View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site. House 20010220 Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate Senate 20010221 Introduced, adopted, returned Subject: South Carolina Junior Miss 2001, Missīody Date Action Description Com Leg Involved Type of Legislation: Concurrent Resolution CRĭrafted Document Number: l:\council\bills\swb\5179djc01.doc The curtain goes up at 7 p.m.2001-2002 Bill 3597: South Carolina Junior Miss 2001, Miss Kathryn Willoughby, Resolutions - South Carolina Legislature Online South Carolina General Assemblyĭownload This Bill in Microsoft Word format They will also be on sale at the door for $10. Advance tickets are available from this year’s participants for $8. The three-dimensional skyline onstage will transform USC’s Gordon Hansen Auditorium into the big city. The group numbers, “Shopping for Labels,” “I Got a Feeling” and “Listen to your Heart,” reflect the big city life. “Junior Miss in the City” is this year’s theme. Her son Ryan, a member of the Wells Jaycees, is working with the program this year. Two daughters, Rachel and Hannah, both competed for the Junior Miss title. She has worked with the Junior Miss project for more than 10 years, first, as a Jaycee, then as a volunteer. They have that the rest of their life.”īarb Feist is another big fan of the scholarship program. “The bigger prize is how they grow as a person to be their best self. “Some people think that the scholarship money is the biggest prize,” Majeski said. Majeski’s granddaughter, Melanie Summer, was Junior Miss in 1993.
Her two daughters Amy and Sara both competed in the scholarship program. Mary Majeski is a Wells resident that has close ties to the Junior Miss program and philosophy of being your best self. Being able to convey your thoughts and get your point across in job interviews was really an asset.” I always tried to be my best self.” When asked what had the most value in the program for her, she was quick to respond. Later in college and on the job, I remembered those words.
“That was always something I had tried to do all my life growing up, but Junior Miss gave me the tagline. This counts for 20 percent.Īllison Phillips Sorensen, Wells Area Junior Miss 2001, remembers the “Be Your Best Self” focus in the program. After looking at transcripts of each young woman, along with other standardized test scores, a rating for scholastics will be awarded. The interview score will comprise 25 percent of the total. That afternoon, the judges will have met one-on-one with the contestants to conduct interviews. Scholarship, personality, character, physical well being and creativity are areas of emphasis.īefore the audience even enters the auditorium on Aug. Strict judging standards are established by the national program. “The mission of the Junior Miss,” the national program states, “is to empower outstanding high school women, by providing scholarship opportunities, developing life skills, and encouraging positive values.”
The Jaycees organize and prepare for an evening that showcases the talents of the area’s young women. Wells held its initial program in 1966 when Jane Leland from Bricelyn was chosen as the first Junior Miss. The first national program was held there in 1958. The American Junior Miss program had its beginning in Mobile, Ala., in the 1950s by the Jaycees.