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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 1990s. Spartanburg hosted the pageant in a few different venues until new leadership took over the organization and moved the pageant to Columbia, SC in 2011. The pageant was televised since the 1960s until the 1998 pageant. Televising was resumed with the 2000 pageant through 2006. The pageant returned to television in 2014. Two South Carolina women have become Miss America; Marian McKnight of Manning in 1957 and Kimberly Aiken of Columbia in 1994. Six more have been first runner-up at the national competition and another thirteen have placed in the Top Ten. The Miss South Carolina organization is the leading state pageant in the nation in scholarship money raised for young women- surpassing many much larger states. Jill Dudley of

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was crowned Miss South Carolina 2022 on June 25, 2022 at

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. She competed for the title of

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at the

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in December 2022.

Gallery of past titleholders

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Miss South Carolina 2007

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss South Carolina titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.

Placements

* Miss Americas:

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Kimberly Clarice Aiken Kimberly Clarice Aiken Cockerham (born October 11, 1974) was Miss America 1994. Pageantry Miss South Carolina 1993 She won Miss Columbia and Miss South Carolina 1993 en route to her 1994 Miss America crown. She was the first African American w ...

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) * 1st runners-up: Claudia Turner (1971), Lavinia Cox (1977), Sherry Thrift (1986), Mary Gainey (1991),

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(2013), Rachel Wyatt (2017) * 2nd runners-up: Polly Suber (1955), Catherine Hinson (1978), Dawn Smith (1987) * 3rd runners-up: Evelyn Ellis (1963) * 4th runners-up: N/A * Top 7:

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(2016) * Top 10: Joyce Perry (1952), Mary Griffin (1953),

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(1954), Edith Sandra Browning (1961), Nancy Moore (1966), Cynthia Anthony (1976), Carrie Lee Davis (1993), Erika Grace Powell (2006), Suzi Roberts (2018) * Top 12:

Bree Boyce Andrea "Bree" Boyce, (born March 25, 1989) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Florence, South Carolina who was named Miss South Carolina 2011. Biography From first to seventh grade, Boyce attended The Kings Academy in Florence, S ...

(2012) * Top 15: Mary Claudia Harvin (1927), LaBruce Sherill (1940),

Kelly McCorkle Kelly McCorkle Parkison, (born December 27, 1979) 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. She also competed in '' The Amazing Race 7'' ...

(2003) * Top 16:

(2008) * Top 20: Jeanna Raney (2002)

Awards

Preliminary awards

* Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Polly Suber (1955), Edith Sandra Browning (1961), Barbara Harris (1967), Claudia Turner (1971), Lavinia Cox (1977), Catherine Hinson (1978), Dawn Smith (1987), Nancy Humphries (1988), Carrie Lee Davis (1993),

(2013),

(2016) * Preliminary Talent: LaBruce Sherill (1940), Nancy Moore (1966), Valarie (Valerie) Trapp (1996),

Kimilee Bryant Kimilee Karyn Bryant (born June 22, 1969) is an American actress, singer and former Miss South Carolina.Kimile ...

(1990), Erika Grace Powell (2006)

Non-finalist awards

* Non-finalist Talent: Margaret Seible (1945), Gene Wilson (1959), Mary Diane Toole (1979), Julia Hill (1983), Amanda Spivey (1996), Janet Powers (1998), Heather Hudson (2001), Jessica Eddins (2004), Shelley Bryson Benthall (2007), Anna Perry (2009)

Other awards

* Miss Congeniality: Brooke Mosteller (2014) (tie) * Active International Scholarship for Business and Marketing: Jeanna Raney (2002) * Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Scholarship: Erika Grace Powell (2006) * Children's Miracle Network (CMN) Miracle Maker Award: Brooke Mosteller (2014), Lanie Hudson (2015), Suzi Roberts (2018), Davia Bunch (2019), Morgan Nichols (2020) * CMN Miracle Maker Award 1st runners-up: Rachel Wyatt (2017) * George Cavalier Talent Award:

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(1990) * Quality of Life Award / Social Impact Initiative Scholarship 1st runners-up: Brooke Mosteller (2014), Morgan Nichols (2020) * Quality of Life Award 2nd runners-up: Suzi Roberts (2018) * STEM Scholarship Award Winners: Morgan Nichols (2020) *Top Fundraiser: Julia Herrin (2022)