Miss South Dakota USA
Winners
Color key Declared as Winner Ended as runner-up Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists ¹ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

Miss South Dakota USA

Section Title: Winners
Table Section Text: Color key Declared as Winner Ended as runner-up Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists ¹ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

Year	Name	Hometown	Age1	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes

2019	Abigail Merschman	Brookings	22	TBA

2018	Madison Nipe	Madison	21	Top 5

2017	Tessa Dee	Mitchell	25	Previously Miss South Dakota 2013

2016	Madison McKeown	Sioux Falls	20	Top 10	Previously Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2014

2015	Lexy Schenk	Irene	20	Previously Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2011

2014	Brittney Palmer	Brookings	25

2013	Jessica Albers	Yankton	26

2012	Taylor Neisen	Rapid City	20

2011	Chandra Burnham	Highmore	23

2010	Emily Miller	Irene	21

2009	Jessica Rowell	Sioux Falls	22

2008	Charlie Buhler	Mitchell	19

2007	Suzie Heffernan	Brookings	20

2006	Alexis LeVan	Sioux Falls	19	Contestant at National Sweetheart 2008

2005	Jessica Fjerstad	Madison	20	Previously Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2002

2004	Andrea Parliament	Brandon	20

2003	Jessica Lawrence	Brookings	25	Contestant at National Sweetheart 2001

2002	Sitania Syrovatka	Sioux Falls

2001	Beth Lovro	Sioux Falls

2000	Vanessa Short Bull	Rapid City	Future Miss South Dakota 2002

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	Previously Miss South Dakota Teen USA 1991

1993	Kara Rovere	Sturgis

1992	Shawn Frerichs	Sioux Falls

1991	Jillayne Fossum	Canton	Previously Miss South Dakota Teen USA 1988

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	Rapid City

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

Sentence(s)

In 2018, Madison Nipe was placed in the top five of Miss South Dakota USA.

final_sentence: In 2018, Madison Nipe was placed in the top five of Miss South Dakota USA.