Education
University of South Dakota.
University of South Dakota.
She represented South Dakota in the Mission Teen United States of America 2002 pageant broadcast live from South Padre Island, Texas in August 2002, but did not place. She competed in the Mission United States of America 2005 pageant held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005 but again did not make the top fifteen. Fjerstad was one of four Mission Teen United States of America 2002 delegates who competed in the pageant.
The others were Candice Stewart of Louisiana, Marin Poole of Utah, and Sarah Medley of South Carolina.
Fjerstad received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of South Dakota in 2008, and received a law degree from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 2011. She is currently a practicing lawyer in Rapid City, South Dakota.