Miss South Carolina
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The Miss South Carolina competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of South Carolina in the Miss America pageant. The pageant was first held in Myrtle Beach and moved to Greenville starting in 1958 and remained in that city until the 1990s. Spartanburg hosted the pageant in a few different venues until new leadership took over the organization and moved the pageant to Columbia, SC in 2011. The pageant was televised since the 1960s until the 1998 pageant. Televising was resumed with the 2000 pageant through 2006. The pageant returned to television in 2014.[1]
With victories in both 1957 and 1994, South Carolina has twice won the Miss America crown.
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Rachel Wyatt | Clemson | 21 | Miss Clemson | Jazz Dance “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” | 1st runner-up | Previously Miss South Carolina's Outstanding Teen 2012 and Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2013 | |
| 2015 | Daja Dial | Spartanburg | 22 | Miss Greenville County | Vocal "I Believe" | Top 7 | Preliminary Swimsuit Winner | |
| 2014 | Lanie Hudson[2][3] | Spartanburg | 23 | Miss Anderson | Clogging "Think" | CMN Miracle Maker | Competed on America's Got Talent with her dance troupe | |
| 2013 | Brooke Mosteller | Mount Pleasant | 24 | Miss Mount Pleasant | Vocal "Hallelujah" | Miss Congeniality | Miss Congeniality at both the Miss South Carolina 2013 and Miss America 2014 pageants | |
| 2012 | Almeda (Ali) Adair Rogers | Laurens | 20 | Miss Laurens County | Piano "I Want You Back" | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Miss South Carolina's Outstanding Teen 2009 and top 10 at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2010 |
| 2011 | Bree Boyce[4] | Florence | 22 | Miss Capital City | Classical Vocal "Tu Tu Piccolo Iddio" from Madama Butterfly | Top 12 | ||
| 2010 | Desiree Puglia[5] | Simpsonville | 22 | Miss Pendleton | A Capella Tap Dance | |||
| 2009 | Kelly Sloan | Gray Court | 24 | Miss Hartsville | Vocal "For Once in My Life" | |||
| 2008 | Anna Perry | Florence | 23 | Miss Lexington | Piano "Rhapsody in Blue" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Daughter of Miss South Carolina 1982 Julia Hill | |
| 2007 | Crystal Garrett | Columbia | 21 | Miss Charleston | Vocal "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard | Top 16 | ||
| 2006 | Shelley Benthall | Florence | 21 | Miss Florence | Vocal "A Broken Wing" | Non-finalist Talent Award, Miss Congeniality Top 3 | Miss South Carolina Teen 2003 | |
| 2005 | Erika Powell | Easley | 20 | Miss Golden Corner | Classical Vocal "Time to Say Goodbye" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award, Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Scholarship | Miss South Carolina USA 2012 |
| 2004 | Ann Ashley Wood | Spartanburg | 23 | Miss Charleston | Lyrical Dance "You Raise Me Up" | |||
| 2003 | Jessica Eddins | Irmo | 24 | Miss North Charleston | Semi-classical Vocal "And This Is My Beloved" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2002 | Kelly McCorkle | Greenville | 23 | Miss Golden Corner | Lyrical Ballet "I Believe" | Top 15 | Contestant on The Amazing Race 7 with partner Ron Young (3rd place), Half-sister of Miss South Carolina's Outstanding Teen 2008 Courtney Cisson | |
| 2001 | Jeanna Raney | Inman | 20 | Miss Greater Greer | Tap Dance "Kiss Me" | Top 20 | Active International Scholarship for Business and Marketing | |
| 2000 | Heather Hudson | Lexington | 22 | Miss Tigertown | Classical Vocal "Il Bacio" by Luigi Arditi | Non-finalist Talent Award | South Carolina's Junior Miss 1996 | |
| 1999 | Danielle Davis | Greer | 18 | Miss Williamston | Vocal "I Wanna Fall in Love" | |||
| 1998 | Wendy Willis | Fountain Inn | 24 | Miss Camden | Vocal "Operator" by The Manhattan Transfer | |||
| 1997 | Janet Powers | Hartsville | 21 | Miss Southern 500 | Vocal Medley "Go Tell It on the Mountain", "Gonna Build a Mountain", & "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1996 | Angela Hughes | Anderson[6] | 21 | Miss Anderson County | Tap Dance "Sing, Sing, Sing" | Mrs. South Carolina America 2005 under her married name, Angela Hughes-Singleton[7] | ||
| 1995 | Amanda Spivey | Boiling Springs | 22 | Miss Southern 500 | Soprano saxophone Solo "The Joy of Life" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Currently a pediatric dentist in Spartanburg[8] | |
| 1994 | Kristie Greene | Greenville | 24 | Miss Berea | Comedy Vocal "Exactly Like Me" | |||
| 1993 | Tonya Helms | 24[9] | Miss Greater Greer[9] | N/A | N/A | Minor controversy over age eligibility, Succeeded Aiken as Miss S.C. when the latter won Miss America[9] | ||
| Kimberly Clarice Aiken | Columbia | 18 | Miss Columbia | Vocal "Summertime" | Winner | |||
| 1992 | Carrie Lee Davis | Greenville | 26 | Miss Greenville | Marimba "Csárdás" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | First Medical Doctor to compete at Miss America |
| 1991 | Ronnetta Hatcher | Columbia | 26 | Miss Columbia | Percussion | |||
| 1990 | Mary Gainey | Hartsville | 24 | Miss Liberty | Marimba "Scherzo for Marimba in C" | 1st runner-up | 3rd runner-up at Miss South Carolina USA 1990 | |
| 1989 | Kimilee Bryant | Greenville | 23 | Miss Berea | Classical Vocal "Je Suis Titania" from Mignon | Preliminary Talent/George Cavalier Talent Award 1988 MAP | Broadway actress and opera singer | |
| 1988 | Anna Graham Reynolds | Greenwood | 23 | Miss Greenwood | Vocal "Mack the Knife" | Daughter of Miss South Carolina 1957 | ||
| 1987 | Nancy Humphries | Myrtle Beach | 21 | Miss Myrtle Beach | Piano Solo "The Stars and Stripes Forever" | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Miss South Carolina USA 1990, Former co-host of Access Hollywood | |
| 1986 | Dawn Smith | Columbia | 22 | Miss Liberty | Classical Vocal "Je Veux Vivre" from Roméo et Juliette | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Smith's sister was brutally murdered prior to her competing at Miss America. The murder story and the murderer taunting her family after the attack was reported by the media and filmed as a movie. Won "Pageant Rewind" on What Not to Wear, against two other 1986 top 10 finalists. |
| 1985 | Sherry Thrift | Westminster | 23 | Miss Liberty | Clogging "Are You From Dixie?" | 1st runner-up | South Carolina's Junior Miss 1980 | |
| 1984 | Vicki Harrell | Columbia | 22 | Miss University of South Carolina | Piano Solo | |||
| 1983 | Dalia Garcia | Columbia | 21 | Miss South Congaree | Vocal "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" | |||
| 1982 | Julia Hill | Florence | 26 | Miss Duncan-Lyman-Wellford | Classical Piano "Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, 3rd Movement" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Mother of Miss South Carolina 2008 Anna Perry | |
| 1981 | Jill Rankin | Columbia | 21 | Miss Columbia Northeast | Figure Skating "Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major" | |||
| 1980 | Donna Jewell | Columbia | 19 | Miss Cayce-West Columbia | Vocal "Have I Stayed Too Long At the Fair?" | Pageant Coach | ||
| 1979 | Jane Jenkins | Johns Island | 23 | Miss Charleston | Vocal Medley "The Party's Over" & "Send in the Clowns" | Has written a book Bare Feet to High Heels on her life and "Bury Me with My Pearls" Christian Humor-Amazon Best-Seller, 2015 Illumination Award and Christian Publishers Book of the Year. Southern Humorist, Professional Singer and Comedian heard on Sirius XM Radio. | ||
| 1978 | Mary Diane Toole | Aiken | 17 | Miss Aiken County | Ballet "Pas de Quatre" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1977 | Catherine Hinson | Rock Hill | 22 | Miss Rock Hill | Saxophone Medley "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" & "Flight '76" by Walter Murphy | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1976 | Lavinia Cox | Latta | 23 | Miss Rock Hill | Piano Medley "The Man I Love" & "Sunny" | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1975 | Cynthia Anthony | West Columbia | 22 | Miss Lexington | Classical Vocal "Chacun le Sait" from La fille du régiment | Top 10 | ||
| 1974 | Cheryl Von Lehe | Charleston | 18 | Miss Charleston | Vocal "Oh Babe, What Would You Say?" | |||
| 1973 | Fran Riggins | Easley | 21 | Miss Easley | Vocal "All the Things You Are" | |||
| 1972 | Bonnie Corder | Columbia | 21 | Miss Columbia | Vocal Medley "My Man's Gone Now", "Let Me Sing", & "I'm Happy" | |||
| 1971 | Pamela Inabinet | Swansea | 21 | Miss Columbia | Tap Dance "Puttin' on the Ritz" | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe, Featured dancer on the Miss America 1972 telecast | ||
| 1970 | Claudia Turner | Spartanburg | 19 | Miss Spartanburg | Vocal "Once Upon a Time" | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1969 | Brantlee Price | Newberry | 19 | Miss Newberry | Vocal "Got A Lot O' Living To Do" | |||
| 1968 | Rebecca Smith | Clover | 19 | Miss Clover | Semi-classical Vocal "America the Beautiful" | |||
| 1967 | Peggy White | Fountain Inn | 23 | Miss Laurens | Organ Medley "Spanish Flea" & "Flight of the Bumblebee" | |||
| 1966 | Barbara Harris | Simpsonville | 21 | Miss Columbia | Classical Vocal "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Former Mayor of Morris Township, New Jersey, Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1965 | Nancy Moore | Aiken | 18 | Miss Aiken | Piano Solo "Variations on There She Is" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | Later married US Senator from South Carolina Strom Thurmond |
| 1964 | Diana Sue Smith | Florence | 20 | Miss Florence | Vocal Medley of Popular Songs | |||
| 1963 | Carolyn Gaines | North Augusta | 19 | Miss North Augusta | Popular Vocal | |||
| 1962 | Evelyn Ellis | Greenville | 19 | Miss Columbia | Interpretive Dance - Toe & Ballet "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" & "Gigi" | 3rd runner-up | South Carolina's Junior Miss 1961, Featured performer on the Miss America 1963 telecast | |
| 1961 | Janet McGee | Greenville | 20 | Miss Greenville | Vocal "Ave Maria" | |||
| 1960 | Edith Sandra Browning | Greenwood | 19 | Miss Greenwood | Comic Dance / Pantomime "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1959 | Nettie Dennis | Moncks Corner | 19 | Miss Moncks Corner | Vocal | 2nd runner-up at Miss Dixie 1961 | ||
| 1958 | Gene Wilson | Charleston | 18 | Miss Charleston | Vocal "If I Loved You" | Non-finalist Talent award | 2nd runner-up at Miss Dixie 1960 | |
| 1957 | Cecilia Colvert | Greenwood | 18 | Miss Greenwood | Pantomime / Vocal "C'est si bon" by Eartha Kitt | Contestant at Miss Dixie 1958, Mother of Miss South Carolina 1988 | ||
| 1956 | Marian McKnight | Manning | 19 | Miss Manning | Comedy Sketch "The Monroe Doctrine" | Winner | ||
| 1955 | Martha Chestnut | Conway | Miss Conway | Piano | Miss Dixie 1956 | |||
| 1954 | Polly Suber | Greenville | Miss Whitmire | Monologue "Air Corps" | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1953 | Miriam Stevenson | Winnsboro | 20 | Miss Greenwood | Tap Dance | Top 10 | Miss South Carolina USA 1954 and Miss USA 1954 and Miss Universe 1954 | |
| 1952 | Mary Griffin | Florence | Miss Florence | Classical Vocal | Top 10 | Contestant at Maid of Cotton 1952, 1st runner-up at Miss USA 1953 representing Myrtle Beach, 5th runner-up at Miss World 1953 representing United States | ||
| 1951 | Joyce Perry | Conway | Miss Conway | Comedy Vocal "Sewing Machine" | Top 10 | |||
| 1950 | Carolyn Fowler | Lyman | Miss Lyman | Vocal "Why Don't You Fall In Love With Me" | ||||
| 1949 | Barrie Wingard | Columbia | Miss Clinton | |||||
| 1948 | Esther Greene | Greenville | Miss Greenville | |||||
| 1947 | Margaret Griffin | Spartanburg | Miss Spartanburg | Classical Vocal | ||||
| 1946 | Anna Morse | Columbia | Miss Columbia | |||||
| 1945 | Margaret Seible | Columbia | Miss Columbia | Drama "Life with a Southern Mammy on an Old Plantation" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Received the first ever Non-finalist Talent Award at the Miss America pageant | ||
| 1944 | Virginia Owens | Columbia | Miss Columbia | |||||
| Gloria Mae Grisso | Columbia | Competed as Miss Columbia | ||||||
| 1943 | Janelle Strange | Columbia | Miss Columbia | |||||
| Sarah Nina Harvin | Columbia | Competed as Miss Columbia | ||||||
| 1942 | Nelle Owens | Columbia | Miss Columbia | Dance | ||||
| Sarah Virginia Pulliam | Columbia | Competed as Miss Columbia | ||||||
| 1941 | Gloria Missel | Charleston | Miss Charleston | Vocal "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" | ||||
| Miriam King | Charleston | Competed as Miss Charleston | ||||||
| 1940 | Vonadora Baker | Dillon | Miss Lakeview | Recitation | ||||
| Mary Eleanor Parrish | Dillon | Tap Dance "Cocktails for Two" | Preliminary Talent Award | Competed as Miss Myrtle Beach | ||||
| 1939 | Margaret Shealy | Clinton | Miss Clinton | Vocal "Especially For You" | ||||
| LaBruce Sherrill | Competed as Miss Myrtle Beach | |||||||
| 1938 | Margaret Land | Chester | Miss Camden | |||||
| 1937 | Wayring Smathers | Columbia | Miss Columbia | |||||
| 1927 | No Miss South Carolina | Claudia Harvin competed as Miss Charleston and placed as a Semi-finalist. | ||||||
| 1926 | No Miss South Carolina | Dorothy Brickman competed as Miss Charleston. | ||||||
| 1923 | No Miss South Carolina | Agatha G. Schachte competed as Miss Charleston. | ||||||
References
- ^ "The Miss South Carolina Pageant returns to television June 28, 2014". Miss South Carolina. April 2, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
- ^ Rogerson, Karis (June 28, 2014). "Spartanburg woman named Miss South Carolina". The State. Columbia, SC: McClatchy. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
- ^ Armonaitis, Dan (June 26, 2015). "Spartanburg woman reflects on her year as Miss South Carolina". The State. Columbia, SC: McClatchy. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
- ^ Taylor, Otis R., Jr. (July 4, 2011). "New Miss South Carolina witty and poised". The State. Columbia, SC: McClatchy. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Healy, Lee G. (July 4, 2010). "Fireworks ring in reign of new Miss South Carolina". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Spartanburg, SC: New Media Investment Group. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
- ^ "Meet Miss South Carolina 1996". Miss America Organization. Archived from the original on July 6, 1997. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
- ^ "2005 Mrs America". Retrieved July 9, 2010.
- ^ http://www.dentalmom.com/ Official website of Dr. Amanda "Amy" Spivey Green in Spartanburg, SC. Accessed 12 July 2015.
- ^ a b c "New Miss S.C. may be too old for pageant rules". Spartanberg Herald-Journal. Columbia, SC. Associated Press. 25 September 1993. pp. B3. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
Official documents list two different birth dates for the new Miss South Carolina, one of which would have made her too old to compete in the pageant. Tonya Leigh Helms, who competed as Miss Greater Greer, succeeded Kimberly Aiken as the state titlist this past week after Ms. Aiken won the Miss America pageant. Ms. Helms' South Carolina driver's license lists her birth date as Sept. 19, 1968. That would make her 25 years old, and pageant rules say Miss South Carolina contestants cannot turn 25 before Step. 30 in the year they "intend to compete in the national finals of the pageant." The fact sheet released by pageant officials contains the same Sept. 19 birth date. But pageant directory Joseph Sanders said Ms. Helms' won't turn 25 until Dec. 19. He sent The Associated Press a copy of what he said is her birth certificate. That lists her birth date as Dec. 19, 1968, which would make her 24.