Vincenza Carrieri-Russo

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Vincenza Carrieri-Russo
Beauty pageant titleholder
Birth name: Vincenza Carrieri-Russo
Birth location: Newark, Delaware, U.S.
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Brown
Title(s): Miss Delaware USA 2008
Major Competition(s): Miss USA 2008

Vincenza Carrieri-Russo (born June 10, 1984) is a pageant titleholder from Newark, Delaware who will compete in the Miss USA pageant in April 2008.

Carrieri-Russo who won the title of Miss Delaware USA 2008 in November 2007, after placing first runner-up to Nicole Bosso the year previously. She will go on to compete in the Miss USA competition scheduled to air live on NBC on April 11, 2008 from the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Vincenza competed in pageants for nine years prior to winning Miss Delaware USA. She was a three time runner-up in the Miss Delaware Teen USA pageant. She also competed in the Miss Delaware America competition four times having placed in the top ten twice where she also won several community service awards.

Vincenza is a student at the University of Delaware pursuing a degree in English with aspirations of entering the Broadcasting and Journalism industry. She is a 2003 graduate of Alexis I. duPont High School in Wilmington, Delaware.

She co-founded the literacy organization Success Won't Wait Inc. when she was eighteen years old. Since its founding she has been honored with several community service awards. In 2006 she was awarded with the State of Delaware Jefferson Award and went on to capture the national Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award for excellence in volunteerism and community service.

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Preceded by
Nicole Bosso
Miss Delaware USA
2008
Succeeded by
Incumbent