Meet Jada
Jada M. Samuel is a digital strategist, change agent and servant-leader.
After five years of competing at the state's pageant, Jada was awarded over $85,000 in scholarships and crowned Miss South Carolina 2023. She made HERstory - becoming the first woman in over 60 years to win performing a dramatic monologue and the eldest woman in the program to ever win the title.
Jada received her B.A. in Journalism from the University of South Carolina in 2018. After graduating, she began her career as a lifestyle producer and reporter before transitioning into the world of politics as a digital strategist. The former on-air host for the SC Education Lottery earned her Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing from Louisiana State University - Shreveport.
She is also a proud and active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.