Miss South Dakota Teen USA

Miss South Dakota Teen USA
Formation1983
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersSavage
Location
Membership
Miss Teen USA
Official language
English
WebsiteOfficial website

The Miss South Dakota Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of South Dakota in the Miss Teen USA pageant.

South Dakota's highest placement was in 1986 when Valerie Marsden placed 4th runner-up to Allison Brown of Oklahoma.[1] Their most recent placement was in 2024, when Olivia Odenbrett placed in the top 20.

Four Miss South Dakota Teen USA titleholders have won the Miss South Dakota USA pageant and competed at Miss USA.[2]

The pageant was first held in 1982 to select a winner to represent the state at Miss Teen USA 1983.[3] It has been directed by Future Productions since 2002 and is a subsidiary of the Miss Universe Organization.[4] It has been held in Sioux Falls, Aberdeen, Rapid City, Pierre, Brookings, Brandon, and Watertown.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

The current titleholder, Olivia Odenbrett of Brandon was crowned on May 12, 2024 at the Watertown Event Center in Watertown. She represented South Dakota for the title of Miss Teen USA 2024 in August 2024 and placed in the top 20.[11]

  1. ^ "Marsden joins list of state pageant placers". Rapid City Journal. 1986. p. 15. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  2. ^ "History". Miss South Dakota USA & Miss South Dakota Teen USA Pageants. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  3. ^ "S.F. hosts South Dakota Pageants". Argus-Leader. 1982-11-30. p. 11. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  4. ^ "About Us". Miss South Dakota USA & Miss South Dakota Teen USA Pageants. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  5. ^ "Miss South Dakota Teen USA to be held in city". Rapid City Journal. 1985-03-07. p. 9. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  6. ^ "Miss SD Teen USA pageant site announced". Spearfish Star. 1985-03-25. p. 2. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  7. ^ "Russell Means' daughter wins South Dakota teen pageant". The Bismarck Tribune. 1995-10-04. p. 26. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  8. ^ "2 beauty queens win contests". Argus-Leader. 2003-11-17. p. 10. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  9. ^ KSFY. "New Miss South Dakota USA queens crowned". Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  10. ^ "Miss South Dakota USA & Miss South Dakota Teen USA Pageants". misssouthdakotausa.com. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
  11. ^ "Miss South Dakota USA & Miss South Dakota Teen USA Pageants". misssouthdakotausa.com. Retrieved 2024-08-02.