Briley Steffensen crowned South Dakota's Miss Teen 2024

JUNE 3, 2024:

Briley Steffensen, 17, was crowned Miss South Dakota's Teen on Friday night (May 31, 2024). Her talent for the competition was a musical theater dance and her community service initiative is Be True 2 You. She will be a senior at Harrisburg High School this fall and her parents are Emily Smith and Tony Steffensen. The title comes with a $3,000 scholarship.

The first runner-up was Amélie Wilcox of Rapid City. She received $1,000 in scholarships.

Second runner-up went to Evian Johnson of Brookings, winning $800 in scholarships. Third runner-up was Taya Ritterbush of Hot Springs, who won a $600 scholarship. The fourth runner-up was Arianna Galles of Rapid City, winning a $400 scholarship.

Steffensen will represent South Dakota in the 2025 Miss America's Teen pageant.

MAY 21, 2024:

Twelve young women from across the state will compete on May 30-31, 2024 for the title of Miss South Dakota's Teen 2024. The theme of this year's pageant is Swingin' Glam with delegates judged on their interviews, talent, fitness and the red carpet. . The new titleholder will be crowned Miss South Dakota's Teen 2024 and will compete for the title of Miss America's Teen.

The pageant will be held at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center on the campus of South Dakota State University in Brookings, in conjunction with the Miss South Dakota Pageant. The show will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 30 and 6:30 p.m. on Friday, May 31, with the new Miss South Dakota's Teen crowned at the conclusion of Friday's performance. Tickets are available at https://www.misssd.org.

The pageant will feature Nevaeh Kee of Faulkton, the current teenage Miss South Dakota. Nevaeh represented South Dakota at the Miss America's Teen pageant in Orlando in January 2024.

Throughout its 77-year history, the Miss South Dakota program has impacted more than 18,000 young women. This year, more than $64,000 in scholarships will be awarded during the three-day event. The mission of the Miss South Dakota Scholarship Program is to uphold the four points of the crown: service, scholarship, achievement and style.

Participation in this program provides young women with the opportunity to promote a community service platform and share their talents, intelligence and positive values ​​while serving as role models in their communities. The program is run entirely by volunteers and is supported by private donations which assist delegates in their pursuit of academic excellence, service and success throughout their lives.

The new Miss South Dakota Outstanding Teen will win at least $3,000 in scholarships, with more than $12,000 in scholarship funds available to teen contestants.

The new titleholder will compete in the Miss America's Teen Pageant 2025. The Teen Pageant is open to young women ages 14 to 18 who have not yet graduated from high school or who will graduate this spring.

The young women competing are (name, age, title, hometown, talent and community service initiative):

Adrian Gruis, 18, the teenager from Miss Jacks, OnidaTalent: Singing, Community Service Initiative: Raising Awareness about Teen Dating Violence

Amélie Wilcox, 18, Miss Rolling Plains Teen, Rapid City, talent: electric bass guitar, community service initiative: seeing the invisible: autoimmune disease awareness

Anna Bisbee, 18, Miss Wolf Pack's Teen, Columbia, talent: singing, community service initiative: supporting children of law enforcement officers

Arianna Galles, 16, Miss Rapid City Teen, Rapid City, Talent: Lollypop Lyra, Community Service Initiative: Restoring Our Earth

Bailey Phillips, 17, teen from Miss Brookings, Sioux Falls, talent: dance, community service initiative: epilepsy awareness

Briley Hope Steffensen, 17, teen from Miss Hub City, Harrisburg, talent: dance, community service initiative: Be True 2 You

Evian Johnson, 16, Miss Siouxland's Teen, Brookings, Talent: Dance, Community Service Initiative: Use Your Power

Jerica Ratigan, 16, Miss Missouri River's Teen, Frankfort, Talent: Dance, Community Service Initiative: Seat Belt Safety

Modesty Heath, 17, Miss State Fair Teen, Huron, Talent: Singing, Community Service Initiative: Harvesting Wisdom: Agricultural Knowledge

Riley Schwinler, 17, Miss Huron's Teen, Aurora, Talent: HERStory, Community Service Initiative: Caring with CASA

Taya Ritterbush, 17, Miss Rushmore teen, Hot Springs, talent: trumpet, community service initiative: swimming in inclusion: floating in diversity

Taysan Rouselle, 17, Miss Hot Springs teen, Hot Springs, talent: singing, community service initiative: decreasing homeless population