Miss South Carolina Teen USA

The Miss South Carolina Teen USA pageant is the competition that selects the representativies for the stat of South Carolina in the Miss Teen USA pageant. The pageant has been directed by RPM Productions since its inception.

South Carolina has placed seven times at Miss Teen USA and has produced one winner. Vanessa Minnillo won the Miss Teen USA title in 1998 and later went on to become successful in the entertainment industry.

South Carolina holds the record for the most Miss Congeniality awards. It has won three: in 1994, 1998 and 2002. In 1998 Minnillo became the first teenager to win both Miss Congeniality and the national title, and is one of only two contestants to achieve this.

Four Miss South Carolina Teen USA titleholders have won the Miss South Carolina USA title and competed at Miss USA.

Results summary

Placements

• Miss Teen USA's: Vanessa Minnillo (1998)
• 1st runners-up: Brittany Pjetraj (2008)
• 3rd runners-up: Caitlin Upton (2007)
• Top 6: Mary Stevenson (1994)
• Top 12: Lauren Poppell (1993)
• Top 15: Lindsey Sporrer (2004), Brittany Smith (2006), Keyla Childs (2011)

Awards

• Miss Congeniality: Mary Stevenson (1994), Vanessa Minnillo (1998), Austen Brown (2002)

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age1	Placement at MTUSA	Special awards at MTUSA	Notes
2011	Keyla Childs	Summerville	17	Top 15
2010	Megan Pinckney	North Charleston	18
2009	Mary Helen Caver	North Augusta	18
2008	Brittany Pjetraj	Chapin	18	1st runner-up
2007	Caitlin Upton	Lexington	18	3rd runner-up[1]		Contestant on The Amazing Race 16. Gained notoriety following her answer to the final question, which was criticized as "strange" and "grammarless." Videos of her response were posted to YouTube and have received millions of views.[2]
2006	Brittany Smith	Lyman	17	Top 15
2005	Lauren Taylor	Travelers Rest	18
2004	Lindsey Sporrer	Easley	17	Semi-finalist
2003	Stephanie Horton[3]	Sumter	18
2002	Austen Brown	Charleston	17		Miss Congeniality
2001	Sarah Medley	North Charleston	15			Later Miss South Carolina USA 2005
2000	Morgan Smith	Lexington
1999	Hannah Grooms[4]	Wallace
1998	Vanessa Minnillo	Charleston	17	Winner	Miss Congeniality
1997	Caroline Brigman	Latta
1996	Wendy Roberts	Pelzer
1995	Garianne Phillips	Leesville
1994	Mary Stevenson	Greenville		Finalist	Miss Congeniality
1993	Lauren Poppell	Rock Hill		Semi-finalist		Later Miss South Carolina USA 1999, finished 4th in Miss USA 1999
1992	Shannon Pelerin	Lexington
1991	Jeanie Bowers	Prosperity
1990	Kathryn Hancock	Greenwood				Later Mrs. North Carolina America 2007 under her married name, Kathryn Hancock-Stuart.[5]
1989	Michelle Warner	Inman
1988	Nicole Adams	West Columbia
1987	Carol Carver	Hilton Head
1986	Angela Shuler	Rock Hill				Later Miss South Carolina USA 1989
1985	Jennifer Newin	Florence
1984	Mary Delgado	Florence
1983	Beth Woodard	Aiken				Later Miss South Carolina USA 1987

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

1. ^ "Midlands teen makes third runner-up in Miss Teen USA". WIS. 2007-08-24. http://www.wistv.com/global/story.asp?s=6981485. Retrieved 2007-08-24. 
2. ^ "Beauty queen's blonde moment". The Daily Telegraph. 2007-08-27. http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22313987-5001026,00.html?from=public_rss. Retrieved 2007-08-27. 
3. ^ Moore, Ivy. "Sumter Teen wins State Title". The Item. http://news.google.co.nz/newspapers?id=-XEyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0a0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1272,2530077&dq=miss-south-carolina-teen-usa+-upton&hl=en. 
4. ^ Franco, Jose (1988-11-10). "Spartanburg Beauties Win State Crowns". Herald-Journal. http://news.google.co.nz/newspapers?id=WTsfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xs8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3254,5339812&dq=miss-south-carolina-teen&hl=en. 
5. ^ "2007 Mrs America". http://www.tftj.com/db/delegates.htm/33/Mrs/2007. Retrieved July 9, 2010. 

External links

• Official website