Runner Up

Alexandria Freeman, from right, and Beth Smith celebrate after it was announced that Malyn Bailey was the 1st runner up, leaving Freeman and Smith to be crowned Miss Gaston County 2012 and Miss Gastonia 2012 respectively, during the Miss Gastonia Scholarship Pageant at Gaston College on Sunday August 7, 2011.

Miss South Carolina?

Mya Hipps, 19, just won a Miss South Carolina preliminary, Miss Greater Lyman South Carolina, and will be a contestant in the Miss South Carolina pageant in July.