Miss South Dakota USA

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss America, see Miss South Dakota.

Miss South Dakota USA
Formation1952
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersWest Des Moines
Location
MembershipMiss USA
Official language
English
Key people
Kelly McCoy
WebsiteOfficial website

The Miss South Dakota USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of South Dakota in the Miss USA pageant. From 2002 until 2024, Minnesota-based Future Productions produced the pageant. In 2025, KPC Productions became the new production company for the pageant.

South Dakota has placed five times. One notable Miss South Dakota USA was Vanessa Short Bull (2000), one of the first Native Americans to compete at Miss USA. Short Bull was also Miss South Dakota 2002. South Dakota's best placement in the competition was Madison Nipe placing in the top five in 2018.

The current titleholder is Megan Hiykel of Brookings who was crowned on August 8, 2025 at the Franklin Center in Des Moines. She represented South Dakota at Miss USA 2025.

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