Miss Clemson is crowned Miss South Carolina

Miss Clemson Rachel Wyatt of Piedmont was crowned Miss South Carolina Saturday night in Columbia after a week of preliminary rounds at The Township.

The 21-year-old Piedmont resident attends Clemson University. She performed a jazz dance in the talent competition Saturday night.

Wyatt, was also Miss SC Teen and Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2013.

She will compete in the Miss America Pageant September 11, 2016 in Atlantic City.

Miss Clemson Teen Makayla Stark of Inman was crowned Friday night as Miss SC Teen.

Runners-up for the title of Miss South Carolina are:

First runner up: Miss Coastal Islands, Suzi Roberts

Second runner up: Miss North Greenville University, Christal Potter

Third runner up: Miss Spartanburg, Anna Mills Polatty

Fourth runner up: Miss Columbia, Sydney Ford

Rounding out the top 10 are:

Miss Coastal Carolina University, Shelby Dangerfield

Miss Hilton Head Island, Anna Brown

Miss Lyman, Ariel Blackwood

Miss SC Sweet Potato Festival, Chelsea Bullock

Miss Charleston Southern University, Amelia McCulloch

Semi-finalists in the top 16 included:

Miss Greater Greer, Mary Grace Nasim

Miss Sparkle City, Bry Atchison

Miss Inman, Ali Bradley

Miss Greer Middle College, Alyxandria Farka

Miss Boiling Springs, Rebecca Robinson

Miss Lander University, Katlyn Gordon

This story was originally published June 25, 2016 at 10:58 PM with the headline "Miss Clemson is crowned Miss South Carolina."