W
hen Magen
Richeal’s friends
encouraged her to pursue the title of Mrs. South Dakota two years ago, she wasn’t interested. In fact, the thought of entering a pageant had been the furthest thing from the mind of this vivacious wife and mother of two. “My friends coaxed me into doing it,” Magen says. “I had this whole idea of what I thought Mrs. South Dakota was about and I didn’t think it suited me. Finally this year I thought, Okay, I’ll try something new since both my kids are in school. It gave me the opportunity to meet people and open new doors.”