‏Joy McElveen‏

A South Carolina native, Joy McElveen is a commercial model and actress. She attended the University of South Carolina Aiken in Aiken SC. Having worked with clients including Wells Fargo, Verizon Wireless, Wal-Mart, McDonald's, Abercrombie, Disney, and project runway's Johnathan Kayne. Film/TV credits include Netflix hit show "Friends from College","Queen Sugar", "Nashville","Quarries", "TV One The Secret She Kept" and "Mel" the new hit International Digital Series show, "Giants" from James Bland with Executive Producers Issa Rae and Jussie Smollett.

She is a producer of the 6 time award-winning short film Hands to the Sky directed by Kim Townes, about overcoming the impossible (an African American family overcomes tragedy and obstacles stemming from society's misconceptions about autism). Which earned an African Academy Award Nomination for best Short Film.

Joy made history in South Carolina when she became the first African-American winner of the Miss Sun Fun USA pageant.