Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Calista Kirby | Brookings | 23 | Miss Rushmore | Tumbling "Hot Honey Rag" from Chicago | |||
| 2011 | Anna Simpson | Rapid City | 21 | Miss Rolling Plains | Piano "Theme from Pirates of the Caribbean" | |||
| 2010 | Loren Vaillancourt | Huron | 20 | Miss Hub City | Gymnastics/Dance "Cinema Italiano" from Nine | |||
| 2009 | Morgan Peck | Sioux Falls | 20 | Miss USD | Vocal "My Simple Christmas Wish" | |||
| 2008 | Alexandra Hoffman | Eureka | 20 | Miss South Dakota State University | Vocal "Even Now" | Top 15 at Miss America 2009 | Previously Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2006; sister of Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2008. Received a "golden sash" and was voted into the top 15 by the American viewing public | |
| 2007 | Kate Wismer | Britton | 22 | Miss South Dakota State Fair | Classical Vocal "The Doll Song" from The Tales of Hoffmann | |||
| 2006 | Callee Bauman | Huron | 21 | Miss South Dakota State University | Vocal "Journey to the Past" | Miss Congeniality Top 3 finalist | ||
| 2005 | Nikki Grandpre | Pierre | 23 | Miss Sioux Empire | Vocal "Shy" from Once Upon a Mattress | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2003 | ||
| 2004 | Kyra Korver | Mitchell | 23 | Miss Black Hills Gold | Classical Vocal "Time to Say Goodbye" | |||
| 2003 | Sara Seever | Custer | 21 | Miss Rushmore | Vocal / Dance "The Music And the Mirror" from A Chorus Line | |||
| 2002 | Vanessa Short Bull | Rapid City | 23 | Miss State Fair | Ballet en Pointe "The Dying Swan" | Previously Miss South Dakota USA 2000 | ||
| 2001 | Alecia Zuehlke | Britton | 23 | Miss Great Plains | Piano "My Tribute" by Andraé Crouch | |||
| 2000 | Nicole Nigg | Sisseton | 24 | Miss Western Plains | Vocal "When I Look At You" from The Scarlet Pimpernel | |||
| 1999 | Trisha Haroldson | Bruce | 22 | Miss Dakota Rose | Classical Vocal "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus | |||
| 1998 | Sara Frankenstein | Tulare | 23 | Miss Heartland | Vocal "In His Eyes" from Jekyll & Hyde | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1997 | Shantel Swedlund | Arlington | 24 | Miss State Fair | Jazz Alto Saxophone Solo | |||
| 1996 | Stephanie Camp | Rapid City | 20 | Miss State Fair | Vocal "I Am Changing" | |||
| 1995 | Kimberlee McKay | Belle Fourche | 22 | Miss University of South Dakota | Flute Solo "Carmen Fantasy" | recipient of Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
| 1994 | Kristi Bauer | Brookings | 23 | Miss State Fair | Interpretive Ballet | |||
| 1993 | Angela Casey | Rapid City | 24 | Miss Rushmore | Popular Vocal | recipient of Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
| 1992 | Leslie Saunders | Dakota Dunes | 21 | Miss East River | Classical Vocal "O Mio Fernando" from La Favorita | |||
| 1991 | Melissa Brown | Rapid City | 22 | Miss Rapid City | Vocal "Crazy" | |||
| 1990 | Jennifer Palmquist | Wilmot | 21 | Miss State Fair | Dramatic Monologue | |||
| 1989 | Dawn Strunk | Irene | 20 | Miss Sioux Empire | Piano Solo | |||
| 1988 | Kathryn Barnes | Sioux Falls | 22 | Miss Sioux Falls | Vocal "Miss Celie's Blues" from The Color Purple | |||
| 1987 | Najla Ghazi | Brookings | 19 | Miss South Dakota State University | Oral Interpretations | |||
| 1986 | Julie Hedin | Watertown | 21 | Miss South Dakota State University | Flute Solo | |||
| 1985 | Amy DeHeer | Hot Springs | 21 | Miss State Fair | Vocal "Who Will Buy?" from Oliver! | |||
| 1984 | Debra Cleveland | Madison | 19 | Miss State Fair | Classical Piano Solo | |||
| 1983 | LaRonda Lundin | Revillo | 20 | Miss South Dakota State University | Classical Piano "Polichinelle" by Sergei Rachmaninoff | |||
| 1982 | Tara Meyerink | Platte | 19 | Miss Mitchell | Classical Piano "Beethoven's Sonata No. 6, Opus 10" | |||
| 1981 | Pennisue Largent | Hot Springs | 22 | Miss Hot Springs | Vocal & Jazz Dance "Misty" | |||
| 1980 | Carol Barnett | Sioux Falls | 18 | Miss Sioux Falls | Vocal "Money Tree" | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1979 | Julie Kleinsasser | Freeman | 19 | Miss Huron | Popular Vocal "Cry" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1978 | Jennifer Holt | Mitchell | 20 | Miss Mitchell | Vocal "Spanish Rose" | |||
| 1977 | Karen Janousek | Rapid City | 22 | Miss Rapid City | Classical Piano "Prelude in C Minor" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1976 | Beth Guthmiller | Tripp | 21 | Miss South Dakota State University/Brookings | Vocal "My Tribute" | Younger sister of Miss South Dakota 1974, Barbara Guthmiller | ||
| 1975 | Gina Campbell | Canton | 21 | Miss University of South Dakota | Vocal "Listen to a Country Song" | |||
| 1974 | Barbara Guthmiller | Tripp | 21 | Miss Yankton College | Vocal "Summertime" | Semi-finalist | Older sister of Miss South Dakota 1976, Beth Guthmiller; Competed in the 1972 National Sweetheart Pageant | |
| 1973 | Gwen Resick | Clark | 20 | Miss South Dakota State University | Dramatic Skit "Aldonza" from Don Quixote | |||
| 1972 | Janet Hunter | Madison | 20 | Miss Madison | Classical Piano "Chopin's Scherzo No. 3" | |||
| 1971 | Susan Inman | Hot Springs | 19 | Miss Hot Springs | Original Dramatic Skit "Ecology" | |||
| 1970 | Mary Harum | Sioux Falls | 19 | Miss Sioux Falls | Vocal Medley "You've Made Me So Very Happy" "Something" & "Yesterday" | Semi-finalist | Co-host of Entertainment Tonight | |
| 1969 | Nancy Nickelson | Belle Fourche | 20 | Miss Black Hills State College | Folk Singing & Guitar "If I Had Wings" | |||
| 1968 | Ann McKay | Vermillion | 21 | Miss Lead-Deadwood | Dramatic Monologue from This Property Is Condemned | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1967 | Sally Jo Iverson | Brandon | 20 | Miss Sioux Falls | Original Reading "Tommorow's Game" | |||
| 1966 | Deborah Molitor | Vermillion | 19 | Miss University of South Dakota | Popular Vocal & Contemporary Dance | |||
| 1965 | Nancy Sandwick | Sioux Falls | 19 | Miss Sioux Falls | Vocal Medley "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" & "I Could Have Danced All Night" | |||
| 1964 | June Ann Delbridge | Sioux Falls | 19 | Miss Sioux Falls | Piano Solo | |||
| 1963 | Heather Ann Paterson | Watertown | Miss Yankton College | Ballet, Soft-Shoe & Charleston Dance | ||||
| 1962 | Charlean Fuhrman | Mansfield | 19 | Miss Northern State Teachers College | Vocal Solo & Dramatic Act | |||
| 1961 | Rejean Bowar | Faulkton | 21 | Miss South Dakota State College | Piano, Vocal & Narration of Original Monologue | |||
| 1960 | Janet Barber | Britton | 18 | Miss Britton | Dramatic Interpretation "Casual Approach to Violence" | |||
| 1959 | Meredith Auld | Yankton | 18 | Vocal | Wife of Tom Brokaw; 1st runner-up in the Miss Wool of America Pageant | |||
| 1958 | Carolee Nelson | Irene | Drama | |||||
| 1957 | Patricia Miller | Mobridge | Vocal | |||||
| 1956 | Lois Paulson | Mobridge | Vocal | |||||
| 1955 | Connie White | Canistota | ||||||
| 1954 | Cleo Ann Harrington | Colman | Classical Vocal | |||||
| 1953 | Delores Jerde | Spearfish | Piano | Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | ||||
| 1952 | Sandra Hart | Huron | Fire Baton Twirling | |||||
| 1951 | Marlene Rieb | Parkston | Baton Twirling | Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | withdrew from 1952 Miss USA competition | ||
| 1950 | Irene O'Connor | Burbank | Dramatic Monologue "Dedication of the White Armor" from Saint Joan | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
| 1949 | Carol Quinn | Sioux Falls | ||||||
| 1948 | Myrna Clemenson | Conde | ||||||
| 1947 | Roselyn Anderson | Saint Onge | Piano "'O Sole Mio" | |||||
| 1927 | Ramona Sarenson | Lemmon | ||||||
| 1926 | Mary Davis |
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