17 Women to Compete in Miss South Dakota Pageant next Week
HOT SPRINGS, S.D. (AP) — Young women from around South Dakota will gather in Hot Springs next week for the 70th annual Miss South Dakota Pageant.
Seventeen contestants will participate in preliminary competitions on June 16 and 17 and finals on June 18.
More than 40 previous Miss South Dakota winners will attend the competition to be part of its 70th anniversary celebration.
The pageant will feature Autumn Simunek, of Hot Springs, who was Miss South Dakota 2015. She represented the state in the Miss America Pageant in September in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and has spent the year advocating for military families and veterans.
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