Elizabeth Volmy is a Clemson graduate student and the 2024 Miss South Carolina winner. This past Thursday, The Tiger had the wonderful opportunity to meet with Volmy to discuss her involvement with National American Miss, charity organizations and Clemson University.
Volmy describes NAM as an organization aiming to “lift up women and promote confidence.” The process to earn her “Miss South Carolina” title was no easy feat. There are four required competitions as well as optional competitions. For optional competitions, Volmy competed in runway modeling, casual wear, talent and photogenic.
“I love talent — I’ve been dancing since I was two, and I was actually fortunate to win the talent competition and placed runner-up in the others,” Volmy added.
The required competitions include formal wear, personal introductions, interviews and a community service project leading up to the finale. “I come from a big family, I am the youngest of 12, and I was fortunate to have … my sisters there, and everyone has always been so supportive, especially my parents,” Volmy answered when asked about winning her title.
M.O.R.E is the platform that Volmy has chosen to represent, the “M” standing for “mental health,” “O” for “opportunities,” “R” for “resilience” and “recycle” and “E” for “empowerment.”
“For me personally, it is very important to not only represent the community and girls all over as well as be a role model and serve the state of South Carolina,” Volmy answered when asked about her role as Miss South Carolina.
“I’ve definitely just been going around and getting involved in the community, doing different initiatives. Two weeks ago, I did the Alzheimer’s Association walk and I got to be a volunteer for that, and getting to meet people from all walks of Alzheimer’s was really impactful.”
Our Miss South Carolina also volunteers with the Child Cancer Partners of the Carolinas and helps with food drives and numerous other fundraisers. “Making a positive impact is really my goal in this position,” Volmy added. As previously mentioned, Volmy is also a student in addition to maintaining her role as Miss South Carolina.
“I feel like it’s easy to juggle the things that I love. I’m really grateful for this role, and I love school. I actually started college at 16 since I graduated high school early and I have always loved expanding my knowledge. My family has been amazing and so supportive,” Volmy stated when asked about juggling all of her responsibilities,
Day to day, Volmy spends the majority of her time on Clemson’s campus working as a graduate assistant, athletics employee and student attending her classes. With eight older sisters who were also involved in pageants, Volmy started her career in pageantry with National American Miss at around six years old.
Volmy’s advice for young women working towards goals of all kinds is to “stay true to yourself and really never give up. Things don’t always happen the way that you want them to but keep working hard towards your goals, and you’ll get there no matter what.”
Volmy will compete for the national title of “National American Miss” in Orlando, Florida, during the week of Thanksgiving.
