The Miss South Carolina Teen USA pageant is the competition that selects the representatives for the state of South Carolina in the Miss Teen USA pageant. The pageant has been directed by RPM Productions since its inception.

South Carolina is in the top 10 most successful states at Miss Teen USA in terms of number and value of placements, this state has placed 18 times at Miss Teen USA and has produced two winners. Vanessa Minnillo won the Miss Teen USA title on August 17, 1998, in Shreveport, Louisiana and later went on to become successful in the entertainment industry and K. Lee Graham won the Miss Teen USA title on August 2, 2014, in Nassau, Bahamas.

South Carolina holds the record for the most Miss Congeniality awards. It has won three: 1994, 1998, and 2002. In 1998, Minnillo became the first teenager to win both Miss Congeniality and the national title, and is one of only two contestants to achieve this.

Nine Miss South Carolina Teen USA titleholders have won the Miss South Carolina USA title and competed at Miss USA.

Isabella Brandt of Charleston was crowned Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2026 on June 28, 2026, at The Spartanburg Marriott Hotel in Spartanburg. She will represent South Carolina at Miss Teen USA 2026.

Gallery of titleholders

Results summary Placements Miss Teen USAs: Vanessa Minnillo (1998), K. Lee Graham (2014) 1st runners-up: Brittany Pjetraj (2008), Tori Sizemore (2013), Kirby Elizabeth Self (2018) 2nd runner-up: Marley Stokes (2016) 3rd runner-up: Caitlin Upton (2007) Top 6: Mary Stevenson (1994) Top 12: Lauren Poppell (1993) Top 15/16/20: Lindsey Sporrer (2004), Brittany Smith (2006), Keyla Childs (2011), Shannon Ford (2012), Wesley Mitchell (2015), Allie Richardson (2019), Gracen Grainger (2020), Augusta Roach (2021), Kenlee McVay (2023), Isabella Brandt (2026) South Carolina holds a record of 19 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards Miss Congeniality: Mary Stevenson (1994), Vanessa Minnillo (1998), Austen Brown (2002)

Winners

Color key

Year Name HometownAge1 Local title Placement at MTUSA Special awards at MTUSA Notes 2026 Isabella Brandt Charleston 17 Miss Low Country Teen Top 20 2025 Leah Mary Scarmeas Charleston 17 Miss Charleston AFB Teen 2024 Jules Grass Clemson 19 Miss Tigertown Teen 2023 Kenlee McVay Easley 19 Miss Clemson Teen Top 20 2022 Katie Ward Charleston 19 Miss Yorktown Teen 2021 Augusta Roach Easley 17 Miss Clemson Teen Top 16 2020 Ava Gracen Grainger Clemson 18 Miss Clemson Teen Top 16 Previously Miss Teen World America 2017 Later Miss South Carolina USA 2024 Top 20 at Miss USA 2024 Placed in the Top 10 at Miss South Carolina 2025 as Miss Columbia 2019 Allie Richardson Lexington 17 Miss Golden Corner Teen Top 15 2018 Kirby Elizabeth Self Greenwood 17 Miss Upstate Teen 1st Runner-Up Later Miss South Carolina USA 2023 Top 20 at Miss USA 2023 2017 Alexis Johnson Myrtle Beach 17 Miss Mountain Lakes Teen 2016 Marley D'Lynn Stokes Lexington 18 Miss Golden Corner Teen 2nd runner-up Later Miss South Carolina USA 2021 Top 8 at Miss USA 2021 Later Miss Supranational USA 2026 2015 Wesley McCall Mitchell Lexington 17 Miss Central Lexington Teen Top 15 2014 Katherine (K.) Lee Graham Chapin 16 Miss Lake Murray Teen Miss Teen USA 2014 Daughter of Jennifer Neuen, Miss South Carolina Teen USA 1985 2013 Victoria "Tori" Carol Sizemore Anderson 17 Miss Golden Corner Teen 1st runner-up Later Miss South Carolina USA 2018 4th runner-up at Miss South Carolina 2019 competition 3rd runner-up at Miss South Carolina 2021 2012 Shannon Noel Ford Lexington 18 Miss Lexington Teen Top 16 2011 Keyla Starr Childs Summerville 17 Top 15 Later 3rd runner-up at Miss South Carolina USA 2014 and top 15 at Miss South Carolina USA 2017 2010 Megan Tyler Pinckney North Charleston 18 Later Miss South Carolina USA 2013 5th runner-up at Miss USA 2013 2009 Mary Helen Caver North Augusta 18 2008 Brittany Pjetraj Chapin 18 1st runner-up 2007 Lauren Caitlin Upton Lexington 18 3rd runner-up Contestant on The Amazing Race 16. Gained notoriety following her answer to the final question in the 2007 Miss Teen USA pageant, which was criticized as "strange" and "grammarless". Videos of her response were posted to YouTube and have received millions of views. 2006 Brittany Smith Lyman 17 Top 15 2005 Lauren Taylor Travelers Rest 18 Later two time top 10 semifinalist at Miss South Carolina USA 2004 Lindsey Sporrer Easley 17 Semi-finalist 2003 Stephanie Horton Sumter 18 2002 Austen Brown Charleston 17 Miss Congeniality Later 4th runner-up at Miss South Carolina USA 2006 Later Mrs. America 2013 2001 Sarah Ashley Medley North Charleston 15 Later Miss South Carolina USA 2005 2000 Morgan Smith Lexington 17 1999 Hannah Grooms Wallace 17 Later 3x runner-up at Miss South Carolina USA 1998 Vanessa Joy Minnillo Charleston 17 Miss Teen USA 1998 Miss Congeniality Born in the Philippines. Later married actor and singer Nick Lachey 1997 Caroline Nicole Brigman Latta 19 1996 Wendy Roberts Pelzer 19 1995 Garianne Phillips Leesville 18 1994 Mary Stevenson Greenville 18 Finalist Miss Congeniality Granddaughter of Miss Universe 1954, Miriam Stevenson (Miss South Carolina USA, Miss USA 1954) 1993 Lauren Poppell Rock Hill 17 Semi-finalist Later Miss South Carolina USA 1999 Finished 4th in Miss USA 1999 1992 Shannon Pelerin Lexington 17 1991 Jeanie Bowers Prosperity 17 1990 Kathryn Hancock Greenwood 15 Later Mrs. North Carolina America 2007 under her married name, Kathryn Hancock-Stuart. 1989 Michelle Warner Inman 15 1988 Nicole Adams West Columbia 16 1987 Carol Lynn Carver Hilton Head Island 16 1986 Angela Christine Shuler Rock Hill 15 Second runner-up at Miss South Carolina Teen USA 1983 Later Miss South Carolina USA 1989 1985 Jennifer Lynn Neuen Florence 19 Later second runner-up at Miss South Carolina USA 1988 and 1989 Mother of Katherine Lee Graham, Miss Teen USA 2014 1984 Mary Catherine Delgado Florence 17 1983 Elizabeth "Beth" Woodard Aiken 18 Later Miss South Carolina USA 1987 1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

External links Official website