49 Miss South Carolina 2017 candidates competing in Columbia

South Carolina, United States currently has 28 Miss America placements including the coronations of Marian McKnight in 1957 and Kimberly Clarice Aiken in 1994. The most recent one was in the 2017 edition when Rachel Wyatt was the first runner-up.

Wyatt was 21 years old when she was crowned Miss South Carolina 2016 on June 25, 2016. On September 11, 2016, she represented South Carolina at Miss America 2017.

Wyatt competed against 50 other candidates at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. She was runner-up to Arkansas’s Savvy Shields.

Miss South Carolina 2017

On June 24, 2017, Wyatt will crown her successor at The Township Auditorium in Columbia, South Carolina. It is the 83rd edition of state-level beauty pageant that selects South Carolina’s Miss America candidate.

A total of 49 women are competing for the Miss South Carolina 2017 title. Here are the candidates.

1. Haley Stokes (Aquila)
2. Caitlin Drummond (Blue Ridge Foothills)
3. Delaney Black (Bluffton)
4. Briana Davidson (Blythewood)
5. Leslie Knight (Boiling Springs)
6. Morgan Schoolfield (Camden)
7. Jordyn Fox (Capital City)
8. Reagan Michelle Mobley (Charleston Southern University)
9. Keasha Currence (Chesnee)
10. Cortnie Stuppard (Clarendon)
11. Taylor Miller (Clemson)
12. Allura Westberry (Coastal Carolina University)
13. Suzi Roberts (Columbia)
14. Christal Potter (Florence)
15. Ali Bradley (Fountain Inn)
16. Kendyl Pennington (Georgia-Carolina State Fair)
17. Brianna Horrell (Greater Easley)
18. Sidney Sill (Greater Greer)
19. Kaylee King (Green Wave)
20. Armani Latimer (Greenville County)
21. Mikeya Murphy (Greenville Scottish Games)
22. Catherine Wong (Hartsville)
23. Charleston Thompson (Hilton Head Island)
24. Alicia Paitsel (Horry County)
25. Natalie Southgate (Inman)
26. Cassandra Gibson (Kershaw)
27. Monica Cleland (Lander University)
28. Kyndall Ellis (Laurens County)
29. Brittany Durrah (Limestone College)
30. Nyjah Asbury (Loris Bog-Off Festival)
31. Morgan McCall (Mauldin)
32. Morgan Romano (Midlands)
33. Morgan Elvis (Myrtle Beach)
34. Brianna Bish (North Charleston)
35. Valerie Bostick (North Greenville University)
36. Jessica Butler (Orangeburg)
37. Johanna Davis (Powdersville)
38. Carli Simmons (Richland County)
39. Ariel Smith (River City)
40. Savana Kelley (South Carolina Apple Festival)
41. Emily Doyle (South Carolina Gamecock)
42. Alexis Stritt (South Carolina Peach Festival)
43. Thomasena Thomas (South Carolina Pearls)
44. Sydney Ford (Spartanburg)
45. Maria Phillips (Spartanburg Methodist College)
46. Addie Ledbetter (Summeville)
47. Alexis Harder (Travelers Rest)
48. Davia Bunch (Upstate)
49. Dionna McFadden (Williamsburg County)