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Best Pageant Around

02/27/2012 14:52:00

: “Donny is a fantastic director and goes above and beyond to make contestants feel welcome. Anyone who has ever entered pageant knows that anything that makes you feel comfortable when competing is a huge plus. Donny’s hospitality is outstanding. His pageants are very well organized and professionally produced. I would recommend Donny’s pageants to any girl, taking part in them was a lot of fun!!”

Fran Phelps

Former Contestant.

Four Queens for SC USA and SC Teen USA Pageant

11/12/2011 16:16:00

The gowns are chose, the swimsuits are packed and four of our beautiful queens are getting the final few things accomplished and ready for the Miss South Carolina USA and MIss South Carolina Teen USA Pageant at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center.

Jill Perry, Lauren Rickabaugh, Michaela Campbell and of course Karmen Roller have been slammed with preparations for this huge event since the day they were crowned. A lot of hard work and energy goes into preparation for a pageant like this one. Since they are judged in three categories, swimsuit, evening gown and interview, these four have been in the gym working hard to make their bodies rock hard, practiced their interview skills with people like Kathy Cobb and Angela Hughes Singletary as well as local television personalities and newspaper reporters and of course Don Baker, and with the help of Gregory Ellenberg, Catz, Dazzles, Brittany's House of Elegance and of course Foxy Lady, chosen just the right gowns and jewelry to hopefully take them to the number 1 spot and the State crown.

On Thursday night our Folly Beach/Edisto Beach Family will come together once again at Smokey Bones in North Charleston to wish our girls the best of luck. The contestants, members of the Board of Directors, former titleholders and family and friend will all be there. Please feel free to join us also.

On Friday the girls will get a chance to size up their competition as they all register and get into their rooms. Here they will find out who they get to room with and the schedule for the next two days. After their initial meeting with the RPM group and their parents, they wil rehearse until time to get ready for the preliminary night where all of the contestants will compete in Swimsuit and Evening Gown.

Saturday Mornign fins the girls getting ready for what most call the most difficult part of a pageant which is the interview with the judges. After interviews that m orning, the girls will eat, rehearse and that night the pageant will begin with the naming of the top 15, 10 and the final five and finally the winner who will go on to the Miss USA Pageant or Miss Teen USA Pageant representing the State of South Caolina.

Lets all wish these four beautiful ladies the best of luck and maybe bring home that State Crown.

The folly Beach Pageant 2011

10/31/2011 15:53:00

The new pageant year has begun and we had a successful pageant thanks to my former queens, Madison Oswald, Brettany Griffen, Lindsey Lambrakos and especially to my hero Bianca Gardner who took over when I fell sick and needed help. Them along with the help of several friends including my sister Teresa, and nephew Brett, along with Carol Murray, Shelly Hunter, Mary Wilson, Elena Gardner, and of course Andie Weathers mad the actual pageant a success.

Our numbers were way down this year, but the quality of our beautiful contestants was tops. Our terrific judges

had a hard time narowing this group to just one.

Queen of Folly Beach-Jill Perry

Queen of Edisto Beach-Lauren Rickabaugh

Teen Queen of Folly Beach-Karmen Roller

Teen Queen of Edisto Beach-Michaela Campbell

Jr. Teen Queen of Folly Beach-Paige Holloway

Jr. Teen Queen of Edisto Beach-Mary Caroline Owen

We also recognized our two young ambassadors added this year and they are

Grace Chamberlain-Tiny Queen of Folly Beach

and

Avery Murray-Young Queen of Folly Beach

Also this year we recognize a wonderful lady who worked very hard as our liason with Folly Beach and was

crowned the Queen Mother of Folly Beach-Andie Weathers.

Every year we recognize the one person either in the pageant or associated with the pageant who best reflects the ideals of pageantry and its positive attributes plus their friendship to our pageant.

The Elizabeth Mills award is named for the beautiful daughter of our dear friend Laura Mills, who was killed by a Drunk Driver as a teenager.

Also this year each of the contestants brought non-perishable items to be placed in the food box to be donated to the Food Kitchen.

Our pageant's success is due to the love of our wonderful Folly Family and I'm proud to be a part of this wonderful group of caring individuals.

Sunday morning all of the contestants met at the beach under the pier with the official photographer
Clyde McDonald for the first of many photo shoots.

We invite you to keep up with our beautiful queens on their journey to the State Pageant as well as the many other pageants, festival and events that they will represent the beautiful Island Communities.

The Search is on...

05/31/2011 14:44:00

Then Search is on...

The Queen of Folly Beach/Edisto Beach Pageant is searching for contestants for the 2012 pageatn to be held iin September in North Charleston.

Please go to our website www.queenoffollybeachpageant.com for more information or contact us at 843-343-2560 of donnyfb@gmail.com.

"We want to give you a crown"

Folly Parade Rescheduled

12/11/2010 10:55:00

The Folly Beach Christmas Parade has been cancelled for today but is rescheduled for next Saturday at the same time. Everyone should come on out next week and see the parade and meet the Queens of Folly Beach.