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
2008	Alexandra Hoffman	Eureka	Miss South Dakota State University			Previously Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2006; sister of Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2008
2007	Kate Wismer	Britton	Miss South Dakota State Fair
2006	Callee Bauman	Huron	Miss South Dakota State University		Miss Congeniality runner-up
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	Tripp	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