- Janice McDonald
Pageant titleholder bio
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title=Miss South Carolina USA 1979
nationalcompetition=Miss USA 1979
location=Myrtle Beach, South Carolina U.S.
birthname= Janice McDonald
eye color= Brown
hair color= BrownJanice McDonald (born
1958 ) is a formerMiss South Carolina USA . A native ofMyrtle Beach, South Carolina , she is the daughter of Dorothy McDonald and the late Weyman McDonald. Janice was a 20 year old senior at theUniversity of South Carolina , majoring inbroadcast journalism , when she won the title of Miss South Carolina USA in1979 . During her year as Miss South Carolina USA she competed in theMiss USA Pageant inBiloxi, Mississippi , and traveled throughout the state for appearances.Near the end of her reign, the
Miss Universe organization offered the operation of the Miss SC USA pageant to Janice and her family. Her sister, Paula McDonald Miles, accepted the offer and with the help of Janice and younger sister Anna McDonald Boyce, they accomplished the task. Their first winner,Shawn Weatherly , not only claimed the title of Miss USA, but alsoMiss Universe .Janice went on to a career in
broadcasting , working in Charleston and Savannah before landing a job at WTBS in Atlanta. She helped launchCNN2 - nowCNN Headline News and traveled the world withCNN as a producer,writer ,reporter and sometimes anchor. Nominated for 8 Emmys, she left CNN in2001 to start the Atlanta-based J-Mac Productions [http://JMacProductionsinc.com] . In addition to production work, Janice writes regularly for numerous magazines and newspapers, and she is acontributing editor totravelgirl magazine . Having visited all seven continents, her specialty is travel. Among her highlights: visitingAntarctica with the lateJacques Cousteau , planting trees inEthiopia , building houses inMongolia forHabitat for Humanity and sailing on aViking ship inIceland with a descendant ofLeif Ericson .She is still involved in her sister's pageant production. In addition to the Miss South Carolina USA pageant, Paula's
RPM Productions now also handles theMiss North Carolina USA andMiss Louisiana USA Pageants. They have produced a total of four Miss USAs, twoMiss Teen USA s, oneMiss Universe and aMiss World .External links
* [http://jmacproductionsinc.com/ J-Mac Productions]
* [http://rpmproductions.com/ RPM Productions]
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