Vanessa Short Bull
Vanessa Short Bull (born December 30, 1978) is an American beauty pageant *leholder who served as both Miss South Dakota USA (2000) and Miss South Dakota (2002).
Contents
- 1 Personal life
- 2 Pageantry
- 3 References
- 4 Sources
Personal life
Vanessa Short Bull was born in Pine Ridge, South Dakota to Thomas (former state senator and current president of Oglala Lakota College) and Darlene Short Bull. Short Bull is an Oglala Sioux Native American, a descendant of Ghost Dance leader Arnold Short Bull.
Her family is from the Pine Ridge Reservation, although she hasn't been living there since she was 6 and currently resides in Rapid City, South Dakota. She took ten years of ballet cl*es at New York City's Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Pageantry
Short Bull was the first Native American to have the *le of Miss South Dakota, winning the *le in 2002.
References
Sources
- bio of Short Bull