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.
Two South Carolina women have become Miss America; Marian McKnight of Manning in 1957 and Kimberly Aiken of Columbia in 1994. Six more have been first runner-up at the national competition and another thirteen have placed in the Top Ten. The Miss South Carolina organization is the leading state pageant in the nation in scholarship money raised for young women- surpassing many much larger states.
Suzi Roberts of Pawleys Island was crowned Miss South Carolina 2017 on June 24, 2017 at Township Auditorium in Columbia, South Carolina. She competed for the title of Miss America 2018 on September 10, 2017 in Atlantic City, New Jersey where she was a Top 10 finalist. She also won the CMN Miracle Maker award and was a 2nd Runner-Up for the Quality of Life award.
Results summary
Miss Teen USA 2007 - South Carolina answers a question - Miss Teen USA 2007 - Ms. South Carolina answers a question.
The year in parentheses indicates the year of the Miss America competition the award/placement was garnered.
Placements
- Miss Americas: Marian McKnight (1957), Kimberly Clarice Aiken (1994)
- 1st runners-up: Claudia Turner (1971), Lavinia Cox (1977), Sherry Thrift (1986), Mary Gainey (1991), Ali Rogers (2013), Rachel Wyatt (2017)
- 2nd runners-up: Polly Suber (1955), Catherine Hinson (1978), Dawn Smith (1987)
- 3rd runners-up: Evelyn Ellis (1963)
- 4th runners-up: N/A
- Top 7: Daja Dial (2016)
- Top 10: Joyce Perry (1952), Mary Griffin (1953), Miriam Stevenson (1954), Edith Sandra Browning (1961), Nancy Moore (1966), Cynthia Anthony (1976), Carrie Lee Davis (1993), Suzi Roberts (2018)
- Top 12: Bree Boyce (2012)
- Top 15: Mary Claudia Harvin (1927), Kelly McCorkle (2003)
- Top 16: Crystal Garrett (2008)
- Top 20: Jeanna Raney (2002)
Awards
Preliminary awards
- Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Polly Suber (1955), Edith Sandra Browning (1961), Barbara Harris (1967), Claudia Turner (1971), Lavinia Cox (1977), Catherine Hinson (1978), Dawn Smith (1987), Nancy Humphries (1988), Carrie Lee Davis (1993), Ali Rogers (2013), Daja Dial (2016)
- Preliminary Talent: La Bruce Sherill (1940), Nancy Moore (1966), Kimilee Bryant (1990), Erika Grace Powell (2006)
Non-finalist awards
- Non-finalist Talent: Margaret (Lou-Seible) Neeley (1945), Gene Wilson (1959), Mary Diane Toole (1979), Julia Hill (1983), Amanda Spivey (1996), Janet Powers (1998), Heather Hudson (2001), Jessica Eddins (2004), Shelley Bryson Benthall (2007), Anna Perry (2009)
Other awards
- Miss Congeniality: Brooke Mosteller (2014) (tie)
- Active International Scholarship for Business and Marketing: Jeanna Raney (2002)
- Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Scholarship: Erika Grace Powell (2006)
- Children's Miracle Network (CMN) Miracle Maker Award: Brooke Mosteller (2014), Lanie Hudson (2015), Suzi Roberts (2018)
- Children's Miracle Network (CMN) Miracle Maker Award 1st runners-up: Rachel Wyatt (2017)
- George Cavalier Talent Award: Kimilee Bryant (1990)
- Quality of Life Award 1st runners-up: Brooke Mosteller (2014)
- Quality of Life Award 2nd runners-up: Suzi Roberts (2018)
Winners
References
External links
- Miss South Carolina official website
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