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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

Miss Black Hills, Amber Hulse was crowned Miss South Dakota USA 2023 on Sunday, June 11 at Watertown Event Center in Watertown, South Dakota. The runners-up were Lexus Paulson (Sioux Falls), Cathyliana Santiago-Nunez (Harrisburg), Anna Bonnstetter (Southeast South Dakota), and Jaimye Wininger (Brookings). Amber is a former White House intern who holds a degree in political science and government from the University of South Dakota. She is currently pursuing her doctorate of law degree at Georgetown University Law Center. No stranger to pageantry, the 24-year-old is also a former Miss South Dakota winner who went on to participate in Miss America 2020 in Uncasville, Connecticut. She will now prepare to represent her home state South Dakota at Miss USA 2023 in Reno, Nevada on a date yet to be announced. "I am beyond grateful to be standing here today as your new Miss South Dakota USA. It is an absolute honor to represent this beautiful state and its people," she shared on socia