A new Miss SC teen has been crowned. Here's who won
The new Miss South Carolina's Teen is a graduate of Porter-Gaud High School in Charleston and will study psychology at Furman University in the fall.
Crowned at Township Auditorium Friday night, Tess Ferm, 18, aspires to become a child life specialist.
Her community service Initiative is to increase awareness of food allergies, which she has, along with her brother.
'We ate meals at home to avoid cross-contamination reactions, so I developed my love of cooking from watching my dad prepare meals,' she said in her biography for the competition.
She also said she does a 'somewhat convincing Jennifer Coolidge impression.'
As her talent, she sang 'Tomorrow' from 'Annie and has had leading roles in high school presentations including, Sandy in 'Grease' and Sophie in 'Mamma Mia.'
She is also the founder of the Kindness Counts Club at her school.
On her bucket list for the next five years are to visit a Buddhist Monastery, become a motion capture actor and to perfect walking backwards for giving college tours.
She won a $12,500 college scholarship and will compete in the Miss America Teen competition.
First runner up was Greer High School's Teen Lilykate Barbare, second was Columbia's Teen Logan Gabrielle Wells, third Greenville County's Teen Madison Harbin and fourth runner up was Greenwood's Teen Cleo Floyd-Johnstone.
The other finalists were Clover High School's Teen Paris Dellinger, Dutch Fork's Teen Ava Sain, Newberry's Teen Gracie Arnold, Summerville's Teen Lola Gantt, Union County Fair's Teen Zahmariya Littlejohn and Upstate's Teen Katelynn Ochterbeck.
Miss Teen preliminary talent winners Thursday night were first Tess Ferm, second Cleo Floyd-Johnstone, and third LilyKate Barbare.
Miss Teen preliminary fitness award winners were first Zahmariya Littlejohn, Miss Union County Fair's Teen; second LilyKate Barbare, and third Logan Wells.
Preliminary evening gown award winners were first Logan Wells, second Cleo Floyd-Johnstone, and third Tess Ferm.
The Miss South Carolina competition will be held at Township Auditorium in Columbia, beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday.
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