South Dakota at Miss USA

Performance Summary

Total Participations

Crowns

Runner-ups

Semifinalists

Unplaced

Results by Edition

Year	Contestant	City	Placement
1952	Marlene Rieb	Long Beach	Unplaced
1953	Kathleen Herman	Long Beach, California	Unplaced
1954	Barbara Ann Brown	Long Beach, California	Unplaced
1955	Phyllis Elaine Choquette	Long Beach, California	Unplaced
1957	Gay Marshall	Long Beach, California	Unplaced
1958	Helen Youngquist	Long Beach, California	Semifinalist
1959	Jeannine Kay Stratton	Long Beach, California	Unplaced
1960	Patricia Klith	Miami Beach, Florida	Unplaced
1961	Sharon Hoffman	Miami Beach, Florida	Unplaced
1967	Patricia Marshall	Miami Beach	Unplaced
1971	Sonia Hart	Miami Beach	Unplaced
1974	Debra Ann Brickley	Niagara Falls, New York	Semifinalist
1981	Joan Abbott	Biloxi, Mississippi	Unplaced
1982	Meaghan North	Biloxi, Mississippi	Unplaced
1983	Kelly Rosenbaum	Knoxville, Tennessee	Unplaced
1985	Stacey Arnold	Lakeland, Florida	Unplaced
1987	Jana van Woudenberg	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Unplaced
1988	Sandi Fix	El Paso, Texas	Unplaced
1989	Nanette Endres	Mobile, Alabama	Unplaced
1991	Jillayne Fossum	Wichita, Kansas	Unplaced
1993	Kara Rovere	Wichita, Kansas	Unplaced
1994	Tabitha Moude	South Padre Island, Texas	Unplaced
1995	Jenny Shobeck	South Padre Island	Unplaced
1996	Caresa Winters	South Padre Island	Unplaced
2000	Vanessa Short Bull	Branson, Missouri	Unplaced
2001	Beth Lovro	Gary, Indiana	Unplaced
2002	Sitania Syrovatka	Gary, Indiana	Unplaced
2005	Jessica Fjerstad	Baltimore	Unplaced
2006	Alexis LeVan	Baltimore	Unplaced
2007	Suzie Heffernan	Los Angeles	Unplaced
2008	Charlie Buhler	Paradise, Nevada	Unplaced
2009	Jessica Rowell	Paradise, Nevada	Unplaced
2011	Chandra Burnham	Paradise, Nevada	Unplaced
2012	Taylor Neisen	Paradise, Nevada	Unplaced
2013	Jessica Albers	Paradise, Nevada	Unplaced
2014	Brittney Palmer	Baton Rouge	Unplaced
2015	Lexy Schenk	Baton Rouge	Unplaced
2016	Madison McKeown	Paradise, Nevada	Semifinalist
2017	Tessa Dee	Paradise, Nevada	Unplaced
2018	Madison Nipe	Shreveport, Louisiana	Finalist
2019	Abigail Merschman	Reno, Nevada	Unplaced
2020	Kalani Jorgensen	Memphis, Tennessee	Unplaced
2021	Caroline Pettey	Tulsa	Semifinalist
2022	Shania Knutson	Reno, Nevada	Unplaced
2023	Amber Hulse	Reno, Nevada	Unplaced
2024	Ahmitara Alwal	Los Angeles	Unplaced
2025	Megan Hiykel	Reno, Nevada	Unplaced