Janice McDonald
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Janice McDonald is a former Miss South Carolina USA
. A native of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
, she is the daughter of Dorothy McDonald and the late Weyman McDonald. Janice was a 20 year old senior at the University of South Carolina
, majoring in broadcast journalism
, when she won the title of Miss South Carolina USA in 1979. During her year as Miss South Carolina USA she competed in the Miss USA
Pageant in Biloxi, Mississippi
, and traveled throughout the state for appearances.
Near the end of her reign, the Miss Universe
organization offered the operation of the Miss SC USA pageant to Janice and her family. Her sister, Paula McDonald Miles, accepted the offer and with the help of Janice and younger sister Anna McDonald Boyce, they accomplished the task. Their first winner, Shawn Weatherly, not only claimed the title of Miss USA, but also Miss Universe
.
Janice went on to a career in broadcasting
, working in Charleston
and Savannah
before landing a job at WTBS in Atlanta
. She helped launch CNN2 - now CNN Headline News
and traveled the world with CNN
as a producer
, writer
, reporter and sometimes anchor
. Nominated for 8 Emmy
s, she left CNN in 2001 to start the Atlanta-based J-Mac Productions http://JMacProductionsinc.com. In addition to production work, Janice writes regularly for numerous magazines and newspapers, and she is a contributing editor
to travelgirl magazine
. Having visited all seven continents, her specialty is travel. Among her highlights: visiting Antarctica with the late Jacques Cousteau in 1990 and again in 2009 with Prince Albert II of Monaco, planting trees in Ethiopia
, building houses in Mongolia
for Habitat for Humanity and sailing on a Viking ship
in Iceland
with a descendant of Leif Ericson
.
Janice has authored the pictorial history of The Varsity
: "Images of America: The Varsity," published by Arcadia Publishing and has co-authored The Myrtle Beach Pavilion
and Aiken
also published by Arcadia Publishing
. For Destin World Publishing, she has written "An Historic Walking Guide: Bruges
. She has written "Day Trips from Atlanta," "The Insiders Guide to Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand" and "The Insiders Guide to Atlanta" all for Globe Pequot Press
.
She is still involved in her sister's pageant production. In addition to the Miss South Carolina USA pageant, Paula's RPM Productions now also handles the Miss North Carolina USA
and Miss Louisiana USA
Pageants. They have produced a total of four Miss USAs, two Miss Teen USA
s, one Miss Universe
and a Miss World
.
Miss South Carolina USA
The Miss South Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state South Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. The pageant has been produced by RPM Productions since 1980....
. A native of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Myrtle Beach is a coastal city on the east coast of the United States in Horry County, South Carolina. It is situated on the center of a large and continuous stretch of beach known as the Grand Strand in northeastern South Carolina. It is considered to be a major tourist destination in the...
, she is the daughter of Dorothy McDonald and the late Weyman McDonald. Janice was a 20 year old senior at the University of South Carolina
University of South Carolina
The University of South Carolina is a public, co-educational research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, with 7 surrounding satellite campuses. Its historic campus covers over in downtown Columbia not far from the South Carolina State House...
, majoring in broadcast journalism
Broadcast journalism
Broadcast journalism is the field of news and journals which are "broadcast", that is, published by electrical methods, instead of the older methods, such as printed newspapers and posters. Broadcast methods include radio , television , and, especially recently, the Internet generally...
, when she won the title of Miss South Carolina USA in 1979. During her year as Miss South Carolina USA she competed in the Miss USA
Miss USA
The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...
Pageant in Biloxi, Mississippi
Biloxi, Mississippi
Biloxi is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, in the United States. The 2010 census recorded the population as 44,054. Along with Gulfport, Biloxi is a county seat of Harrison County....
, and traveled throughout the state for appearances.
Near the end of her reign, the Miss Universe
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....
organization offered the operation of the Miss SC USA pageant to Janice and her family. Her sister, Paula McDonald Miles, accepted the offer and with the help of Janice and younger sister Anna McDonald Boyce, they accomplished the task. Their first winner, Shawn Weatherly, not only claimed the title of Miss USA, but also Miss Universe
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....
.
Janice went on to a career in broadcasting
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
, working in Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is the second largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It was made the county seat of Charleston County in 1901 when Charleston County was founded. The city's original name was Charles Towne in 1670, and it moved to its present location from a location on the west bank of the...
and Savannah
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important...
before landing a job at WTBS in Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
. She helped launch CNN2 - now CNN Headline News
CNN Headline News
HLN, formerly known as CNN Headline News and CNN2, is a cable television news channel based in the United States and a spinoff of the cable news television channel, CNN. Initially airing tightly-formatted 30-minute newscasts around the clock, since 2005, the channel has increasingly aired long-form...
and traveled the world with CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
as a producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
, writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, reporter and sometimes anchor
News presenter
A news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...
. Nominated for 8 Emmy
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
s, she left CNN in 2001 to start the Atlanta-based J-Mac Productions http://JMacProductionsinc.com. In addition to production work, Janice writes regularly for numerous magazines and newspapers, and she is a contributing editor
Contributing editor
A contributing editor is a magazine job title that varies in responsibilities. Most often, a contributing editor is a freelancer who has proven ability and readership draw. The contributing editor regularly contributes articles to the publication but does not actually edit articles, and the title...
to travelgirl magazine
Travelgirl magazine
travelgirl magazine, an American magazine published by travelgirl, Inc., started in June 2003, specializing in travel, principally recreational for tourism...
. Having visited all seven continents, her specialty is travel. Among her highlights: visiting Antarctica with the late Jacques Cousteau in 1990 and again in 2009 with Prince Albert II of Monaco, planting trees in Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
, building houses in Mongolia
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
for Habitat for Humanity and sailing on a Viking ship
Viking ship
Viking ships were vessels used during the Viking Age in Northern Europe. Scandinavian tradition of shipbuilding during the Viking Age was characterized by slender and flexible boats, with symmetrical ends with true keel. They were clinker built, which is the overlapping of planks riveted together...
in Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
with a descendant of Leif Ericson
Leif Ericson
Leif Ericson was a Norse explorer who is regarded as the first European to land in North America , nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus...
.
Janice has authored the pictorial history of The Varsity
The Varsity
The Varsity is a restaurant chain, iconic in the modern culture of Atlanta, Georgia. The main branch of the chain is the largest drive-in fast food restaurant in the world...
: "Images of America: The Varsity," published by Arcadia Publishing and has co-authored The Myrtle Beach Pavilion
Myrtle Beach Pavilion
The Myrtle Beach Pavilion was an amusement park located on the corner of 9th Avenue and Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Considered by many as the "heart" of Myrtle Beach, the Pavilion sat one block away from the beach itself in a pedestrian-populated area, surrounded by similar...
and Aiken
Aiken
Aiken can refer to:*Aiken, Illinois*Aiken County, South Carolina** near Savannah River Plant *Aiken, South Carolina, Aiken County's county seat*The University of South Carolina Aiken*Aiken, Texas**Aiken, Bell County, Texas**Aiken, Floyd County, Texas...
also published by Arcadia Publishing
Arcadia Publishing
Arcadia Publishing is an American publisher of local history.-History:It was founded in Dover, New Hampshire in 1993 by United Kingdom-based Tempus Publishing, but became independent in 2004....
. For Destin World Publishing, she has written "An Historic Walking Guide: Bruges
Bruges
Bruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country....
. She has written "Day Trips from Atlanta," "The Insiders Guide to Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand" and "The Insiders Guide to Atlanta" all for Globe Pequot Press
Globe Pequot Press
Globe Pequot is the world's leading book publisher and distributor of outdoor recreation and leisure titles. Travelers, outdoor enthusiasts and horse lovers depend on the 500 new titles the division of Morris Communications publishes annually.-Imprints:...
.
She is still involved in her sister's pageant production. In addition to the Miss South Carolina USA pageant, Paula's RPM Productions now also handles the Miss North Carolina USA
Miss North Carolina USA
The Miss North Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state North Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. This state is part of the RPM Productions group....
and Miss Louisiana USA
Miss Louisiana USA
The Miss Louisiana USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana in the Miss USA pageant.Louisiana is one of the most successful states at Miss USA and is one of only seven states to have had three or more Miss USAs.Three Miss Louisiana USA titleholders...
Pageants. They have produced a total of four Miss USAs, two Miss Teen USA
Miss Teen USA
Miss Teen USA is a beauty pageant run by the Miss Universe Organization for girls aged 14–19. The reigning titleholder is Danielle Doty of Texas....
s, one Miss Universe
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....
and a Miss World
Miss World
The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...
.
Books
- Historic Walking Guides Bruges. Destinworld Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-0955928123
- Insiders' Guide to Myrtle Beach and the Grand Strand. Globe Pequot PressGlobe Pequot PressGlobe Pequot is the world's leading book publisher and distributor of outdoor recreation and leisure titles. Travelers, outdoor enthusiasts and horse lovers depend on the 500 new titles the division of Morris Communications publishes annually.-Imprints:...
, 2009. ISBN 978-0762753444 - Insiders' Guide to Atlanta. Globe Pequot Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0762753109
- The Myrtle Beach Pavilion. Arcadia PublishingArcadia PublishingArcadia Publishing is an American publisher of local history.-History:It was founded in Dover, New Hampshire in 1993 by United Kingdom-based Tempus Publishing, but became independent in 2004....
, 2010. ISBN 978-0738586014 (Co-authored with Lesta Sue Hardee) - Images of America: Aiken. Arcadia Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-0738587363 (Co-authored with Paul Miles)
- Images of America: The Varsity. Arcadia Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-0738587974
- Day Trips from Atlanta: Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler. GPP Travel, 2011. ISBN 978-0762773053