- Miss South Carolina
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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss South Carolina USA.
- Also not to be confused with Miss South Carolina Teen USA
Shelley Benthall, Miss South Carolina 2006
Crystal Garrett, Miss South Carolina 2007The 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 90s. Spartanburg has hosted the pageant for the past several years. The pageant was televised since the 1960s until the 1998 pageant. Televising was resumed with the 2000 pageant.
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: 2011 Bree Boyce Florence 22 Miss Capital City Classical Vocal 2010 Desiree Puglia 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 at Miss America 2008 2006 Shelley Benthall Florence 21 Miss Florence Vocal "A Broken Wing" Non-finalist Talent Award, Top 3 for Miss Congeniality Previously Miss South Carolina Teen 2003 2005 Erika Powell Easley 20 Miss Golden Corner Classical Vocal "Time to Say Goodbye" Top 10 at Miss America 2006 Preliminary Talent; Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Scholarship Later 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 Semi-finalist 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 Quarter-finalist 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 Previously 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[1] 21 Miss Anderson County Tap Dance "Sing, Sing, Sing" Later Mrs. South Carolina America 2005 under her married name, Angela Hughes-Singleton.[2] 1995 Amanda Spivey Boiling Springs 22 Miss Southern 500 Saxophone Solo "The Joy of Life" Non-finalist Talent Award Currently a dentist in Charleston 1994 Kristie Greene Greenville 24 Miss Berea Comedy Vocal "Exactly Like Me" 1993 Tonya Helms* Miss Greater Greer Kimberly Clarice Aiken Columbia 18 Miss Columbia Vocal "Summertime Winner 1992 Carrie Lee Davis Greenville 26 Miss Greenville Marimba "Csárdás" Semi-finalist 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 Competed later at Miss South Carolina USA 1990 and placed as 3rd runner up. 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, www.kimileebryant.com 1988 Anna 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 Competed later at Miss South Carolina USA 1990 and finished as 1st runner up. 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. Competed in (and 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 Previously 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 ilfe. 1978 Mary Diane Toole Aiken 17 Miss Aiken 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 Semi-finalist 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 1972 Miss America Pageant 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 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" Semi-finalist 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 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 Previously South Carolina's Junior Miss 1961, featured performer on the 1963 Miss America Pageant 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 Semi-finalist Preliminary Swimsuit Award 1959 Nettie Dennis Moncks Corner 19 Miss Moncks Corner Vocal 2nd runner-up in 1961 Miss Dixie Pageant 1958 Gene Wilson Charleston Miss Charleston Vocal "If I Loved You" Non-finalist Talent award 2nd runner-up in the 1960 Miss Dixie Pageant 1957 Cecilia Colvert Greenwood Miss Greenwood Pantomime / Vocal Competed in the 1958 Miss Dixie Pageant; mother of Miss South Carolina 1988 1956 Marian McKnight Manning Miss Manning Comedy Sketch "The Monroe Doctrine" Winner 1955 Martha Chestnut Conway Miss Conway Piano Crowned Miss Dixie in 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 Semi-finalist Later Miss South Carolina USA, Miss USA and Miss Universe 1954 1952 Mary Griffin Florence Miss Florence Classical Vocal Semi-finalist Placed 1st runner-up in the 1953 Miss USA Pageant representing Myrtle Beach, represented the United States at the 1953 Miss World Pageant where she placed sixth. Also competed in the 1952 Maid of Cotton Pageant. 1951 Joyce Perry Conway Miss Conway Comedy Vocal "Sewing Machine" Semi-finalist 1950 Carolyn Fowler Lyman Miss Lyman 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 in the Miss America Pageant 1943 Janelle Strange Columbia Miss Columbia Sarah Nina Harvin Columbia Competed as Miss Columbia in the Miss America Pageant 1942 Nelle Owens Columbia Miss Columbia Dance Sarah Virginia Pulliam Columbia Competed as Miss Columbia in the Miss America Pageant 1941 Gloria Missel Charleston Miss Charleston Vocal Miriam King Charleston competed as Miss Charleston in the Miss America Pageant 1940 Vonadora Baker Dillon Miss Lakeview Recitation Mary Eleanor Parrish Dillon Tap Dance "Cocktails for Two" Preliminary Talent Award competed as Miss Myrtle Beach in the Miss America Pageant 1939 Margaret Shealy Clinton Miss Clinton Vocal "Especially For You" LaBruce Sherrill Competed as Miss Myrtle Beach in the Miss America Pageant 1938 Margaret Land Chester Miss Camden 1937 Wayring Smathers Columbia Miss Columbia 1927 No Miss South Carolina Claudia Harvin competed as Miss Charleston in the Miss America Pageant and placed as a semi-finalist 1926 No Miss South Carolina Dorothy Brickman competed as Miss Charleston in the Miss America Pageant 1923 No Miss South Carolina Agatha G. Schachte competed as Miss Charleston in the Miss America Pageant * Succeeded to the crown after Miss South Carolina won Miss America
External links
References
- ^ "Meet Miss South Carolina 1996". Miss America Organization. Archived from the original on July 6, 1997. http://web.archive.org/web/19970706142607/http://www.missamerica.org/1996/sc.html. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
- ^ "2005 Mrs America". http://www.tftj.com/db/delegates.htm/33/Mrs/2005. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
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