Carrie Wintle and Cameron Schroder are contestants in pageant
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HOT SPRINGS — Sixteen young women from across the state, including two from the Heartland Region, will compete in Hot Springs June 14-16 for thousands of dollars in scholarships and the role of Miss South Dakota.
The new Miss South Dakota will take home at least $9,000 in scholarship money and will represent South Dakota at the Miss America Pageant.
Preliminary competitions will be June 14 and 15, and finals will be held June 16. The Miss South Dakota’s Outstanding Teen competition will be held June 14 and 15 in conjunction with the Miss South Dakota Pageant.
The pageant theme this year is “The Power in Me.” The pageant celebrates its 72nd and final year in Hot Springs, as one of the two longest-running state pageants in a single location nationwide. The pageant will be in a new home next year, and the host city will be announced at the pageant finals Saturday night.
The pageant will feature Miranda Mack of Redfield, Miss South Dakota 2017. Mack represented South Dakota at the Miss America Pageant last September in Atlantic City. She spent the year advocating for her personal platform of “Music for Life” — promoting the importance of music education in schools.
The public has a chance to choose one of the Top 8 Finalists by voting in the People’s Choice Contest. Votes cost $1 each and proceeds will provide scholarships through the Miss SD Pageant and the SD Scholarship Foundation. Vote at www.misssd.org/peoples-choice.
The contestants will be judged on a private interview with the judges (25 percent), talent (35 percent), evening gown (20 percent), on-stage question (5 percent), and swimsuit (15 percent).
Pictured, from left, are Carrie Wintle and Cameron Schroder