Miss South Carolina World
 | |
| Formation | 1951 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Fayetteville, NC[1] |
| Location | |
| Members | Miss World America (1951–present) |
Official language | English |
State Director | Kathy Keefe Jensen |
| Website | Official Website |
Miss South Carolina World is an American state beauty pageant that selects a representative for the Miss World America national competition from the State of South Carolina. The pageant is headquartered in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, and is currently directed by Kathy Keefe Jensen, who serves as State Director.
To date, three women from South Carolina have been crowned Miss World America:
- Mary Kemp Griffin, 1953
- Betty Lane Cherry, 1956
- Gina Marie Tolleson, 1990
Winners
[edit]- Color key
- Declared as Winner/Ended as Miss World America
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- Ended as special awards winner
- Ended as Miss USA
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age [notes 1] |
Placement at Miss World America | Special awards at Miss World America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Megan Gordon[2] | North Augusta | 27 | 1st Runner-Up | Top Interview | Previously Miss South Carolina 2017 and Top 5 finalist at Miss USA 2017. |
| 2019 | Megan Gordon[2] | North Augusta | 26 | 1st Runner-Up | Previously Miss South Carolina 2017 and Top 5 finalist at Miss USA 2017. | |
| 2018 | did not compete | |||||
| 2017 | ||||||
| 2016 | ||||||
| 2015 | Dawn Logg | Myrtle Beach | 22 | |||
| Miss South Carolina United States 2014 | ||||||
| 2014 | Mae-Ann Webb | 1st Runner-Up | ||||
| Miss South Carolina World | ||||||
| 2013 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | |||||
| 2012 | ||||||
| 2011 | ||||||
| 2010 | ||||||
| 2009 | ||||||
| 2008 | ||||||
| 2007 | ||||||
| 2006 | ||||||
| 2005 | No known representatives from South Carolina from 2003 to 2005. | |||||
| 2004 | ||||||
| 2003 | ||||||
| 2002 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | |||||
| 2001 | ||||||
| 2000 | ||||||
| 1999 | ||||||
| 1998 | ||||||
| 1997 | ||||||
| 1996 | ||||||
| 1995 | ||||||
| 1994 | Michelle Pitts | |||||
| 1993 | Audra Yolanda Wallace | 2nd Runner-Up | ||||
| 1992 | Reid Swofford | |||||
| Miss South Carolina USA 1981-1991 | ||||||
| 1991 | Traci Rufty | Columbia | 21 | |||
| 1990 | Gina Tolleson[3] | Spartanburg[3] | 20[3] | Miss World USA 1990[4] | Later won Miss World 1990. | |
| 1989 | Angela Shuler | Rock Hill | 21 | Previously Miss South Carolina Teen USA 1986 | ||
| 1988 | April Abel[5] | Johnston | 20 | Top 10 | ||
| 1987 | Elizabeth Woodard[6] | Aiken[6] | 21 | Previously Miss South Carolina Teen USA 1983 | ||
| 1986 | Maribeth Curry[7] | Mauldin[8] | 20 | Top 10 | ||
| 1985 | Ann Margarete Hughes | Charleston | ||||
| 1984 | Ginger Greer | Lugoff | ||||
| 1983 | Allison Grisso[9] | Columbia[9] | 21[9] | 2nd Runner-Up | ||
| 1982 | Margo Wood | Columbia | ||||
| 1981 | Zade Turner[10] | Myrtle Beach | 21 | |||
| Miss South Carolina World | ||||||
| 1980 | Donna Rice | Top 15 | ||||
| 1979 | Lynn Boyles | |||||
| 1978 | Cynthia Wynn | Top 8 | ||||
| 1977 | Teresia Ann Woods | |||||
| 1976 | Sandra Rene Wilson | |||||
| 1975 | Vicki Corley | |||||
| 1974 | Donna Lynn McFarland | |||||
| 1973 | Claudie Ruth Bell | Top 16 | ||||
| 1972 | Faye M. Breland | Top 7 | ||||
| 1971 | Debra Carol Cooper | Top 18 | ||||
| 1970 | Eleanor Susan Gordon | Rock Hill | Later Miss South Carolina USA 1972 and Top 12 semi-finalist at Miss USA 1972. | |||
| 1969 | Carolyn Vernon | |||||
| 1968 | did not compete | |||||
| 1967 | Penny Rebecca Mikell | Top 15 | ||||
| 1966 | Linda Parrish | |||||
| 1965 | Victoria "Vicky" Elizabeth Johnson | |||||
| 1964 | Nancy Sanders | Top 15 | ||||
| 1963 | Cecelia McBride Yoder | Previously Miss South Carolina USA 1963 and Top 15 semi-finalist at Miss USA 1963. | ||||
| 1962 | Nancy Ann Harrison | |||||
| 1961 | Judy Austin | Competed as South Carolina | ||||
| Rita Souther | Spartanburg | Competed as Spartanburg, South Carolina. | ||||
| 1960 | Dianne Taff | |||||
| 1959 | No known representatives from South Carolina in 1958 & 1959. | |||||
| 1958 | ||||||
| Miss South Carolina USA 1953-1957 | ||||||
| 1957 | Jean Spotts | Top 15 | ||||
| 1956 | Betty Lane Cherry | Columbia | 20 | Miss World USA 1956 | 1st Runner-Up at Miss World 1956. | |
| 1955 | Sara Stone | Top 15 | ||||
| 1954 | Miriam Stevenson | Winnsboro | 21 | Miss USA 1954 | Later won Miss Universe 1954, as USA. | |
| 1953 | Mary Kemp Griffin | Myrtle Beach | 23 | Miss World USA 1953 | She competed as Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, then represented the US at Miss World 1953, and placed 4th Runner-Up. | |
| Susan Anthony Day | Top 20 | Competed as South Carolina. | ||||
| Miss South Carolina World | ||||||
| 1952 | No known representatives from South Carolina in 1951 & 1952. | |||||
| 1951 | ||||||
- Notes to table
- ↑ Age at the time of the Miss World America pageant
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Important Information". Miss World South Carolina. 2019-04-15. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
- 1 2 "Miss World America - South Carolina".
- 1 2 3 "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.
- 1 2 "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.
- 1 2 3 "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.
