Darlington native Erin O’Flaherty seeks Miss America title
The S.C. Sweet Potato Festival and Darlington High School will send representatives to Columbia S.C. to compete for the prestigious titles of Miss South Carolina and Miss South Carolina Teen later this month, but further West a Darlington native will continue to chase her dream of winning the Miss America crown.
Miss City of Fountains Erin O’Flaherty will compete in the “Show-Me-State” for the Miss Missouri crown from June 15-18.
O’Flaherty grew up in Darlington, and was a member of the Young Singers of Darlington directed by Ann Miles. She graduated from Wilson High School in the IB program; she later graduated from the University of Central Florida, where she held the title of Miss University of Central Florida and competed in the Miss Florida pageant 3 times, placing in the semi- finals as Miss University of Central Florida.
O’Flaherty has promoted her platform “Suicide Prevention” during her year of service and looks most forward to competing in Missouri since she has strong connections to the state. Her father has worked there her entire life and she wanted to establish her roots in the state after graduation. She works for Captiva Marketing as an Online Marketing Specialist and is a partner in the women’s clothing boutique Rachel’s Grove in St. Louis.
O’Flaherty is a vocalist.
The pageant will be live streamed and O’Flaherty encourages all of her friends and family to watch and you can go to her Facebook page at Miss City of Fountains 2016-Erin O’Flaherty for updates on watching.