Vanessa Short Bull

Vanessa Short Bull (born December 30, 1978) is an American beauty pageant titleholder who served as both Miss South Dakota USA and Miss South Dakota (2002).

Early life and education Vanessa Short Bull was born in Pine Ridge, South Dakota to Thomas Short Bull, former state senator and president of Oglala Lakota College, and Darlene Short Bull. Short Bull is an Oglala Sioux Native American, a descendant of Oglala Lakota chief Red Cloud and Ghost Dance leader Arnold Short Bull.

Her family is from the Pine Ridge Reservation, although she has not lived there since she was six years old. She took ten years of ballet classes at New York City's Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Short Bull graduated from the University of South Dakota.

Pageantry Short Bull was crowned Miss South Dakota USA in 2000.

Personal life Short Bull resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.