Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen

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

The Miss South Dakota's Teen competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of South Dakota in the Miss America's Teen pageant.

Miss South Dakota's Teen

Formation	2005
Type	Beauty pageant
Location	Hot Springs, South Dakota
Membership	Miss America's Teen
Official language	English
Key people	September Kirby (Executive Director)
Website	Official website

Briley Steffensen of Yankton was crowned Miss South Dakota's Teen 2024 on May 31, 2024, at the South Dakota State University campus in Brookings, South Dakota. She competed in the Miss America's Teen 2025 pageant in January 2025.

Results summary

The results of Miss South Dakota's Teen as they participated in the national Miss America's Teen competition. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the Miss America's 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
2024	Briley Steffensen	Yankton	17	Miss Hub City's Teen	Dance			Younger sister of Miss South Dakota's Teen 2019, Payton Steffensen
2023	Nevaeh Kee[1]	Faulkton	17	Miss Missouri River's Teen	Vocal
2022	Olivia Odenbrett	Brandon	15	Miss Siouxland's Outstanding Teen	Contemporary/Lyrical Dance			Later crowned Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2024 Placed as finalist in the Top 20 at Miss Teen USA
2021	Kianna Healy[2]	Hartford	18		Musical Theater Vocal, "I'm a Star" by Scott Alan
2019-20[3]	Payton Steffensen[4]	Yankton	16		Acrobatic Musical Theatre Dance, "Call Me Back" from Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown			2nd runner up to Miss South Dakota 2023
2018	Jessica Benson[5]	Rapid City	17	Miss Hot Springs' Outstanding Teen	Vocal, "100 Easy Ways to Lose a Man" from Wonderful Town
2017	Elizabeth Nesland[6]		17	Miss Sioux Empire's Outstanding Teen	Electric Violin, "The Phantom of the Opera"			Miss Hub City 2022
2016	Hunter Widvey[7]		17	Miss Rapid City's Outstanding Teen	Vocal, "Als Luise die Briefe" by Mozart			Later Miss South Dakota 2022[8]
2015	Cameron Schroder[9]	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[10]	Arlington	17	Miss Jack's Outstanding Teen	Vocal, "My Hallelujah Song"
2013	Nina Mesteth[11]	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[12]
2012	Meridith Gould[13]	Sioux Falls	17	Miss Siouxlands' Outstanding Teen	Dance			Later Miss South Dakota 2014[14][15] Later Miss Minnesota USA 2017[16] 2nd runner-up at Miss USA 2017 pageant[17]
2011	Alexis Kosiak[18]		16		Vocal/Guitar
2010	Emma Thomas[19]	Rapid City	16	Miss Rapid City's Outstanding Teen
2009	Jessica Dyk[20]				Lyrical/Pointe Dance
2008	Carrie Wintle[21]	Iroquois	14		Piano			Later Miss South Dakota 2018[22]
2007	Autumn Simunek[23]	Hot Springs	14		Ballet			Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012 pageant Later Miss South Dakota 2015[24]
	Kelly Johnson	Sioux Falls	14			N/A		Abdicated
2006	Aja Kessler[25]	Rapid City	17		Ballet en Pointe			Half-sister of Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2013, Nina Mesteth[12] Contestant at National Sweetheart 2009 pageant 2nd runner-up at Miss South Dakota 2009 pageant[26]
2005	Hailey Soyland[27]	Madison	17		Vocal, "I Believe"			Currently a country singer who goes by the name Hailey Steele[28]

References

1. Heemstra, Jody. "Young woman from Faulkton wins Miss South Dakota's Teen 2023 competition". DRGNews. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
2. "Kianna Healy crowned Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2021". The Mitchell Republic. June 7, 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
3. "South Dakota Scholarship Pageant Foundation Postpones Pageant to 2021" (PDF). Miss South Dakota. May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
4. "Payton Steffensen crowned Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2019". The Brookings Register. June 1, 2019.
5. "Miss South Dakota and Outstanding Teen Crowned". Information 1000 KSOO. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
6. "Elizabeth Nesland Crowned new Miss S.D. Outstanding Teen 2017". Rapid City Journal. Rapid City, South Dakota. May 2, 2017.
7. O'Connell, Max B. (June 13, 2016). "5 questions with new Miss SD Outstanding Teen Hunter Widvey". Rapid City Journal. Rapid City, South Dakota.
8. "Rapid City contestant crowned Miss South Dakota 2022". MSN. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
9. "Cameron Schroder Crowned Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen 2015". Huron Now. June 21, 2015.
10. "Arlington's Bird crowned Outstanding Teen". Watertown Public Opinion. June 21, 2014.
11. "Rapid City's Nina Mesteth named Miss South Dakota Outstanding Teen". Rapid City Journal. Rapid City, SD. June 29, 2013.
12. Nettinga, Curt (July 2, 2013). "Rapid City girl Crowned Outstanding Teen Winner". Rapid City Journal. Rapid City, SD.
13. Nettinga, Curt (June 24, 2012). "Meridith Gould is 2012 Miss S.D. Outstanding Teen". Rapid City Journal. Rapid City, SD: Lee Enterprises.
14. Nettinga, Curt (June 23, 2014). "Meridith Gould is Miss S.D. 2014". Rapid City Journal. Rapid City, SD: Lee Enterprises.
15. Gilfillian, Trudi (July 8, 2014). "Miss South Dakota Meridith Gould". The Press of Atlantic City. Pleasantville, NJ: BH Media. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
16. 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.
17. "Miss Minnesota is second runner-up at Miss USA pageant". USA Today. May 15, 2017.
18. "Welcome to New Miss and OT Titleholders". Four Points Magazine. June 20, 2011.
19. Emma Thomas Crowned Outstanding Teen 2010^{[permanent dead link‍]}
20. "Rapid City Youth Wins Teen Pageant". Rapid City Journal. Rapid City, SD. June 21, 2009.
21. 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...
22. "Photos: Miss South Dakota crowned during annual pageant". Rapid City Journal. June 17, 2018.
23. "Autumn Simunek named Miss S.D. Outstanding Teen". Rapid City Journal. Rapid City, SD: Lee Enterprises. June 12, 2007.
24. Nettinga, Curt (June 22, 2015). "Autumn Simunek is 2015 Miss South Dakota". Rapid City Journal. Rapid City, SD: Lee Enterprises.
25. Nettinga, Curt (April 15, 2008). "A Cup of Coffee with Miss Hot Springs Aja Kessler". Rapid City Journal.
26. "Morgan Peck crowned Miss South Dakota 2009". Black Hills Pioneer. June 22, 2009.
27. Nelson, Cathy (June 21, 2005). "Grandpre crowned Miss South Dakota". Rapid City Journal.
28. Tewalt, Angela (November 21, 2014). "S.D. native Hailey Steele debuts album". Argus Leader.

External links

• Official website