kara Rovere | Sturgis | ||||
| 1992 | Shawn Frerichs | Sioux Falls | ||||
| 1991 | Jillayne Fossum | Canton | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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
[edit] External links
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| Miss America's Outstanding Teen Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen |
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