# Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen

The Miss South Dakota's Teen competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of South Dakota in the Miss America's Teen pageant.
Briley Steffensen of Yankton was crowned Miss South Dakota's Teen 2024 on May 31, 2024, at the South Dakota State University campus in Brookings, South Dakota. She competed in the Miss America's Teen 2025 pageant in January 2025.

## Results summary

The results of Miss South Dakota's Teen as they participated in the national Miss America's Teen competition. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the Miss America's Teen competition the award/placement was garnered.

## Winners

| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local title | Talent | Placement at MAO Teen | Special scholarships at MAO Teen | Notes |
| 2024 | Briley Steffensen | Yankton | 17 | Miss Hub City's Teen | Dance | | | Younger sister of Miss South Dakota's Teen 2019, Payton Steffensen |
| 2023 | Nevaeh Kee | Faulkton | 17 | Miss Missouri River's Teen | Vocal | | | |
| 2022 | Olivia Odenbrett | Brandon | 15 | Miss Siouxland's Outstanding Teen | Contemporary/Lyrical Dance | | | Later crowned Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2024 Placed as finalist in the Top 20 at Miss Teen USA |
| 2021 | Kianna Healy | Hartford | 18 | Miss Siouxland's Outstanding Teen | Musical Theater Vocal, "I'm a Star" by Scott Alan | | | |
| 2019-20 | Payton Steffensen | Yankton | 16 | Miss Siouxland's Outstanding Teen | Acrobatic Musical Theatre Dance, "Call Me Back" from Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | | | 2nd runner up to Miss South Dakota 2023 |
| 2018 | Jessica Benson | Rapid City | 17 | Miss Hot Springs' Outstanding Teen | Vocal, "100 Easy Ways to Lose a Man" from Wonderful Town | | | |
| 2017 | Elizabeth Nesland | Rapid City | 17 | Miss Sioux Empire's Outstanding Teen | Electric Violin, "The Phantom of the Opera" | | | Miss Hub City 2022 |
| 2016 | Hunter Widvey | Rapid City | 17 | Miss Rapid City's Outstanding Teen | Vocal, "Als Luise die Briefe" by Mozart | | | Later Miss South Dakota 2022 |
| 2015 | Cameron Schroder | Huron | 17 | Miss Sioux Empire's Outstanding Teen | Vocal, "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun" from Annie Get Your Gun | | | |
| 2014 | Taylor Bird | Arlington | 17 | Miss Jack's Outstanding Teen | Vocal, "My Hallelujah Song" | | | |
| 2013 | Nina Mesteth | Rapid City | 16 | Miss State Fair's Outstanding Teen | Ballet en Pointe | | | Younger half-sister of Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2006, Aja Kessler |
| 2012 | Meridith Gould | Sioux Falls | 17 | Miss Siouxlands' Outstanding Teen | Dance | | | Later Miss South Dakota 2014 Later Miss Minnesota USA 2017 2nd runner-up at Miss USA 2017 pageant |
| 2011 | Alexis Kosiak | Sioux Falls | 16 | | Vocal/Guitar | | | |
| 2010 | Emma Thomas | Rapid City | 16 | Miss Rapid City's Outstanding Teen | | | | |
| 2009 | Jessica Dyk | Rapid City | | Miss Rapid City's Outstanding Teen | Lyrical/Pointe Dance | | | |
| 2008 | Carrie Wintle | Iroquois | 14 | | Piano | | | Later Miss South Dakota 2018 |
| 2007 | Autumn Simunek | Hot Springs | 14 | | Ballet | | | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012 pageant Later Miss South Dakota 2015 |
| 2007 | Kelly Johnson | Sioux Falls | 14 | | | N/A | N/A | Abdicated |
| 2006 | Aja Kessler | Rapid City | 17 | | Ballet en Pointe | | | Half-sister of Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2013, Nina Mesteth Contestant at National Sweetheart 2009 pageant 2nd runner-up at Miss South Dakota 2009 pageant |
| 2005 | Hailey Soyland | Madison | 17 | | Vocal, "I Believe" | | | Currently a country singer who goes by the name Hailey Steele |