Distinguished Young Women Pageant was held recently. Pictured left to right, above, are winners from 2015 (last year) and 2016 (this year): Nicole Jackson, Distinguished Young Woman of North Edgefield County for 2015; Bailey Pedersen,  Distinguished Young Woman of North Edgefield County for 2016; Morgan Swearingen, Distinguished Young Woman of South Edgefield County for 2016, & Morgan Bookstaver, Distinguished Young Woman of South Edgefield County for 2015.

Winners of DYW Titles and Awards

Participants in the Distinguished Young Women Pageant for this year plus last year’s DYW: Morgan Bookstaver, Distinguished Young Woman of South Edgefield County for 2015; Brice Brown, Bailey Pedersen, Distinguished Young Woman of North Edgefield County for 2016; Morgan Swearingen, Distinguished Young Woman of South Edgefield County for 2016; Carly Anne Carr, Olivia Floyd, Nicole Jackson, Distinguished Young Woman of North Edgefield County, 2015. Winners of special prizes were: Brice Brown was named Fitness winner-$250.00 sponsored by JW Yonce & Sons; Bailey Pedersen was the winner of Scholastic-$250.00 sponsored by Herlong Chevrolet & Herlong Ford, Self Expression-$250.00 sponsored by Edge Formals, and Interview-$250.00 sponsored by Titan Farms; and Morgan Swearingen was Talent winner-$250.00 sponsored by Aiken Electric and Spirit Winner-$250.00 sponsored by NWTF.  Bailey & Morgan won $1000.00 each as the Distinguished Young Women of Edgefield County.