Miss South Carolina 2024's past helps her change the future

THIS WEEKEND STARTS AT 430. MISS CLEMSON, AN UPSTATE NATIVE AND CLEMSON GRADUATE, WAS CROWNED MISS SOUTH CAROLINA. HER PROGRAM IS TO HELP CHILDREN OF INCARNATED PARENTS. BUT AS OUR PEYTON FURTADO FOUND OUT, THIS IS A THING THAT SHE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT. STORY, BRAND NEW AT SIX. THEY SAY A BOOK IS LIKE A WINDOW TO THE WORLD. AND FOR CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS ARE BEHIND BARS, IT CAN MEAN MUCH MORE THAN JUST THAT. THE GRASS IS GREEN AND THE FLOWERS ARE GROWING TALL. WHILE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE RILEY'S READERS RECORD IMMORTAL PARENTS READING GOOD GUEST STORIES TO THEIR CHILDREN. HOPEFULLY THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU FEEL HUMBLE OR FEEL BAD. YOU CAN OPEN UP AND HEAR MY VOICE. THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION PROVERBS 226 RECONCILES CHILDREN WITH THEIR IMMORTAL PARENTS AND HELPS THEM LEARN TO GET ALONG. HAS BEEN DOING THAT FOR 12 YEARS. PEYTON. WE HAVE AWARDED 106 CHILDREN SCHOLARSHIPS. UH, WELL OVER $900,000 HAS BEEN AWARDED TO THESE CHILDREN IN SCHOLARSHIPS. THESE CHILDREN ARE THEMSELVES SIX TIMES MORE LIKELY TO GO TO PRISON THAN THE AVERAGE HIGH PREGNANCY RATE AND THE HIGH DEPRESSION RATE. UH, AND, YOU KNOW, THESE CHILDREN DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL. DAVIS HAS BEEN WATCHING THE NEWLY CROWNED MISS SOUTH CAROLINA. SHE'S WORKING WITH BOTH ORGANIZATIONS TO EFFECTIVELY MAKE CHANGE BECAUSE BEHIND HER CROWN WAS ONCE A GIRL IN A SIMILAR SITUATION. MY FATHER Spent EIGHT MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR A WHITE-COUNTER CRIME, A FINANCIAL CRIME. THE CHILDREN SITTING IN THE WAITING ROOM WITH ME WERE MUCH YOUNGER THAN 18, I COULDN'T IMAGINE HOW THEY WERE TRYING TO DEAL WITH THIS SITUATION. SINCE THEN, WASH, AN UPSTATE NATIVE AND CLEMSON GRADUATE, WAS CROWNED MISS CLEMSON. SHE VOLUNTARILY WORKS WITH CHILDREN IN NEIGHBORHOOD AND TALKS TO INMATES IN MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON. SHE USED HER PLATFORM TO SHINE A DARK PLACE IN THE SPOTLIGHT. AND AS MISS SOUTH CAROLINA, I KNEW THAT THIS WAS MY CALL TO ACTION AND THAT WAS THE TIME I NEEDED TO MAKE A CHANGE AND I HOPE NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT. SHE PLANS TO DO THE SA

The past of the Upstate native Miss South Carolina 2024 is helping her change the future

On Saturday, Miss Clemson Davis Wash, an Upstate native and Clemson University graduate, was crowned Miss South Carolina. Her program focuses on supporting children of incarcerated parents and partners with organizations like Riley's Readers, which records incarcerated parents reading bedtime stories to their children. “Hopefully this is something they can open up and hear my voice when they're depressed and down,” an incarcerated father told our teams last year while recording his bedtime story. Another area nonprofit, Proverbs 226, reconciles children with their incarcerated parents and helps them excel academically. “In the last 12 years, we've given scholarships to 106 kids,” said Cyril Prabhu, founder of Proverbs 226. “Well over $900,000 has been given in scholarships to those kids.” In South Carolina, 17 percent of released inmates are rearrested, according to the Department of Corrections. Of the 815 parents in the program, only 33 have been rearrested in the last 12 years, according to Prabhu. According to the National Institute of Justice, these children are six times more likely to be incarcerated themselves. “There's a high pregnancy rate, a high depression rate. And these kids drop out of school,” Prabhu explained. The newly crowned Miss South Carolina is working with both organizations to bring about change. Behind the crown lies a personal connection to her cause. “My father had to spend 8 months in a federal prison for a white collar crime, a financial crime,” Wash said Monday. “When I looked at the kids that were sitting in the waiting room with me, who were much younger than 18, I couldn't imagine how they were going to handle this situation,” she said. Since then, Wash has represented Upstate and Clemson University well. She was recently crowned Miss Clemson, volunteered with children in need, spoke to inmates in maximum security prisons and used her platform to shine a spotlight on a dark place. “And I knew this was my call to action and that it was time to make a change in a hole that I don't think a lot of people know about,” Wash said. Now crowned Miss South Carolina 2024, she plans to spread her message across the state.

CLEMSON, SC —

On Saturday, Miss Clemson Davis Wash, an Upstate native and Clemson graduate, was crowned Miss South Carolina.

Her platform focuses on supporting children of incarcerated parents, working with organizations like Riley's Readers, which captures footage of incarcerated parents reading bedtime stories to their children.

“When they’re depressed and feeling down, hopefully they can open this and hear my voice,” an incarcerated father told our teams last year while recording his bedtime story.

Another local nonprofit, Proverbs 226, reconciles children with their incarcerated parents and helps them excel in school.

“Over the last 12 years, we have provided scholarships to 106 children,” said Cyril Prabhu, founder of Proverbs 226. “These children have been provided with scholarships valued at well over $900,000.”

In South Carolina, 17 percent of released inmates are rearrested, according to the Department of Justice. Of the 815 parents in the program, only 33 have been rearrested in the past 12 years, according to Prabhu.

According to the National Institute of Justice, these children are six times more likely to be incarcerated themselves than average.

“There is a high pregnancy rate and a high depression rate. And these children are dropping out of school,” Prabhu explained.

The newly crowned Miss South Carolina is working with both organizations to create change, and behind the crown lies a personal connection to her cause.

“My father had to spend eight months in a federal prison for a white collar crime, a financial crime,” Wash said Monday. “When I looked at the children sitting in the waiting room with me, who were much younger than 18, I couldn't imagine how they would cope with this situation,” she said.

Since then, Wash has represented Upstate and Clemson University well. She was recently crowned Miss Clemson, volunteered with children in need, spoke to inmates in maximum security prisons and used her platform to shine a spotlight on a dark place.

“And I knew this was my call to action and that it was time to make a change in a hole that I don't think many people know about,” Wash said.

Now crowned Miss South Carolina 2024, she plans to spread her message throughout the state.

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