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Miss South Carolina USA
Formation | 1952 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Aiken |
Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | Janice McDonald Paula Miles |
Website | Official website |
The Miss South Carolina USA competition, previously known as Miss South Carolina Universe,[1][2] is the pageant that selects the representative for the state South Carolina in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner. The pageant has been produced by Paula Miles, the sister of Miss South Carolina USA 1979, Janice McDonald, since 1980, and it has been directed by RPM Productions.[3]
Miriam Stevenson, South Carolina's first Miss USA and the United States' first Miss Universe, was also the first Miss USA winner to have competed at Miss America. She was the first woman to have competed at Miss America, Miss USA, and Miss Universe. South Carolina's second Miss USA was Shawn Weatherly, who also went on to win Miss Universe.[4]
Seven Miss South Carolina USAs have also held the Miss South Carolina Teen USA title and competed at Miss Teen USA. Two have also competed at Miss America.
Miss South Carolina USA titleholders have also competed at two other major international pageants. Gina Tolleson, first runner-up at Miss USA 1990, went on to win the Miss World crown that year, and Miss South Carolina USA 2004, Amanda Pennekamp, has also competed at the Miss Earth 2006 pageant where she made the top 16.[5]
Marley Stokes of Lexington was crowned Miss South Carolina USA 2021 on March 6, 2021 at North Charleston Coliseum & Performing Arts Center in North Charleston. She represented South Carolina for the title of Miss USA 2021, placed at the top 8.
Gallery of titleholders
Shawn Weatherly, Miss South Carolina USA 1980, Miss USA 1980 & Miss Universe 1980
Allison Grisso, Miss South Carolina USA 1983
Maribeth Curry, Miss South Carolina USA 1986
Amanda Pennekamp, Miss South Carolina USA 2004, competing as Miss Earth USA in the swimsuit competition at Miss Earth 2006
Lacie Lybrand, Miss South Carolina USA 2006
Stephanie Murray Smith, Miss South Carolina USA 2009
Results summary
- Miss USAs: Miriam Stevenson (1954), Shawn Weatherly (1980), Lu Parker (1994)
- 1st runners-up: Mary Kemp Griffin (1953), Betty Cherry (1956), Vickie Chesser (1970), Gina Tolleson (1990), Amanda Pennekamp (2004)
- 2nd runners-up: Eva Engle (1969), Allison Grisso (1983), Audra Wallace (1992)
- 3rd runner-up: Virginia Murray (1976)
- 5th runner-up: Megan Pinckney (2013)
- Top 5/8: Lauren Poppell (1999), Courtney Turner (2011), Megan Gordon (2017), Marley Stokes (2021)
- Top 10/12: Susan Gordon (1972), Maribeth Curry (1986), April Abel (1988), Kelli Gosnell (1993), Lisa Rabon (2000), Ashley Williams (2002), Anna Hanks (2003), Lacie Lybrand (2006), Stephanie Murray Smith (2009), Christina Zapolski (2014)
- Top 15/16/19: Susan Anthony Day (1953), Sara Stone (1955), Jean Spotts (1957), Patricia Ann Moss (1958), Cecelia Yoder (1963), Vicki Harrison (1965), Ashley Zais (2007), Jamie Hill (2008), Erika Powell (2012), Leah Lawson (2016)
South Carolina holds a record of 37 placements at Miss USA.
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Kiki Kirkland (1973)
- Miss Photogenic: Sonja Glenn (1998)
- Best State Costume: Vicki Chesser (1970), Virginia Murray (1976)
- Best in Swimsuit: Lauren Poppell (1999)
Winners
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
Year | Name | Hometown | Age[a] | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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2022 | To be determined March 5, 2022 | |||||
2021 | Marley Stokes[6] | Lexington | 23 | Top 8 |
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2020 | Hannah Jane Curry[8] | Greer | 20 | |||
2019 | MaKenzie Divina | Anderson | 21 | Previously Miss South Carolina Teen United States 2016 | ||
2018 | Tori Sizemore[9] | Anderson | 22 |
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2017 | Megan Gordon | North Augusta | 23 | Top 5 |
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2016 | Leah Lawson[7] | Laurens | 21 | Top 15 | Auditioned on American Idol season 14 and eliminated during Hollywood Week | |
2015 | Sarah Weishuhn | Goose Creek | 20 | |||
2014 | Christina Zapolski | Charleston | 22 | Top 10 | Contestant on Hunted | |
2013 | Megan Pinckney | North Charleston | 21 | 5th runner-up | Previously Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2010 | |
2012 | Erika Powell | Greenville | 26 | Top 16 |
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2011 | Courtney Turner | North Augusta | 20 | Top 8 | Previously 2009 | |
2010 | Rachel Law | Greenville | 21 | |||
2009 | Stephanie Murray Smith | Goose Creek | 21 | Top 10 | Contestant on The Amazing Race 17 | |
2008 | Jamie Hill | Columbia | 24 | Top 15 | Contestant on The Amazing Race 10 | |
2007 | Ashley Zais | Newberry | 20 | Top 15 | ||
2006 | Lacie Lybrand | Lexington | 23 | Top 10 | Miss United States 2002 | |
2005 | Sarah Medley | North Charleston | 18 | Previously Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2001 | ||
2004 | Amanda Pennekamp | Columbia | 22 | 1st runner-up |
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2003 | Anna Hanks | Belton | 21 | Top 10 | Miss United States 2005 | |
2002 | Ashley Williams | Little Mountain | 20 | Top 12 (6th) | ||
2001 | Candace Richards[12] | Fountain Inn[12] | 24[12] | |||
2000 | Lisa Rabon | Myrtle Beach | 21 | Top 10 (9th) | ||
1999 | Lauren Poppell | Rock Hill | 23 | Top 5 (4th) | Best in Swimsuit |
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1998 | Sonja Glenn[13] | Chesnee[13] | 21 | Miss Photogenic[14] | ||
1997 | Casey Mizell | Irmo | 22 | |||
1996 | Lysa Jackson | Charleston | 19 | |||
1995 | Danielle Corley[15] | Lexington[15] | 23[15] | |||
1994 | Lu Parker | Charleston | 26 | Miss USA 1994 | Top 6 finalist at Miss Universe 1994 | |
1993 | Kelli Gosnell | Pacolet | 22 | Semi-finalist | ||
1992 | Audra Wallace | Charleston | 22 | 2nd Runner-up | 2nd runner up at Miss World USA 1993 | |
1991 | Traci Rufty | Columbia | 21 | |||
1990 | Gina Tolleson[16] | Spartanburg[16] | 20[16] | 1st Runner-up[17] | Later Miss World America 1990 and Miss World 1990 | |
1989 | Angela Shuler | Rock Hill | 21 | Previously Miss South Carolina Teen USA 1986 | ||
1988 | April Abel[18] | Johnston | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
1987 | Elizabeth Woodard[19] | Aiken[19] | 21 | Previously Miss South Carolina Teen USA 1983 | ||
1986 | Maribeth Curry[20] | Mauldin[21] | 20 | Semi-finalist | ||
1985 | Ann Margarete Hughes | Charleston | ||||
1984 | Ginger Greer | Lugoff | ||||
1983 | Allison Grisso[22] | Columbia[22] | 21[22] | 2nd Runner-up | ||
1982 | Margo Wood | Columbia | ||||
1981 | Zade Turner[23] | Myrtle Beach | 21 | |||
1980 | Shawn Weatherly[4] | Sumter | 20 | Miss USA 1980 | Miss Universe 1980[4] | |
1979 | Janice McDonald | Myrtle Beach | Co-founder of RPM Productions with her sister Paula Miles | |||
1978 | Kathryn Threatt | Pickens | ||||
1977 | Pam Hoover | Florence | ||||
1976 | Virginia Murray | Chester | 3rd Runner-up[24] | Best Costume | Flight attendant and survivor of United Airlines Flight 232[24] | |
1975 | Robin Morris[25] | Greenville[25] | ||||
1974 | Carol Lynn Hollis[26] | Rock Hill | ||||
1973 | Kiki Kirkland[27] | Newberry[27] | 21[27] | Congeniality | ||
1972 | Susan Gordon | Rock Hill | Semi-finalist | Non-finalist at Miss World USA 1970 representing South Carolina | ||
1971 | Eunice Campbell[28] | Eastover[28] | ||||
1970 | Vicki Chesser[29][30] | Mt. Pleasant | 19 | 1st Runner-up | Best Costume | |
1969 | Eva Engle | Columbia | 2nd Runner-up | |||
1968 | Kathryn Knoy | |||||
1967 | Hope Patterson | |||||
1966 | Joselyn Alarie | |||||
1965 | Vicki Harrison | Semi-finalist | ||||
1964 | Judy Kennedy[2] | |||||
1963 | Cecelia Yoder | Semifinalist | Represented South Carolina in Miss USA World 1963 but did not place. | |||
1962 | Judy Clyburn | |||||
1961 | Yvonne Quick[1] | |||||
1960 | Margaret Thompson | |||||
1959 | Mary Powell | |||||
1958 | Patricia Ann Moss | Semi-finalist | ||||
1957 | Jean Spotts | Semi-finalist | ||||
1956 | Betty Cherry | Columbia | 1st Runner-up | Later Miss World United States 1956, 1st runner up at Miss World 1956. | ||
1955 | Sara Stone | Semi-finalist | ||||
1954 | Miriam Stevenson | Winnsboro | 20 | Miss USA 1954 | Miss Universe 1954 Previously Miss South Carolina 1953 | |
1953 | Mary Kemp Griffin | 1st runner-up | She competed as Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, represented the US at Miss World 1953, and finished as 5th runner-up | |||
Susan Anthony Day | Semi-finalist | |||||
1952 | Margie Allen |
- ^ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
References
- ^ a b "Limestone's Beauties". The Gaffney Ledger. 27 June 1961. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Winthrop Girl wins state 'Universe' title". The Index-Journal. 20 June 1964. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Price, Mark (13 November 2006). "Woman responsible for share of Cinderellas". The Desert Sun. p. D5.
- ^ a b c "Clemson co-ed hopes history will repeat itself at pageant". The Greenville News. 29 November 1989. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Lucas, Lynne (24 November 1991). "A Different World". The Greenville News. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Richardson, Claire (March 30, 2021). "Marley Stokes speaks with Good Morning Columbia after being crowned Miss South Carolina USA". WOLO-TV. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "Pageant crowns new Miss South Carolina USA". WCSC-TV. November 20, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
- ^ Davis, Kimberlei (November 25, 2019). "Newberry College junior crowned Miss South Carolina USA 2020". WOLO-TV. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
- ^ Oyer, Kalyn (November 18, 2017). "The new Miss SC USA and Miss SC Teen USA have been crowned". The Post and Courier.
- ^ "Miss Clemson crowned Miss South Carolina 2019". WYFF News. June 29, 2019.
- ^ "Julia Herrin crowned Miss South Carolina 2021". WSPA 7News. 2021-06-27. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
- ^ a b c Powell, Lynne (15 November 2000). "Limestone College fund director is Miss South Carolina USA". The Gaffney Ledger. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Wofford Senior from Chesnee crowned Miss South Carolina USA". The Greenville News. 5 November 1997 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miss Photogenic". The Greenville News. 8 March 1998. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "New Miss South Carolina USA crowned". The Greenville News. 28 November 1994. p. 2A – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Spartanburg woman wins state beauty title". The Greenville News. 5 December 1989 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miss Michigan chosen Miss USA". The Gettysburg Times. 3 March 1990. p. 1.
- ^ "Miss South Carolina USA". The Index-Journal. 9 November 1987 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Aiken student named Miss South Carolina". 1 December 1986. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Norman, Diane (1986-03-23). "Golden Thread is Common Theme for Miss South Carolina USA". Herald-Journal.
- ^ The Associated Press (16 February 1986). "Mauldin Teen Crowned Miss South Carolina-USA". The Greenville News – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Miss SC USA Crowned". The Index-Journals. 7 February 1983. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miss South Carolina-USA likes Baryshnikov". The Rock Hill Herald. 1981-02-07.
- ^ a b The Associated Press (21 July 1989). "Five North Carolinians survive crash; 2 killed". Asheville Citizen-Times. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Greenville Girl wins SC-USA Title". The Aiken Standard. 31 March 1975. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rock Hill Woman wins Beauty Title". The Greenville News. 1 April 1974. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Miss SC-USA Plans to Leave For Pageant in New York May 11". The Greenville News. 2 May 1973. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "New Queen". Florence Morning News. 22 March 1971 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bishopville Beauty Runner-up in Contest". The Sumter Daily Item. 21 March 1971. p. 5B.
- ^ "2 Upstate Residents to Seek Title". The Greenville News. 4 March 1971. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- Miss USA state pageants
- South Carolina culture
- Recurring events established in 1952
- 1952 establishments in South Carolina