Summer Priester is a South Carolina native, born and raised in the beautiful city of Aiken. She is a senior at the University of South Carolina where she will be graduating this May with a degree in Retail and Fashion Merchandising. Miss Priester is an active member of the Alpha Delta Pi Sorority as well as a Dean’s List recipient.
Miss United States modeling Vizcaya Swimwear |
Summer is an aspiring model that has been featured in several magazine publications, commercials, and has worked for designers such as Sherri Hill, Mac Duggal, and Vizcaya Swimwear. In 2013, she landed a role as a featured extra in the block buster motion picture Iron Man 3, the highest-grossing film of 2013. Her goal-driven personality and the desire to promote herself as an entrepreneur has led to her latest venture, her fragrance collection, which she markets nationwide as 365 Days of Summer.
Summer has recently become an ambassador for the BE YOU Campaign where she will be promoting individuality and embracing one’s true strengths as well as promoting her national platform, Operation 365, an outreach program focused on hunger awareness and prevention 365 days a year through donations and volunteerism. She has also partnered with the No Kid Hungry Program, Relay for Life and Harvest Hope Food Bank. She has also partnered with Relay for Life and Second Harvest Hope Food Bank.
Aside from modeling and pageants, this entrepreneur is also an accomplished Pointe Ballerina who began dancing at the age of three. She danced for the Aiken Civic Ballet Company for over 5 years and was featured in productions of The Nutcracker, Firebird, and Pear Blossom; A Korean Cinderella Story.
Summer was crowned Miss South Carolina United States in February 2015 and the journey of a lifetime began. In July, she, along with 53 beauties from across the nation, headed to Washington DC to compete for the coveted national title of Miss United States. Honored and excited, Summer returned to her beautiful state of South Carolina as Miss United States 2015.
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The Miss United States system prides itself in providing an avenue for each young woman to give a voice to those needing to be heard, to lend a hand to those less fortunate, and to be a compass for those daring to dream. “My personal commitment,” said Priester, “is to spend each of the 365 days of my reign making a difference and inspiring others to do the same. There is no limit to the impact young women can make on society.”
As Miss United States, Summer will be the face of the organization for one year, working with the organizations national philanthropy No Kid Hungry and multiple other charitable endeavors, as well as being the cover girl for sponsors such as Vizcaya Swimwear and Marc DeFang. In her spare time, Summer enjoys a good workout and watching ENews.