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Miss Southern South Dakota, Ahmitara Alwal, bested seven other contestants to win Miss South Dakota USA 2024 on May 12 at the Watertown Events Center. The 25-year-old Winona State University graduate from Sioux Falls will represent South Dakota at Miss USA 2024 this August in Hollywood, California. Ahmitara was crowned by last year's winner, former White House intern Amber Hulse. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Future Productions® (@usastatepageants) FINAL RESULTS Miss South Dakota USA 2024 - Ahmitara Alwal (Southern South Dakota) 1st runner-up - Cathyliana Sanchez Nunez (Minnehaha County) 2nd runner-up - Lexus Paulson (Southeast South Dakota) 3rd runner-up - Grayson Muller (Mount Rushmore) 4th runner-up - Aubrie Larson (Mitchell) Brandon's Olivia Odenbrett, a former Miss South Dakota's Outstanding Teen titleholder was crowned Miss South Dakota Teen USA 2024. The 17-year-old will also travel to California in the summer for Miss Teen USA 202

Mrs. South Dakota American Hannah Neeleman was crowned Mrs. American 2023 in a glittering competition held on Friday, August 25 at Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino in Nevada. The 33-year-old rancher and entrepreneur bested over 40 other competitors to win the national title. She succeeds last year's titleholder Krisdee Clark of South Carolina and is now expected to compete next in the Mrs. World 2023 pageant. Mandy Fave of Minnesota and Jayme Perryman of Idaho were the first and second runners-up, respectively, while Sharelle Mendenhall of Nevada, Katheryn Clatterbaugh of North Carolina, and AnnMarie Gutierrez of Texas rounded out the Top 6 finalists. Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, South Carolina, Utah, and Wisconsin were the rest of the Top 15 semifinalists. The new Mrs. American is a Juilliard School graduate ballerina and a former Miss New York City. She is a mother of seven and owns Ballerina Farm with her husband in the mountain valley of Kamas,