Greg Bearden   

Pageant Experience:
  • Nearly 30 years' experience – including Judges' Chairman for the Miss Golden Corner™Scholarship Program, SC-MAO; three years of service on the state level as the SC MAO Community Service Chairman.
  • Twenty years as director of Miss Walhalla High School Pageant, providing scholarships and raising thousands of dollars for local charitable organizations.
Community Involvement:
  • Member of Fort Hill Presbyterian Church
  • Oconee County Foster Care Review Board
Education:
  • BA in English from Southern Wesleyan University
  • M.Ed. in Secondary Guidance Counseling from Clemson University
Professional Experience/Honors:
  • Clemson University Supervisor for Student Teachers
  • Retired - School Counselor/Oconee County School District 
  • 2017 Hamilton Career Center Teacher of the Year and top 4 finalist for School District of Oconee Teacher of the Year
  • 1996-1997 Oconee County High School Teacher of the Year - Walhalla High School
  • 2007-2008 Oconee County Counselor of the Year
  • 2009 SC HEART Award recipient as recognized by the SC Commission on Higher Education and the SC State Department of Education

Eddie Payne

​Pageant Experience:
  • Nearly 30 years' experience – including Local Executive Director for the Miss Golden Corner™ Scholarship Program, SC-MAO – titleholders include two Miss South Carolinas (Kelly McCorkle and EriKa Powell) both of which were Miss America semi-finalists.
  • Judges' Host for KB Productions, Upstate Triple Crown Pageants, Official Recruiter for Miss SC USA / Teen USA. 

Community Involvement:
  • Member of Fort Hill Presbyterian Church
    • Worship Committee member
    • Elder
  • Graduate of Leadership Greenville
Education:
  • BS in Business Administration & Marketing from Limestone College
  • MBA from the University of Georgia
  • Ed.S. from Arkansas State University
Professional Experience/Honors:
  • Assistant Principal - West Oak Middle School
  • Teacher - West Oak Middle School 
  • Teacher of the Year (2022/West Oak Middle School)
  • Area Vice President, Randstad
  • Founding partner/Tower Brothers, LLC
  • Consultant of the Year
  • Top Five Finalist in NA- Rolex Challenge
  • Rookie of the Year
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