Your ultimate Miss USA state pageant resource
Take a trip back into the history of the Miss South Dakota USA and Teen USA pageants, from the first winner to the most recent. Get to know every single Miss and Teen titleholder with a full listing, hometown map and extensive photo archive, with state pageant photos, Miss USA and Teen USA competition photos and more.
Top 5/6
Madison Nipe (2018)
Semi-finalist
Helen Youngquist (1958), Debra Brickley (1974)
Top 8/10/11/12*
Madison McKeown (2016)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
Congeniality
Dorothy Westphal (1976) (tie)
IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
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![]() | 2024 | Ahmitara Alwal | Sioux Falls | 25 | |||
![]() | 2023 | Amber Hulse^ | Hot Springs | 25 | Previously Miss SD 2019-2020 | ||
![]() | 2022 | Shania Knutson* | Viborg | 22 | Previously Miss SD Teen USA 2018; suspended six months before passing on her title | ||
![]() | 2021 | Caroline Pettey | Rapid City | 27 | Top 16 | ||
![]() | 2020 | Kalani Jorgensen* | Sioux Falls | 26 | Previously Miss SD Teen USA 2012 | ||
![]() | 2019 | Abby Merschman | Sioux Falls | 22 | |||
![]() | 2018 | Madison Nipe | Madison | 21 | Top 5 | ||
![]() | 2017 | Tessa Dee^ | Mitchell | 26 | Previously Miss SD 2013 | ||
![]() | 2016 | Madison McKeown* | Sioux Falls | 21 | Top 10 | Previously Miss SD Teen USA 2014 | |
![]() | 2015 | Lexy Schenk* | Irene | 21 | Previously Miss SD Teen USA 2011 | ||
![]() | 2014 | Brittney Palmer | Brookings | 25 | |||
![]() | 2013 | Jessica Albers | Yankton | 27 | |||
![]() | 2012 | Taylor Neisen | Rapid City | 19 | |||
![]() | 2011 | Chandra Burnham | Highmore | 23 | |||
![]() | 2010 | Emily Miller | Irene | 22 | |||
![]() | 2009 | Jessica Rowell | Sioux Falls | 22 | |||
![]() | 2008 | Charlie Buhler | Mitchell | 20 | |||
![]() | 2007 | Suzie Heffernan | Brookings | 20 | |||
![]() | 2006 | Alexis LeVan | Sioux Falls | 19 | |||
![]() | 2005 | Jessica Fjerstad* | Madison | 20 | Previously Miss SD Teen USA 2002 | ||
![]() | 2004 | Andrea Parliament | Brandon | 20 | |||
![]() | 2003 | Jessica Lawrence | Brookings | 25 | |||
![]() | 2002 | Sitania Syrovatka | Sioux Falls | 20 | |||
![]() | 2001 | Beth Lovro | Sioux Falls | 23 | |||
![]() | 2000 | Vanessa Shortbull^ | Rapid City | 21 | Later Miss SD 2002 | ||
![]() | 1999 | Shawna Gross | Huron | 24 | |||
![]() | 1998 | Lori O'Brien | Rapid City | 24 | |||
![]() | 1997 | Jamie Swenson | Sioux Falls | 25 | |||
![]() | 1996 | Caresa Winters | Huron | 20 | |||
![]() | 1995 | Jenny Snobeck | Sioux Falls | 23 | |||
![]() | 1994 | Tabetha Mauck* | Mobridge | 21 | Previously Miss SD Teen USA 1991 | ||
![]() | 1993 | Kara Rovere | Sturgis | 23 | |||
![]() | 1992 | Shawn Frerichs | Sioux Falls | 21 | |||
![]() | 1991 | Jillayne Fossum* | Canton | 19 | Previously Miss SD Teen USA 1988 | ||
![]() | 1990 | Valerie Sejnoha | Sioux Falls | 21 | |||
![]() | 1989 | Nanette Endres | Watertown | 22 | |||
![]() | 1988 | Sandi Lynn Fix | Sioux Falls | 21 | |||
![]() | 1987 | Jana Van Woudenberg | Canton | 18 | |||
![]() | 1986 | Lori Schumacher | Sioux Falls | 20 | |||
![]() | 1985 | Stacey Arnold | Rapid City | 20 | |||
![]() | 1984 | Donna Smith | Box Elder | 20 | |||
![]() | 1983 | Kelly Rosenbaum | Elk Point | 19 | |||
![]() | 1982 | Meaghen Marie North | Sioux Falls | 18 | |||
![]() | 1981 | Joan Abbott | Irene | 19 | |||
![]() | 1980 | Jane Schmidt | Flandreau | 25 | |||
![]() | 1979 | Noele de Saint Gall | Garretson | 25 | |||
![]() | 1978 | Nadene Oppold | Sioux Falls | ||||
![]() | 1977 | Ginger Thomson | Sioux Falls | 19 | |||
![]() | 1976 | Dorothy Westphal | Sioux Falls | 25 | Congeniality (tie) | ||
![]() | 1975 | Lanette Rabenberg | Sioux Falls | 20 | |||
![]() | 1974 | Debra Brickley | Hermosa | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
![]() | 1973 | Rebecca Bunkers | Brookings | 19 | |||
![]() | 1972 | Kathleen "Kathey" Bakke | Deadwood | 20 | |||
![]() | 1971 | Sonia Hart | Rapid City | 22 | |||
![]() | 1970 | Cynthia Finley | Sturgis | 18 | |||
![]() | 1969 | Mary Bergren | Sioux Falls | 21 | |||
![]() | 1968 | Byrean Blacksmith | Sioux Falls | 21 | |||
![]() | 1967 | Patricia Marshall | Rapid City | ||||
1966 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
1965 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
1964 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
1963 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
1962 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
![]() | 1961 | Sharon Hoffman | Harrisburg | 19 | |||
![]() | 1960 | Patricia Klith | Sioux Falls | 20 | |||
![]() | 1959 | Jeannine Stratton | Sioux Falls | 19 | |||
![]() | 1958 | Helen Youngquist | Sioux Falls | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
![]() | 1957 | Gay Marshall | Sioux Falls | 19 | |||
1956 | Did Not Compete | ||||||
![]() | 1955 | Phyllis Choquette | Jefferson | 18 | |||
![]() | 1954 | Barbara Ann Brown | Sioux Falls | ||||
![]() | 1953 | Kathleen Herman | Bowdle | 18 | |||
1952 | Did Not Compete |
YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | AWARD | NOTES |
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2024 | Ahmitara Alwal | Sioux Falls | 25 | |||
2023 | Amber Hulse^ | Hot Springs | 25 | Previously Miss SD 2019-2020 | ||
2022 | Shania Knutson* | Viborg | 22 | Previously Miss SD Teen USA 2018; suspended six months before passing on her title | ||
2021 | Caroline Pettey | Rapid City | 27 | Top 16 | ||
2020 | Kalani Jorgensen* | Sioux Falls | 26 | Previously Miss SD Teen USA 2012 | ||
2019 | Abby Merschman | Sioux Falls | 22 | |||
2018 | Madison Nipe | Madison | 21 | Top 5 | ||
2017 | Tessa Dee^ | Mitchell | 26 | Previously Miss SD 2013 | ||
2016 | Madison McKeown* | Sioux Falls | 21 | Top 10 | Previously Miss SD Teen USA 2014 | |
2015 | Lexy Schenk* | Irene | 21 | Previously Miss SD Teen USA 2011 | ||
2014 | Brittney Palmer | Brookings | 25 | |||
2013 | Jessica Albers | Yankton | 27 | |||
2012 | Taylor Neisen | Rapid City | 19 | |||
2011 | Chandra Burnham | Highmore | 23 | |||
2010 | Emily Miller | Irene | 22 | |||
2009 | Jessica Rowell | Sioux Falls | 22 | |||
2008 | Charlie Buhler | Mitchell | 20 | |||
2007 | Suzie Heffernan | Brookings | 20 | |||
2006 | Alexis LeVan | Sioux Falls | 19 | |||
2005 | Jessica Fjerstad* | Madison | 20 | Previously Miss SD Teen USA 2002 | ||
2004 | Andrea Parliament | Brandon | 20 | |||
2003 | Jessica Lawrence | Brookings | 25 | |||
2002 | Sitania Syrovatka | Sioux Falls | 20 | |||
2001 | Beth Lovro | Sioux Falls | 23 | |||
2000 | Vanessa Shortbull^ | Rapid City | 21 | Later Miss SD 2002 | ||
1999 | Shawna Gross | Huron | 24 | |||
1998 | Lori O'Brien | Rapid City | 24 | |||
1997 | Jamie Swenson | Sioux Falls | 25 | |||
1996 | Caresa Winters | Huron | 20 | |||
1995 | Jenny Snobeck | Sioux Falls | 23 | |||
1994 | Tabetha Mauck* | Mobridge | 21 | Previously Miss SD Teen USA 1991 | ||
1993 | Kara Rovere | Sturgis | 23 | |||
1992 | Shawn Frerichs | Sioux Falls | 21 | |||
1991 | Jillayne Fossum* | Canton | 19 | Previously Miss SD Teen USA 1988 | ||
1990 | Valerie Sejnoha | Sioux Falls | 21 | |||
1989 | Nanette Endres | Watertown | 22 | |||
1988 | Sandi Lynn Fix | Sioux Falls | 21 | |||
1987 | Jana Van Woudenberg | Canton | 18 | |||
1986 | Lori Schumacher | Sioux Falls | 20 | |||
1985 | Stacey Arnold | Rapid City | 20 | |||
1984 | Donna Smith | Box Elder | 20 | |||
1983 | Kelly Rosenbaum | Elk Point | 19 | |||
1982 | Meaghen Marie North | Sioux Falls | 18 | |||
1981 | Joan Abbott | Irene | 19 | |||
1980 | Jane Schmidt | Flandreau | 25 | |||
1979 | Noele de Saint Gall | Garretson | 25 | |||
1978 | Nadene Oppold | Sioux Falls | ||||
1977 | Ginger Thomson | Sioux Falls | 19 | |||
1976 | Dorothy Westphal | Sioux Falls | 25 | Congeniality (tie) | ||
1975 | Lanette Rabenberg | Sioux Falls | 20 | |||
1974 | Debra Brickley | Hermosa | 21 | Semi-finalist | ||
1973 | Rebecca Bunkers | Brookings | 19 | |||
1972 | Kathleen "Kathey" Bakke | Deadwood | 20 | |||
1971 | Sonia Hart | Rapid City | 22 | |||
1970 | Cynthia Finley | Sturgis | 18 | |||
1969 | Mary Bergren | Sioux Falls | 21 | |||
1968 | Byrean Blacksmith | Sioux Falls | 21 | |||
1967 | Patricia Marshall | Rapid City | ||||
1966 | Did Not Compete | |||||
1965 | Did Not Compete | |||||
1964 | Did Not Compete | |||||
1963 | Did Not Compete | |||||
1962 | Did Not Compete | |||||
1961 | Sharon Hoffman | Harrisburg | 19 | |||
1960 | Patricia Klith | Sioux Falls | 20 | |||
1959 | Jeannine Stratton | Sioux Falls | 19 | |||
1958 | Helen Youngquist | Sioux Falls | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
1957 | Gay Marshall | Sioux Falls | 19 | |||
1956 | Did Not Compete | |||||
1955 | Phyllis Choquette | Jefferson | 18 | |||
1954 | Barbara Ann Brown | Sioux Falls | ||||
1953 | Kathleen Herman | Bowdle | 18 | |||
1952 | Did Not Compete |
4th runner-up
Valerie Marsden (1986)
Semi-finalist
Lisa Williamson (1989), Makenzie Falcon (2016)
Top 15/16/20*
Olivia Odenbrett (2024)
* Where the semi-finalists are cut in multiple stages before the top 5 or 6
IMAGE | YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | NOTES | |
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![]() | 2024 | Olivia Odenbrettº | Brandon | 17 | Top 20 | Previously Miss SD's OT 2022 |
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![]() | 2023 | Lindsey Pfingston | Rapid City | 18 | |||
![]() | 2022 | Bella Welker | Harrisburg | 17 | |||
![]() | 2021 | Katie Schmit | Artesian | 19 | |||
![]() | 2020 | Izabel Kreger | Canton | 18 | |||
![]() | 2019 | Shelby Specht | Sioux Falls | 18 | |||
![]() | 2018 | Shania Knutson* | Viborg | 18 | Later Miss SD USA 2022 | ||
![]() | 2017 | Delaney Rupp | Sioux Falls | 19 | Sister of Miss SD Teen USA 2013 Alexis Rupp | ||
![]() | 2016 | Makenzie Falcon | Aberdeen | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
![]() | 2015 | Marley Hanson | Vermillion | 18 | |||
![]() | 2014 | Madison McKeown* | Sioux Falls | 19 | Later Miss SD USA 2016 (T10 Miss USA) | ||
![]() | 2013 | Alexis Rupp | Sioux Falls | 18 | Sister of Miss SD Teen USA 2017 Delaney Rupp | ||
![]() | 2012 | Kalani Jorgensen* | Sioux Falls | 18 | Later Miss SD USA 2020 | ||
![]() | 2011 | Lexy Schenk* | Irene | 17 | Later Miss SD USA 2015 | ||
![]() | 2010 | Alyssa Hustrulid | Beresford | 16 | |||
![]() | 2009 | Fallyn Patterson | Rapid City | 17 | |||
![]() | 2008 | Elizabeth Hoffman | Eureka | 17 | Sister of Miss SD Teen USA 2006 Alex Hoffman | ||
![]() | 2007 | Kari Schull | Watertown | 17 | Sister of Miss SD Teen USA 2004 Katie Schull | ||
![]() | 2006 | Alexandra Hoffman | Eureka | 18 | Later Miss SD 2008 (SF Miss America); sister of Miss SD Teen USA 2008 Elizabeth Hoffman | ||
![]() | 2005 | Amanda DeCurtins | Ramona | 18 | |||
![]() | 2004 | Katie Schull | Watertown | 17 | Sister of Miss SD Teen USA 2007 Kari Schull | ||
![]() | 2003 | Nicole Cuppy | Harrold | 17 | |||
![]() | 2002 | Jessica Fjerstad* | Madison | 17 | Later Miss SD USA 2005 | ||
![]() | 2001 | Jessica Herrgott | Mitchell | 18 | |||
![]() | 2000 | Nichole Brockhoft | Winner | 15 | |||
![]() | 1999 | Alexia Bonte | Beresford | 17 | |||
![]() | 1998 | Summer Simunek | Hot Springs | 16 | |||
![]() | 1997 | Juli Keech | Hill City | 18 | |||
![]() | 1996 | Tatewin Means | Rapid City | 16 | |||
![]() | 1995 | Marty Eaton | Belle Fourche | ||||
![]() | 1994 | Autumn McKinley | Midland | 17 | |||
![]() | 1993 | Amy Rahlf | Clear Lake | ||||
![]() | 1992 | Brandie Bower | Rapid City | 17 | |||
![]() | 1991 | Tabetha Mauck* | Mobridge | 18 | Later Miss SD USA 1994 | ||
![]() | 1990 | Petrona Usera | Hermosa | 15 | |||
![]() | 1989 | Lisa Williamson | Rapid City | Semi-finalist | |||
![]() | 1988 | Jillayne Fossum* | Canton | 16 | Later Miss SD USA 1991 | ||
![]() | 1987 | Camille Varland | Keldron | ||||
![]() | 1986 | Valerie Marsden | Rapid City | 17 | 4th runner-up | ||
![]() | 1985 | Sarah Burggraaf | Sioux Falls | 17 | |||
![]() | 1984 | Kim Strom | Brandon | 17 | |||
![]() | 1983 | Karen Hernes | Pierpont | 17 |
YEAR | NAME | HOMETOWN | AGE | PLACEMENT | NOTES | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | Olivia Odenbrettº | Brandon | 17 | Top 20 | Previously Miss SD's OT 2022 |
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2023 | Lindsey Pfingston | Rapid City | 18 | |||
2022 | Bella Welker | Harrisburg | 17 | |||
2021 | Katie Schmit | Artesian | 19 | |||
2020 | Izabel Kreger | Canton | 18 | |||
2019 | Shelby Specht | Sioux Falls | 18 | |||
2018 | Shania Knutson* | Viborg | 18 | Later Miss SD USA 2022 | ||
2017 | Delaney Rupp | Sioux Falls | 19 | Sister of Miss SD Teen USA 2013 Alexis Rupp | ||
2016 | Makenzie Falcon | Aberdeen | 19 | Semi-finalist | ||
2015 | Marley Hanson | Vermillion | 18 | |||
2014 | Madison McKeown* | Sioux Falls | 19 | Later Miss SD USA 2016 (T10 Miss USA) | ||
2013 | Alexis Rupp | Sioux Falls | 18 | Sister of Miss SD Teen USA 2017 Delaney Rupp | ||
2012 | Kalani Jorgensen* | Sioux Falls | 18 | Later Miss SD USA 2020 | ||
2011 | Lexy Schenk* | Irene | 17 | Later Miss SD USA 2015 | ||
2010 | Alyssa Hustrulid | Beresford | 16 | |||
2009 | Fallyn Patterson | Rapid City | 17 | |||
2008 | Elizabeth Hoffman | Eureka | 17 | Sister of Miss SD Teen USA 2006 Alex Hoffman | ||
2007 | Kari Schull | Watertown | 17 | Sister of Miss SD Teen USA 2004 Katie Schull | ||
2006 | Alexandra Hoffman | Eureka | 18 | Later Miss SD 2008 (SF Miss America); sister of Miss SD Teen USA 2008 Elizabeth Hoffman | ||
2005 | Amanda DeCurtins | Ramona | 18 | |||
2004 | Katie Schull | Watertown | 17 | Sister of Miss SD Teen USA 2007 Kari Schull | ||
2003 | Nicole Cuppy | Harrold | 17 | |||
2002 | Jessica Fjerstad* | Madison | 17 | Later Miss SD USA 2005 | ||
2001 | Jessica Herrgott | Mitchell | 18 | |||
2000 | Nichole Brockhoft | Winner | 15 | |||
1999 | Alexia Bonte | Beresford | 17 | |||
1998 | Summer Simunek | Hot Springs | 16 | |||
1997 | Juli Keech | Hill City | 18 | |||
1996 | Tatewin Means | Rapid City | 16 | |||
1995 | Marty Eaton | Belle Fourche | ||||
1994 | Autumn McKinley | Midland | 17 | |||
1993 | Amy Rahlf | Clear Lake | ||||
1992 | Brandie Bower | Rapid City | 17 | |||
1991 | Tabetha Mauck* | Mobridge | 18 | Later Miss SD USA 1994 | ||
1990 | Petrona Usera | Hermosa | 15 | |||
1989 | Lisa Williamson | Rapid City | Semi-finalist | |||
1988 | Jillayne Fossum* | Canton | 16 | Later Miss SD USA 1991 | ||
1987 | Camille Varland | Keldron | ||||
1986 | Valerie Marsden | Rapid City | 17 | 4th runner-up | ||
1985 | Sarah Burggraaf | Sioux Falls | 17 | |||
1984 | Kim Strom | Brandon | 17 | |||
1983 | Karen Hernes | Pierpont | 17 |