Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen
The Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of South Dakota in the Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant. The pageant is held in Hot Springs, South Dakota.
Formation | 2005 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Location | |
Membership | Miss America's Outstanding Teen |
Official language | English |
Key people | September Kirby (Executive Director) |
Website | Official website |
Payton Steffensen of Yankton was crowned Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen on May 31, 2019 at the Mueller Center in Hot Springs, South Dakota. She competed in the Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2020 pageant at the Linda Chapin Theater in the Orange County Convention Center on July 27, 2018 in Orlando, Florida.
Results summary
The results of Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen as they participated in the national Miss America's Outstanding Teen competition. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the Miss America's Outstanding 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 |
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2020 | National pageant cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic[1] | |||||||
2019 | Payton Steffensen[2] | Yankton | 16 | Miss Siouxland's Outstanding Teen | Acrobatic Musical Theatre Dance, "Call Me Back" from Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | |||
2018 | Jessica Benson[3] | Rapid City | 17 | Miss Hot Springs' Outstanding Teen | Vocal, "100 Easy Ways to Lose a Man" from Wonderful Town | |||
2017 | Elizabeth Nesland[4] | Rapid City | 17 | Miss Sioux Empire's Outstanding Teen | Electric Violin, "The Phantom of the Opera" | |||
2016 | Hunter Widvey[5] | Rapid City | 17 | Miss Rapid City's Outstanding Teen | Vocal, "Als Luise die Briefe" by Mozart | 3rd runner-up at Miss South Dakota 2019 pageant[6] | ||
2015 | Cameron Schroder[7] | 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[8] | Arlington | 17 | Miss Jack's Outstanding Teen | Vocal, “My Hallelujah Song” | |||
2013 | Nina Mesteth[9] | 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[10] | ||
2012 | Meridith Gould[11] | Sioux Falls | 17 | Miss Siouxlands' Outstanding Teen | Dance | Later Miss South Dakota 2014[12][13] Later Miss Minnesota USA 2017[14] 2nd runner-up at Miss USA 2017 pageant[15] | ||
2011 | Alexis Kosiak[16] | 16 | Vocal/Guitar | |||||
2010 | Emma Thomas[17] | Rapid City | 16 | Miss Rapid City's Outstanding Teen | ||||
2009 | Jessica Dyk[18] | Rapid City | Lyrical/Pointe Dance | |||||
2008 | Carrie Wintle[19] | Iroquois | 14 | Piano | Later Miss South Dakota 2018[20] | |||
2007 | Autumn Simunek[21] | Hot Springs | 14 | Ballet | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012 pageant Later Miss South Dakota 2015[22] | |||
Kelly Johnson | Sioux Falls | 14 | N/A |
Abdicated | ||||
2006 | Aja Kessler[23] | Rapid City | 17 | Ballet en Pointe | Half-sister of Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2013, Nina Mesteth[10] Contestant at National Sweetheart 2009 pageant 2nd runner-up at Miss South Dakota 2009 pageant[24] | |||
2005 | Hailey Soyland[25] | Madison | 17 | Vocal, "I Believe" | Currently a country singer who goes by the name Hailey Steele[26] |
References
- "South Dakota Scholarship Pageant Foundation Postpones Pageant to 2021" (PDF). Miss South Dakota. May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
- "Payton Steffensen crowned Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2019". The Brookings Register. June 1, 2019.
- "Miss South Dakota and Outstanding Teen Crowned". Information 1000 KSOO. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- "Elizabeth Nesland Crowned new Miss S.D. Outstanding Teen 2017". Rapid City Journal. Rapid City, South Dakota. May 2, 2017.
- O'Connell, Max B. (June 13, 2016). "5 questions with new Miss SD Outstanding Teen Hunter Widvey". Rapid City Journal. Rapid City, South Dakota.
- "Amber Hulse crowned Miss South Dakota". KSFY News. June 3, 2019.
- "Cameron Schroder Crowned Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2015". Huron Now. June 21, 2015.
- "Arlington's Bird crowned Outstanding Teen". Watertown Public Opinion. June 21, 2014.
- "Rapid City's Nina Mesteth named Miss South Dakota Outstanding Teen". Rapid City Journal. Rapid City, SD. June 29, 2013.
- Nettinga, Curt (July 2, 2013). "Rapid City girl Crowned Outstanding Teen Winner". Rapid City Journal. Rapid City, SD.
- Nettinga, Curt (June 24, 2012). "Meridith Gould is 2012 Miss S.D. Outstanding Teen". Rapid City Journal. Rapid City, SD: Lee Enterprises.
- Nettinga, Curt (June 23, 2014). "Meridith Gould is Miss S.D. 2014". Rapid City Journal. Rapid City, SD: Lee Enterprises.
- Gilfillian, Trudi (July 8, 2014). "Miss South Dakota Meridith Gould". The Press of Atlantic City. Pleasantville, NJ: BH Media. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- Rousseau, Shannon (November 28, 2016). "Miss Minnesota USA 2017 crowned Sunday night". KTTC. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- "Miss Minnesota is second runner-up at Miss USA pageant". USATODAY. May 15, 2017.
- "Welcome to New Miss and OT Titleholders". Four Points Magazine. June 20, 2011.
- Emma Thomas Crowned Outstanding Teen 2010
- "Rapid City Youth Wins Teen Pageant". Rapid City Journal. Rapid City, SD. June 21, 2009.
- Mueller, Anya (July 18, 2018). "Send off party for Miss South Dakota Outstanding Teen". Newscenter 1.
Miss South Dakota Carrie Wintle, who was Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen in 2008...
- "PHOTOS: Miss South Dakota crowned during annual pageant". Rapid City Journal. June 17, 2018.
- "Autumn Simunek named Miss S.D. Outstanding Teen". Rapid City Journal. Rapid City, SD: Lee Enterprises. June 12, 2007.
- Nettinga, Curt (June 22, 2015). "Autumn Simunek is 2015 Miss South Dakota". Rapid City Journal. Rapid City, SD: Lee Enterprises.
- Nettinga, Curt (April 15, 2008). "A Cup of Coffee with Miss Hot Springs Aja Kessler". Rapid City Journal.
- "Morgan Peck crowned Miss South Dakota 2009". Black Hills Pioneer. June 22, 2009.
- Nelson, Cathy (June 21, 2005). "Grandpre crowned Miss South Dakota". Rapid City Journal.
- Tewalt, Angela (November 21, 2014). "S.D. native Hailey Steele debuts album". Argus Leader.