Here’s how to watch Miss SC pageant final. Who will be crowned?
After two years, a new Miss South Carolina will be crowned Saturday night at Township Auditorium.
The 2020 pageant was canceled due to COVID. The program begins at 8 p.m.
The Miss South Carolina organizers are offering several ways to watch.
There is, of course, in person. Tickets may be bought at the Township Auditorium box office, call (803) 576-2350, and tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com.
The event is being live streamed on the Miss South Carolina website. The cost is $29.95.. The program is also being broadcast live on WACH Fox television station in Columbia and other Sinclair stations around the state.
Tonight, 15 contestants for Miss South Carolina will be selected as semi-finalists from the 41 competing. One more will join the group as the People’s Choice winner based on online votes, which closed Thursday night.
Miss South Carolina 2019 Morgan Nichols will crown her successor. Nichols has spent the past two years traveling the state talking to groups in schools and elsewhere about the importance of STEM education. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math.
She studied genetics at Clemson University and will work toward master’s degrees in biotechnology and business.
Also, she will be vice chair of the Miss South Carolina Foundation, a new organization created to support the Miss South Carolina organization.
The foundation chair is Jeff Black, who was the emcee of the Miss South Carolina pageant 27 years ago and is a board member.
He said his daughter was the first Miss Clarendon, a role that has helped her and continues to help her succeed in life.
In the three nights of preliminaries five women won talent or evening wear and one won both. Miss Clemson Anna Newton is a double preliminary winner, winning both talent and evening wear/social impact statement. Newton’s platform is connecting first responders with community members to learn their needs.
The other preliminary winners are Miss Greater Greer Jada Samuel, Miss Lander University Kara Love, Miss Midlands Emily Wakeman, Miss Sparkle City C.J. McDermott.
Miss South Carolina 2020 will go to the Miss America competition in December in Connecticut.
Dabria Aguilar, 17, a Hanahan High student, who Miss South Carolina Teen Friday night.
This story was originally published June 23, 2021 at 12:20 PM.