# Miss South Carolina Teen

The Miss South Carolina’s Teen competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of South Carolina in the Miss America's Teen pageant. Miss South Carolina’s Teen pageant is held the same week as Miss South Carolina, usually occurring during the last weekend in June at the Township Auditorium in Columbia, South Carolina.
Mary Elle Marchant of Lexington was crowned Miss South Carolina Teen on June 29, 2024, at the Township Auditorium in Columbia, South Carolina. She will compete for the title of Miss America's Teen 2025 in January 2025.

## Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss South Carolina’s Teen titleholders presented in the table below. The year in parentheses indicates year of the Miss America's Teen competition in which the placement and/or award was garnered.

### Placements

* Miss America's Outstanding Teen: Taylor Fitch (2009), Rachel Wyatt (2013)
* Top 9: Berkley Bryant (2019)
* Top 10: Maggie Hill (2007), Ali Rogers (2010), Sarah Hamrick (2016), Kellan Finnegan (2020)
* Top 11: Dabria Aguilar (2022)
* Top 15: Lindley Mayer (2006)

### Awards
#### Preliminary awards

* Preliminary Evening Wear/On-Stage Question: Sarah Hamrick (2016)
* Preliminary Talent: Maggie Hill (2007)

#### Other awards

* Children's Miracle Network (CMN) Miracle Maker Award: Berkley Bryant (2019)
* National Fundraiser 2nd Runner-up: Piper Holt (2023)
* Outstanding Achievement in Academic Life: Brook Sill (2014)
* Scholastic Excellence Award: Sarah Hamrick (2016), Makayla Stark (2017), Kellan Fenegan (2020)
* Teens in Action Award Finalists: Kellan Fenegan (2020)
* Top Advertisement Sales: Dabria Aguilar (2022) (tie)
* Top Dance Talent Award: Dabria Aguilar (2022)

## Winners

* Declared as Winner
* Ended as a runner-up
* Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local title | Talent | Placement at MAO Teen | Special scholarships at MAO Teen | Notes |
| 2024 | Mary Elle Marchant | Lexington | | | | | |
| 2023 | Margaret Turner | Greenwood | 16 | Miss Lakeland Teen | Jazz Dance | | | Previously Miss Jr. High School America 2021 |
| 2022 | Piper Holt | Fountain Inn | 17 | Miss Clemson Teen | Jazz Dance "Canned Heat" | | National Fundraiser Award 2nd runner-up | Previously Top 10 (2021) as Piedmont Teen |
| 2021 | Dabria Aguilar | Hanahan | 17 | Miss Capital City Teen | Contemporary Ballet Dance | Top 11 | Top Advertisement Sales (tie) Top Dance Talent Award | |
| 2019-20 | Kellan Fenegan | Lexington | 16 | Miss Columbia Teen | Vocal, "In My Dreams" | Top 10 | Scholastic Excellence Award Teens in Action Award Finalist | |
| 2018 | Berkley Bryant | Anderson | 17 | Miss River City Teen | Tap Dance, "Runaway Baby" | Top 9 | CMN Miracle Maker Award | Later Miss Florence 2022 and Miss Clemson 2023; 1st runner-up at Miss South Carolina 2022, 3rd runner-up at Miss South Carolina 2023, Miss South Carolina Volunteer 2024 and Miss Volunteer America 2025 |
| 2017 | Ally McCaslin | Simpsonville | 16 | Miss Woodmont High School Teen | Vocal, “Journey to the Past” from Anastasia | | | |
| 2016 | Makayla Stark | Inman | 17 | Miss Clemson Teen | Clogging, "Great Balls of Fire" | | Scholastic Excellence Award | |
| 2015 | Sarah Hamrick | Cowpens | 17 | Miss Hilton Head Island Teen | Vocal, "Live Out Loud” | Top 10 | Preliminary Evening Wear/OSQ Award Scholastic Excellence Award | First Asian American Miss South Carolina Teen Later contestant on season 26 of The Bachelor |
| 2014 | Hope Harvard | Easley | 16 | Miss Greater Easley Teen | Dance en pointe, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from Mary Poppins | | | |
| 2013 | Brook Sill | Duncan | 16 | Miss Mauldin Teen | Contemporary Jazz Dance, "Girl on Fire" | | Outstanding Achievement in Academic Life | Cousin of Miss South Carolina Teen 2012, Sydney Sill |
| 2012 | Sydney Sill | Duncan | 16 | Miss Greater Greer Teen | | N/A | N/A | Cousin of Miss South Carolina Teen 2013, Brook Sill Assumed title when Wyatt was named Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2013 1st runner-up at Miss South Carolina 2017 pageant 2nd runner-up at Miss South Carolina 2018 pageant 1st runner-up at Miss South Carolina USA 2019 and 2020 pageants |
| 2012 | Rachel Wyatt | Piedmont | 17 | Miss Greater Mauldin Teen | Dance | Winner | | Later Miss South Carolina 2016 1st runner-up at Miss America 2017 pageant Currently a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader |
| 2011 | Caitlen Patton | Summerville | 17 | Miss Columbia Teen | Vocal | | | |
| 2010 | Caroline Blanton | Conway | 15 | Miss Myrtle Beach Teen | Vocal | | | |
| 2009 | Ali Rogers | Laurens | 17 | Miss Laurens County Teen | Piano, "In the Mood" | Top 10 | | Later Miss South Carolina 2012 1st runner-up at Miss America 2013 pageant |
| 2008 | Courtney Cisson | Greenville | 17 | Miss Powdersville Teen | | N/A | N/A | Half-sister of Miss South Carolina 2002, Kelly McCorkle Assumed title when Fitch was named Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2009 |
| 2008 | Taylor Fitch | Anderson | 17 | Miss Upstate Teen | Musical Theater Dance | Winner | | |
| 2007 | Lauren Lytle | Boiling Springs | 17 | Miss Greenville Teen | Vocal | | | |
| 2006 | Maggie Hill | Gilbert | 17 | Miss Lexington Teen | Vocal | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 2005 | Lindley Mayer | Greenville | 16 | Miss Upstate Teen | Dance | Top 15 | | 1st runner-up at Miss South Carolina 2013 pageant Later Miss South Carolina United States 2016 Has appeared in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Dirty Dancing, Bunheads, Glee, and The Walking Dead |
| 2004 | Brooke Rauscher | Lexington | 14 | Miss Columbia Teen | Lyrical Ballet, “Here Without You” by Three Doors Down | No national pageant | No national pageant | |
| 2003 | Shelley Bryson Benthall | Florence | | Miss Florence County Teen | Vocal | No national pageant | No national pageant | Later Miss South Carolina 2006 |
| 2002 | Danielle Wilson | Columbia | | Miss Columbia Teen | Dance | No national pageant | No national pageant | 2nd runner-up at Miss South Carolina 2008 pageant 1st runner-up at Miss South Carolina USA 2011 pageant |
| 2001 | Kathryn Lynn Stoudenmire | Greer | | Miss Lower State Carolina Teen | | No national pageant | No national pageant | |