Miss South Dakota



The Miss South Dakota competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of South Dakota in the Miss America pageant.

When Alaska won the Miss America 2022 title, South Dakota is one of the few states along with Maine, West Virginia and Wyoming that has yet to win a Miss America, Miss USA, or Miss Teen USA title.

Joelle Simpson of Rapid City was crowned Miss South Dakota 2024 on June 2nd, 2024 at South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.

Results summary
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss South Dakota titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.

Placements

 * 1st runners-up: Irene O'Connor (1951)
 * Top 10: Marlene Rieb (1952), Mary Harum (1971), Barbara Guthmiller (1975)
 * Top 15: Alexandra Hoffman (2009)

Preliminary awards

 * Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Marlene Rieb (1952)
 * Preliminary Talent: Irene O'Connor (1951), Delores Jerde (1954)

Non-finalist awards

 * Non-finalist Talent: Delores Jerde (1954), Ann McKay (1969), Karen Janousek (1978), Julie Kleinsasser (1980), Sara Frankenstein (1999)

Other awards

 * Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Angela Casey (1994), Kimberlee McKay (1996)
 * Social Impact Initiative Scholarship Award 2nd runners-up: Amber Hulse (2020)
 * Women in Business Scholarship Award Winners: Carrie Wintle (2019)
 * Women in STEM Finalists: Hunter Widvey (2023)

Winners
Declared as winner

Ended as a runner-up

Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist