Miss South Carolina
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- Also not to be confused with Miss South Carolina Teen USAMiss South Carolina Teen USAThe 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
South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
in the Miss America
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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
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| 2011 | Bree Boyce Bree Boyce Andrea "Bree" Boyce, is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Florence, South Carolina who was named Miss South Carolina 2011.-Biography:From 1st to 7th grade she atteneded The Kings Academy in Florence, SC... |
Florence Florence, South Carolina -Municipal government and politics:The City of Florence has a council-manager form of government. The mayor and city council are elected every four years, with no term limits... |
22 | Miss Capital City | Classical Vocal | |||
| 2010 | Desiree Puglia | Simpsonville Simpsonville, South Carolina Simpsonville is a city in Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. It is part of the Greenville–Mauldin–Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,352 at the 2000 census, and estimated at 17,778 in 2009... |
22 | Miss Pendleton | A Capella Tap Dance | |||
| 2009 | Kelly Sloan | Gray Court Gray Court, South Carolina Gray Court is a town in Laurens County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 1,021 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Greenville–Mauldin–Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:... |
24 | Miss Hartsville | Vocal "For Once in My Life For Once in My Life "For Once in My Life" is a pop song written by Ron Miller and Orlando Murden for Motown Records' Jobete publishing company in 1967 . The composition was originally recorded by Jean DuShon, while other artists, such as Tony Bennett and The Temptations, recorded slow ballad versions of the song... " |
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| 2008 | Anna Perry | Florence | 23 | Miss Lexington | Piano "Rhapsody in Blue Rhapsody in Blue Rhapsody in Blue is a musical composition by George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band written in 1924, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects.... " |
Non-Finalist Talent Award | Daughter of Miss South Carolina 1982- Julia Hill | |
| 2007 | Crystal Garrett Crystal Garrett Crystal Alicia Garrett is Miss South Carolina 2007. She made the top 16 at Miss America 2008. At Miss South Carolina 2006, she placed in the top 10.- External links :* at Miss South Carolina... |
Columbia Columbia, South Carolina Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan... |
21 | Miss Charleston | Vocal "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard Sunset Boulevard (musical) Sunset Boulevard is a musical with book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Based on the 1950 film of the same title, the plot revolves around Norma Desmond, a faded star of the silent screen era, living in the past in her decaying mansion on the... |
Top 16 at Miss America 2008 Miss America 2008 Miss America 2008, the 87th Miss America pageant, was held at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on January 26, 2008.The pageant was broadcast live on TLC from the Theatre for the Performing Arts at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, only the third time that the pageant has been... |
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| 2006 | Shelley Benthall | Florence | 21 | Miss Florence | Vocal "A Broken Wing A Broken Wing "A Broken Wing" is a song recorded by American country music singer Martina McBride, written by Phil Barnhart, Sam Hogin and James House. It appears on McBride's 1997 album Evolution, from which it was released as the second single... " |
Non-finalist Talent Award, Top 3 for Miss Congeniality | Previously Miss South Carolina Teen 2003 | |
| 2005 | Erika Powell | Easley Easley, South Carolina Easley is a city in Pickens County in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is a principal city of the Greenville–Mauldin–Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area. Most of the city lies in Pickens County, with only a very small portion of the city in Anderson County... |
20 | Miss Golden Corner | Classical Vocal "Time to Say Goodbye Con te Partiró - History :The song's original single release by Polydor Records was not commercially successful in Italy, and received little radio airplay there. Elsewhere, however, it was a massive hit. In France and Switzerland, the single topped the charts for 6 weeks, earning a triple Gold sales award. In... " |
Top 10 at Miss America 2006 Miss America 2006 Miss America 2006, the 85th Miss America, pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on January 21, 2006.The pageant was broadcast live on CMT from the Theatre for the Performing Arts at the Aladdin Resort and Casino, the first time that the pageant was held outside Atlantic City... |
Preliminary Talent; Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Scholarship | Later Miss South Carolina USA Miss South Carolina USA The Miss South Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state South Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant has been produced by RPM Productions since 1980.... 2012 |
| 2004 | Ann Ashley Wood | Spartanburg Spartanburg, South Carolina thgSpartanburg is the largest city in and the county seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. It is the second-largest city of the three primary cities in the Upstate region of South Carolina, and is located northwest of Columbia, west of Charlotte, and about northeast of... |
23 | Miss Charleston | Lyrical Dance "You Raise Me Up You Raise Me Up "You Raise Me Up" was the debut single from Westlife's fifth studio album, Face To Face.This version is considered by many to be the most popular , of all the various versions of the same song. The single peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart, making it the band's 13th Number One. It was the first... " |
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| 2003 | Jessica Eddins | Irmo Irmo, South Carolina Irmo is a town in Lexington and Richland counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina and a suburb of Columbia. It is 12 miles outside of the city center of Columbia and is part of the Columbia Metropolitan Statistical Area... |
24 | Miss North Charleston | Semi-Classical Vocal "And This Is My Beloved And This Is My Beloved "And This Is My Beloved" is a popular song.It was from the 1953 musical Kismet and is credited to Robert Wright and George Forrest. Like all the music in that show, the melody was in fact based on music composed by Alexander Borodin, in this case, Borodin's String Quartet in D.The same melody had... " |
Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2002 | Kelly McCorkle Kelly McCorkle Kelly McCorkle Parkison held the title of Miss South Carolina 2002 and placed in the Top 15 at the Miss America 2003 Pageant held on September 21, 2002 in Atlantic City, NJ... |
Greenville Greenville, South Carolina -Law and government:The city of Greenville adopted the Council-Manager form of municipal government in 1976.-History:The area was part of the Cherokee Nation's protected grounds after the Treaty of 1763, which ended the French and Indian War. No White man was allowed to enter, though some families... |
23 | Miss Golden Corner | Lyrical Ballet "I Believe I Believe (1953 song) "I Believe" is the name of a popular song written by Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl and Al Stillman in 1953.I Believe was commissioned and introduced by Jane Froman on her television show, and became the first hit song ever introduced on TV... " |
Top 15 Semi-finalist | Contestant on The Amazing Race The Amazing Race The Amazing Race is a reality television game show in which teams of two people, who have some form of a preexisting personal relationship, race around the world in competition with other teams... 7 with partner Ron Young (3rd place); Half-sister of Miss South Carolina's Outstanding Teen 2008- Courtney Cisson |
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| 2001 | Jeanna Raney | Inman Inman, South Carolina Inman is a city in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,321 at the 2010 census.Inman is a small community located in the Upstate region of South Carolina... |
20 | Miss Greater Greer | Tap Dance "Kiss Me" | Top 20 Quarter-finalist | Active International Scholarship for Business and Marketing | |
| 2000 | Heather Hudson | Lexington Lexington, South Carolina Lexington is a town in and the county seat of Lexington County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 17,870 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Lexington is located at .... |
22 | Miss Tigertown | Classical Vocal "Il Bacio" by Luigi Arditi Luigi Arditi Luigi Arditi was an Italian violinist, composer and conductor.Arditi was born in Crescentino, Piemonte . He began his musical career as a violinist, and studied music at the Conservatory of Milan. He made his debut in 1843 as a director at Vercelli, and it was there that he was made an honorary... |
Non-finalist Talent Award | Previously South Carolina's Junior Miss 1996 | |
| 1999 | Danielle Davis | Greer Greer, South Carolina Greer is a city in Greenville and Spartanburg counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina, between the cities of Greenville and Spartanburg. The population was 25,515 at the 2010 census. It is projected to hit 30,000 within 4 years. Each day, more than three times that number of people pass... |
18 | Miss Williamston | Vocal "I Wanna Fall in Love I Wanna Fall in Love "I Wanna Fall in Love" is a single by American country music artist Lila McCann. Released in late 1997, it was the second single from her debut album, Lila. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in February 1998 and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in... " |
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| 1998 | Wendy Willis | Fountain Inn Fountain Inn, South Carolina Fountain Inn is a city in Greenville and Laurens counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 6,017 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Greenville–Mauldin–Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:... |
24 | Miss Camden | Vocal "Operator" by The Manhattan Transfer The Manhattan Transfer (album) The Manhattan Transfer is the second album by The Manhattan Transfer. However, it is the first of four albums to be released by the line-up of Tim Hauser, Laurel Massé, Alan Paul and Janis Siegel, and the first to establish the sound and style for which the group would become known... |
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| 1997 | Janet Powers | Hartsville Hartsville, South Carolina Hartsville is a small city in Darlington County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 7,764 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Hartsville is located at .... |
21 | Miss Southern 500 | Vocal Medley "Go Tell It on the Mountain Go Tell It on the Mountain (song) "Go Tell It on the Mountain" is an African-American spiritual song, compiled by John Wesley Work, Jr., dating back to at least 1865, that has been sung and recorded by many gospel and secular performers... " "Gonna Build a Mountain" & "Ain't No Mountain High Enough Ain't No Mountain High Enough "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" is an R&B/soul song written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson in 1966 for the Tamla Motown label. The composition was first successful as a 1967 hit single recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, becoming a hit again in 1970 when recorded by former Supremes... " |
Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1996 | Angela Hughes | Anderson Anderson, South Carolina Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Anderson County, South Carolina, United States. The population was estimated at 26,242 in 2006, and the city was the center of an urbanized area of 70,530... |
21 | Miss Anderson County | Tap Dance "Sing, Sing, Sing" | Later Mrs. South Carolina America 2005 under her married name, Angela Hughes-Singleton. | ||
| 1995 | Amanda Spivey | Boiling Springs Boiling Springs, South Carolina Boiling Springs is a census-designated place in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 8,219 at the 2010 census.-Namesake:... |
22 | Miss Southern 500 | Saxophone Solo "The Joy of Life" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Currently a dentist Dentist A dentist, also known as a 'dental surgeon', is a doctor that specializes in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases and conditions of the oral cavity. The dentist's supporting team aides in providing oral health services... in Charleston Charleston, South Carolina Charleston is the second largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It was made the county seat of Charleston County in 1901 when Charleston County was founded. The city's original name was Charles Towne in 1670, and it moved to its present location from a location on the west bank of the... |
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| 1994 | Kristie Greene | Greenville | 24 | Miss Berea | Comedy Vocal "Exactly Like Me" | |||
| 1993 | Tonya Helms* | Miss Greater Greer | ||||||
| Kimberly Clarice Aiken Kimberly Clarice Aiken Kimberly Clarice Aiken Cockerham was Miss America 1994. Aiken was 18 years old when she won the coveted title, and was only the fifth woman of African descent to get the crown... |
Columbia Columbia, South Carolina Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan... |
18 | Miss Columbia | Vocal "Summertime Summertime (song) "Summertime" is an aria composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based, although the song is also co-credited to Ira Gershwin by ASCAP.... |
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| 1992 | Carrie Lee Davis | Greenville | 26 | Miss Greenville | Marimba "Csárdás Csárdás (Monti) Csárdás is perhaps the most famous composition of Vittorio Monti. A rhapsodical concert piece written in 1904, it is a well-known folk piece based on a Hungarian csárdás. It was originally composed for violin, mandolin or piano... " |
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 Miss South Carolina USA The Miss South Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state South Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant has been produced by RPM Productions since 1980.... 1990 and placed as 3rd runner up. |
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| 1989 | Kimilee Bryant Kimilee Bryant Kimilee Karyn Bryant is an American actress, singer and former Miss South Carolina. Bryant is best known for playing the role of Christine Daae in the Broadway and other productions of The Phantom of the Opera, and later the role of Carlotta in the same musical. She has sung at Lincoln Center's... |
Greenville | 23 | Miss Berea | Classical Vocal "Je Suis Titania" from Mignon Mignon Mignon is an opéra comique in three acts by Ambroise Thomas. The original French libretto was by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on Goethe's novel Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre. The Italian version was translated by Giuseppe Zaffira. The opera is mentioned in James Joyce's The Dead,... |
Preliminary Talent/George Cavalier Talent Award 1988 MAP | Broadway Broadway theatre Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City... actress and opera singer, www.kimileebryant.com |
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| 1988 | Anna Reynolds | Greenwood Greenwood, South Carolina Greenwood is a city in and the county seat of Greenwood County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 22,071 at the 2000 census and had slightly increased to 22,710 according to a 2009 estimate.-Geography:... |
23 | Miss Greenwood | Vocal "Mack the Knife Mack the Knife "Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife", originally "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer", is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their music drama Die Dreigroschenoper, or, as it is known in English, The Threepenny Opera. It premiered in Berlin in 1928 at the... " |
daughter of Miss South Carolina 1957 | ||
| 1987 | Nancy Humphries | Myrtle Beach Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Myrtle Beach is a coastal city on the east coast of the United States in Horry County, South Carolina. It is situated on the center of a large and continuous stretch of beach known as the Grand Strand in northeastern South Carolina. It is considered to be a major tourist destination in the... |
21 | Miss Myrtle Beach | Piano Solo "The Stars and Stripes Forever" | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Competed later at Miss South Carolina USA Miss South Carolina USA The Miss South Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state South Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant has been produced by RPM Productions since 1980.... 1990 and finished as 1st runner up. Former co-host of Access Hollywood Access Hollywood Access Hollywood is a weekday television entertainment news program covering events and celebrities in the entertainment industry. It was created by former Entertainment Tonight executive producer Jim Van Messel, and is currently directed by Robert Silverstein. In previous years, Doug Dougherty and... |
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| 1986 | Dawn Smith | Columbia | 22 | Miss Liberty | Classical Vocal "Je Veux Vivre" from Roméo et Juliette Roméo et Juliette Roméo et Juliette is an opéra in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. It was first performed at the Théâtre Lyrique , Paris on 27 April 1867... |
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 What Not to Wear (US version) What Not to Wear is an American makeover reality television show based on a British show of the same name. The program currently airs on TLC in the United States and Canada, and foreign versions in Mexico, Colombia and Argentina... , against two other 1986 top-10 finalists. |
| 1985 | Sherry Thrift | Westminster Westminster, South Carolina Westminster is a city in Oconee County, South Carolina, United States. It was started mostly as a station on the Southern Railway. Then as stores, shops and factories started to set up around the train stop, it bloomed into a decent-sized town. Its peak of expansion came in the 1920s. The... |
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 Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff) The Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, is a concerto for piano and orchestra composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff between the autumn of 1900 and April 1901. The second and third movements were first performed with the composer as soloist on 2 December 1900... " |
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 Piano Concerto No. 21 (Mozart) The Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, was completed on March 9, 1785 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, four weeks after the completion of the previous D minor concerto.- Structure :There are three movements.... " |
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| 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 Johns Island, South Carolina Johns Island, also spelled John's Island, is the largest island in the U.S. State of South Carolina. It is one of the many Sea Islands along the coast of South Carolina.-Background:... |
23 | Miss Charleston | Vocal Medley "The Party's Over The Party's Over (1956 song) "The Party's Over" is a popular song composed by Jule Styne with lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. It was introduced in the 1956 musical comedy Bells Are Ringing by Judy Holliday. Nat King Cole, Smoking Popes and Lonnie Donegan recorded popular versions. Shirley Bassey recorded the song for... " & "Send in the Clowns Send in the Clowns "Send in the Clowns" is a song by Stephen Sondheim from the 1973 musical A Little Night Music, an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night. It is a ballad from Act II in which the character Desirée reflects on the ironies and disappointments of her life. Among other things, she... " |
Has written a book Bare Feet to High Heels on her ilfe. | ||
| 1978 | Mary Diane Toole | Aiken Aiken, South Carolina Aiken is a city in and the county seat of Aiken County, South Carolina, United States. With Augusta, Georgia, it is one of the two largest cities of the Central Savannah River Area. It is part of the Augusta-Richmond County Metropolitan Statistical Area. Aiken is home to the University of South... |
17 | Miss Aiken | Ballet "Pas de Quatre Pas de Quatre Pas de Quatre is a ballet divertissement choreographed by Jules Perrot in 1845, on the suggestion of Benjamin Lumley, Director at His Majestys Theatre to music composed by Cesare Pugni.... " |
Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1977 | Catherine Hinson | Rock Hill Rock Hill, South Carolina Rock Hill is the largest city in York County, South Carolina and the fourth-largest city in the state. It is also the third-largest city of the Charlotte metropolitan area, behind Charlotte and Concord, North Carolina. The population was 71,459 as of . Rock Hill has undergone rapid growth between... |
22 | Miss Rock Hill | Saxophone Medley "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" is a song with lyrics written by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman and original music written by Michel Legrand for the 1969 film The Happy Ending in which Bill Eaton sings it under the opening credits... " & "Flight '76" by Walter Murphy Walter Murphy Walter Anthony Murphy, Jr. is an American instrumentalist, songwriter, and arranger. He rose to fame with the hit instrumental "A Fifth of Beethoven", a disco adaptation of passages from the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, in 1976, when disco was at the height of its... |
2nd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1976 | Lavinia Cox | Latta Latta, South Carolina Latta is a town in Dillon County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 1,410 at the 2000 census. This small town also contains one of the many libraries that were started with funds given by Andrew Carnegie, which is located in the center of town.... |
23 | Miss Rock Hill | Piano Medley "The Man I Love The Man I Love (song) "The Man I Love" is a popular standard, with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by his brother Ira. Originally part of the 1924 score for the Gershwin government satire Lady, Be Good as "The Girl I Love", the song was deleted from the show as well as from both the 1927 anti-war satire Strike Up... " & "Sunny Sunny (song) "Sunny" is the name of a song written by Bobby Hebb. It is one of the most covered popular songs, with hundreds of versions released. BMI rates "Sunny" number 25 in its "Top 100 songs of the century."... " |
1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1975 | Cynthia Anthony | West Columbia West Columbia, South Carolina West Columbia is a city in Lexington County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 13,064 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.... |
22 | Miss Lexington | Classical Vocal "Chacun le Sait" from La fille du régiment La fille du régiment La fille du régiment is an opéra comique in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. It was written while the composer was living in Paris, with a French libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-François Bayard.La figlia del reggimento, a slightly different Italian-language version , was... |
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| 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 All the Things You Are "All the Things You Are" is a song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II.It was written for the musical Very Warm for May , where it was introduced by Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, and Ralph Stuart... " |
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| 1972 | Bonnie Corder | Columbia | 21 | Miss Columbia | Vocal Medley "My Man's Gone Now My Man's Gone Now My Man's Gone Now is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by DuBose Heyward, written for the folk opera Porgy and Bess . Sung in the original production by Ruby Elzy, it has been covered by many female singers notably Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, and Shirley Horn, among... " "Let Me Sing" & "I'm Happy" |
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| 1971 | Pamela Inabinet | Swansea Swansea, South Carolina Swansea is a town in Lexington County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 827 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Swansea is located at... |
21 | Miss Columbia | Tap Dance "Puttin' on the Ritz Puttin' on the Ritz "Puttin' on the Ritz" is a popular song written and published in 1929 by Irving Berlin and introduced by Harry Richman in the musical film Puttin' on the Ritz . The title derives from the slang expression "putting on the Ritz," meaning to dress very fashionably. The expression was inspired by the... " |
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 Once Upon a Time (song) "Once Upon a Time" is a song with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Lee Adams from the 1962 musical All American. In the musical, the song was performed by Ray Bolger and Eileen Herlie, and their version appears on the Broadway Cast recording... " |
1st runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1969 | Brantlee Price | Newberry Newberry, South Carolina Newberry is a city in Newberry County, South Carolina, 43 miles west -northwest of Columbia. The charter was adopted in 1894. In 1890, 3,020 people lived in Newberry, South Carolina; in 1900, 4,607; in 1910, 5,028; and in 1940, 7,510. The population was 10,580 at the 2000 census. It is the county... |
19 | Miss Newberry | Vocal "Got A Lot O' Living To Do" | |||
| 1968 | Rebecca Smith | Clover Clover, South Carolina Clover is a town in York County, South Carolina, United States located in the greater Charlotte, North Carolina metropolitan area. As of July 2009, the population was at 5,158 within the town limits.... |
19 | Miss Clover | Semi-Classical Vocal "America the Beautiful America the Beautiful "America the Beautiful" is an American patriotic song. The lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and the music composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward.... " |
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| 1967 | Peggy White | Fountain Inn | 23 | Miss Laurens | Organ Medley "Spanish Flea Spanish Flea "Spanish Flea" is a popular song written by Julius Wechter in the 1960s with lyrics by Cissy Wechter.The song is best known from an instrumental version by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, released as a single and on their 1965 album Going Places, both of which were No.1 hits in America... " & "Flight of the Bumblebee Flight of the Bumblebee "Flight of the Bumblebee" is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, composed in 1899–1900. The piece closes Act III, Tableau 1, during which the magic Swan-Bird changes Prince Gvidon Saltanovich into an insect so that he can fly away to... " |
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| 1966 | Barbara Harris | Simpsonville | 21 | Miss Columbia | Classical Vocal | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Former Mayor of Morris Township, New Jersey Morris Township, New Jersey Morris Township is a township in Morris County, New Jersey, USA. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 21,796. It is known as the "doughnut" around Morristown since it completely encapsulates it, and has at least five times the area... , Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
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| 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 Strom Thurmond James Strom Thurmond was an American politician who served as a United States Senator. He also ran for the Presidency of the United States in 1948 as the segregationist States Rights Democratic Party candidate, receiving 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes... |
| 1964 | Diana Sue Smith | Florence | 20 | Miss Florence | Vocal Medley of Popular Songs | |||
| 1963 | Carolyn Gaines | North Augusta North Augusta, South Carolina North Augusta is a city in Aiken County, South Carolina, United States, on the north bank of the Savannah River. The population was 21,348 at the 2010 census. The city is included in the Central Savannah River Area and is also part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area.- History :North... |
Miss North Augusta | Popular Vocal | ||||
| 1962 | Evelyn Ellis | Greenville | 19 | Miss Columbia | Interpretive Dance - Toe & Ballet "Thank Heaven for Little Girls Thank Heaven for Little Girls "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" is a 1957 song written by Lerner and Loewe and performed by Maurice Chevalier. It opened and closed the 1958 film Gigi. Alfred Drake performed the song in the 1973 Broadway production of Gigi.... " & "Gigi Gigi (1958 film) Gigi is a 1958 musical film directed by Vincente Minnelli. The screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner is based on the 1944 novella of the same name by Colette... " |
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 Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod) The Bach/Gounod Ave Maria is a popular and much-recorded setting of the Latin text Ave Maria.Written by French Romantic composer Charles Gounod in 1859, his Ave Maria consists of a melody superimposed over the Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 846, from Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier, written by... " |
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| 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 Moncks Corner, South Carolina Moncks Corner is a town in and the county seat of Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 5,952 at the 2000 census.... |
19 | Miss Moncks Corner | Vocal | 2nd runner-up in 1961 Miss Dixie Pageant | ||
| 1958 | Gene Wilson | Charleston | Miss Charleston | Vocal "If I Loved You If I Loved You "If I Loved You" is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel.The song was introduced by John Raitt as "Billy Bigelow" and Jan Clayton as "Julie"... " |
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 Marian McKnight Marian McKnight is a former American beauty pageant winner.She earned the 1957 Miss America title with a Marilyn Monroe act in the talent portion, and later worked with Monroe's ex-husband, Joe DiMaggio, for a Virginia supplier of military bases... |
Manning Manning, South Carolina Manning is a city in South Carolina and the county seat of Clarendon County in the Southeastern United States, located in the center of the county, just to the east of Interstate 95 and at the intersection of U.S. 301 and U.S. 521. The population was estimated to be 3,943 as of 2008, down 2% from... |
Miss Manning | Comedy Sketch "The Monroe Doctrine" | Winner | |||
| 1955 | Martha Chestnut | Conway Conway, South Carolina Conway is a city in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 16,317 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Horry County and is part of the Myrtle Beach metropolitan area. It is the home of Coastal Carolina University.... |
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 Miriam Stevenson Miriam Jacqueline Stevenson born 4 July 1933, of Winnsboro, South Carolina, won the Miss USA pageant as Miss South Carolina USA in 1954. She was the first Miss USA to hold the Miss Universe beauty crown.... |
Winnsboro Winnsboro, South Carolina Winnsboro is a town in Fairfield County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 3,599 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Fairfield County. Winnsboro is part of the Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.... |
20 | Miss Greenwood | Tap Dance | Semi-finalist | Later Miss South Carolina USA Miss South Carolina USA The Miss South Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state South Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant has been produced by RPM Productions since 1980.... , Miss USA Miss USA The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA... and Miss Universe Miss Universe Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers.... 1954 |
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| 1952 | Mary Griffin | Florence | Miss Florence | Classical Vocal | Semi-finalist | Placed 1st runner-up in the 1953 Miss USA Miss USA The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA... Pageant representing Myrtle Beach, represented the United States at the 1953 Miss World Miss World The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951... Pageant where she placed sixth. Also competed in the 1952 Maid of Cotton Pageant. |
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| 1951 | Joyce Perry | Conway | Miss Conway | Comedy Vocal "Sewing Machine" | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1950 | Carolyn Fowler | Lyman Lyman, South Carolina Lyman is a town in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. It is a suburb of Greer. The population of Lyman was 3,243 at the 2010 census.-History:... |
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 Dillon, South Carolina Dillon, South Carolina, the county seat of Dillon County, was established on December 22, 1888. The name of the city came from James W. Dillon, who was a key component in bringing a railroad through this area of the state, which led to development and formation of the County. Dillon’s population... |
Miss Lakeview | Recitation | ||||
| Mary Eleanor Parrish | Dillon | Tap Dance "Cocktails for Two Cocktails for Two "Cocktails for Two" is a song from the Big Band era, written by Arthur Johnston and Sam Coslow. The song debuted in the movie Murder at the Vanities , where it was introduced by singer and actor Carl Brisson... " |
Preliminary Talent Award | competed as Miss Myrtle Beach in the Miss America Pageant | ||||
| 1939 | Margaret Shealy | Clinton Clinton, South Carolina Clinton is a city in Laurens County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 8,091 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Greenville–Mauldin–Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area. Clinton was first settled by Scots-Irish immigrants two decades before the American Revolutionary... |
Miss Clinton | Vocal "Especially For You" | ||||
| LaBruce Sherrill | Competed as Miss Myrtle Beach in the Miss America Pageant | |||||||
| 1938 | Margaret Land | Chester Chester, South Carolina Chester is a small city in Chester County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 6,476 at the 2000 census and a center urban cluster population of 11,140... |
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 |