Others returning are three-time top 10 semi-finalist Morgan Brown, and other past top 10 and top 15 Miss semi-finalists Neicey Baxter, Emily Yarbrough, Emily Sapier and Lindsey Lambrakos.
In Teen, second runner-up Blakely Lovett and third runner-up Ashlyn Laney are both competing again this year. The only other returning semi-finalists are Kate Geib and Savannah Betsill.
Contestant lists
Emily Sapier • Capital City (T15 16)
Sara Burd • Charleston County
Keyla Childs • Charleston (3RU 14, Miss SC Teen USA 2011)
Callie Martin • Clemson
Neicey Baxter • Columbia (T15 16, T10 15)
Tatiana Ruiz • Edisto Beach (T17 SC TUSA 14)
Sarah Roof • Folly Beach
Elee Diamaduros • Golden Corner
Kendra Pigler • Graniteville
Caroline Yodice • Greater Charleston (NF SC TUSA 14)
Caitlin Russell • Greenville (2RU 16)
Kennedy Carter • Holy City
Haley Spathias • Isle of Palms (2RU AR TUSA 12, SF TX TUSA 11, NF 09)
Sydney Long • Kiawah Island (NF 16, T15 SC TUSA 15)
Addison Hicks • Lake Keowee
Reese Corry • Lexington County
Demetria McNeil • Low Country
Celeste Sherer • Mauldin (NF 16, NF 15, NF NC USA 13, NF NC USA 11)
Catherine Ivey • Midlands
Lindsey Lambrakos • Mount Pleasant (T15 16, T16 15, NF 11)
Morgan Brown • Mountain Lakes (T10 16, T10 15, T10 14)
Karen Kagha • Myrtle Beach (NF GA USA 16, SF TN USA 11, SF GA TUSA 09)
Brooke Lackey • North Augusta (NF SC TUSA 14, NF 13)
Faith Marcengill • Oconee
Hope Lumpkin • Pawleys Island
Olivia Walls • Powdersville (NF SC TUSA 16)
Emily Yarbrough • Spartanburg (T10 15)
Lauren Traufler • Springdale
Megan Gordon • Upstate (1RU 16)
Daisy Burroughs • York County
Raegan McCullough • Zion (NF SC TUSA 12, NF 11)
TEEN CONTESTANTS (32)
Mary Kate Quinif • Berkeley County
Sarah Grace DuRant • Camden
Ashlyn Laney • Capital City (3RU 16)
Gabrielle Creswell • Chapin
Macey Mitchell • Charleston
Madison McAbee • Cherokee County
Madison Scalf • Clemson (NF 16)
Payton Holmes • Coastal
Rebekah Knowles • Edgefield County (NF 16)
Rebekah Holsenback • Edisto Beach
Elizabeth Self • Emerald City
Kate Geib • Fairfax (T10 16, T10 15)
Erin Werts • Folly Beach
Savannah Betsill • Golden Corner (T10 16)
Hannah Curry • Greenville
Lyndsey Nicole Stanfill • Greenwood County
Morgan Gumola • Kiawah Island (NF 15)
Scarlett Manley • Lake Keowee
Carson Haycox • Lake Murray
Emilee Smarr • Lake Wateree
Summer Rogers • Lexington
Nila Morton • Mauldin
Alexis Johnson • Mountain Lakes
Blakely Lovett • Myrtle Beach (2RU 16)
Catherine Taylor • Newberry County
Cara Odom • North Augusta
Gracen Grainger • Sparkle City
Amber Ziemba • Summerville
Areana Myers • Sumter
Tori Sloan • Upstate (NF 16)
Lauren Elizabeth Johnson • Walhalla
Madelyn Bacon • West Columbia