America's National Girl & America's National Woman

South Carolina

I love horseback riding. I like my dance classes - jazz and tap. I teach my little

sister gymnastics in the yard. I like to read and draw pictures. I like to listen and

dance to music with my friends. I love acting on stage and in front of the camera.

I have fun playing ball with my brothers and the boys in the neighborhood.

I'm proud to be a Carolina Girl; I’m proud of who I am; and I like helping others.

South Carolina is a great state. We have lots of great places to visit. We have

beaches, some mountains, nice lakes, a beautiful capital, and my hometown

of Rock Hill has a great spring festival called Come-See-Me that is lots of fun!

I love to make new friends and keep in touch with them. You can learn a lot from new

people you meet, especially if they live in another town and like doing different things than you. It’s fun to share what you like with others.

I hope to meet the people who make changes for the schools and tell them some of my ideas, like giving all teachers free lunches because they work so hard every day. I am confident and proud of who I am. I’m a good friend, a good student who loves to learn, a nice sister, an actress, a dancer, a gymnast, and a girl with dreams of owning a horse one day.

I like to show other girls they should be proud of who they are and have dreams of their own. I’m lucky to have a loving family and great friends who help me try new things. I like to try new things and learn from them. I audition for lots of things like commercials, films, and plays and sometimes I get picked and sometimes I don’t. I know that I will never get picked if I don’t go to the audition, so I learn from it. I could help other girls try new things and feel good about it. I could help them skate or do gymnastics or even finish their homework. As Little Miss SC Girl,  I will let all girls know that they can do anything if they just try. I would love the chance to show you and others who I really am. I’m a happy girl who likes playing and dancing, who enjoys school, who loves horses, who has fun acting, who is tough because she has three brothers, who enjoys writing stories and drawing pictures, who likes to dress up her little sister, and who would love to wear that pretty crown!

I do community service through my school and my church. With my school, I've helped with Dollars and Dimes for Disasters with the American Red Cross. I've given canned goods for the hungry and needy. At church, during lent, I have a rice bowl that I fill with change for every good deed done, and then we give the bowl to the church for the Catholic Relief Fund.

Little Miss SC Girl,

Amelia Leigh DePass

Meet your 2008

South Carolina Royalty

Toddler Miss - open

Petite Miss - open

Little Miss -  Amelia Leigh DePass

Young Miss - open

Jr. Teen Miss - Alex Durkee

Teen Miss - open

Miss - open

Ms. - open

Mrs. - open

Meet Your Little Miss SC Girl, Amelia Leigh DePass

Gabby, AL and Ameilia SC, with Ameila Brock, Miss GA Girl during the Miss Georgia Girl 2007 state finals.

Gabby,AL and Ameilia, SC,  during the Miss Georgia Girl 2007 state finals casual wear opening number.

Gabby, AL and Ameilia, SC,  during the Miss Georgia Girl 2007 state finals casual wear opening number.

Ameilia, SC,  with her Georiga Girl sister queens during the Miss Georgia Girl 2007 state finals.

Amelia, SC,  during introductions

Amelia, SC,  at her local 4th of July parade.

Sister Queens - Gabby,AL and Ameilia, SC,  during the Miss Georgia Girl 2007 state finals.

Jr. Teen  Miss SC Girl,

Alex Durkee

Alex enjoys spending time with her friends, her pets and driving her golf cart with her bulldog chasing her. She is a varsity football cheerleader, enjoys kickboxing (Muay Tai) and is a member of the Key Club, Student Government Assn. Rep and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. She dances, (ballet en Pointe as well.

Alex feels that a crown can become your microphone. "With a title behind me, many doors will open that will allow me to promote my platform and contribute in ways I might never before have been able to."

She is a Youth Ambassador and advocate for American Heart/American Stroke Association, American Cancer Society - Relay For Life, Tiara Tea Parities for young girls who are fighting or have survived cancer and /or who have been abused.

Meet Your Jr. Teen Miss SC Girl, Alex Durkee