Kayla Martell

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Kayla Martell
Beauty pageant titleholder

Born	Kayla Martell (1989-06-27) June 27, 1989 Milford, Delaware, U.S.
Title(s)	Miss Sussex County 2006 Miss Indian River 2007 Miss Georgetown 2008 Miss Newark 2009 Miss Kent County 2010 Miss Delaware 2010
Major competition(s)	Miss America 2011 (Top 10)

Kayla Martell (born June 27, 1989) is an American beauty queen from Milford, Delaware and the winner of the Miss Delaware 2010 pageant.^[1]^[2] Martell placed in the Top 10 at the Miss America 2011 pageant.^[3] In the fifth grade, Martell was diagnosed with alopecia areata and subsequently lost all her hair.^[4] Martell had competed in the Miss Delaware pageant four other times; three times without a wig.^[1] Martell plans to use her platform to raise awareness for alopecia areata.^[5] Martell had previously won Miss Kent County in order to compete in the Miss Delaware competition. During the state competition, she also won the pageant community service award, the state community service award, and the Thursday evening gown and Friday swimsuit competitions.^[6] Martell made it to a semifinalist round in the 2011 Miss America pageant, becoming the first bald contestant in Miss America. ^[7]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kayla Martell, Bald Miss Delaware, Draws Inspiration From Young Alopecia Patient". Huffington Post. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
↑ "Newly crowned Miss Delaware Kayla Martell thinks that ‘Bald is beautiful’". Retrieved 30 June 2010.
↑ "Miss America 2011: Miss Nebraska Teresa Scanlan, Youngest Ever". Retrieved 16 January 2011.
↑ "Miss Delaware, Bald and Bold". CBS News. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
↑ "Bald beauty queen seeks to raise awareness for disease at Miss America pageant". Fox News. 29 June 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
↑ "Miss Delaware 2010 begins her reign". Retrieved 30 June 2010.
↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/miss-america-firsts-nina-davuluri-vanessa-williams-and-more/2013/09/16/b6bbfd58-1d8f-11e3-8685-5021e0c41964_gallery.html#photo=9

External links

Kayla Martell at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by Heather Lehman	Miss Delaware 2010	Succeeded by Maria Cahill

v t e Miss America 2011, state titleholders

AL: Ashley Davis AK: Abby Hancock AR: Alyse Eady CA: Arianna Afsar CO: Melaina Shipwash DE: Kayla Martell DC: Stephanie Williams FL: Jaclyn Raulerson ID: Kylie Kofoed IN: Gabrielle Reed KY: Djuan Trent LA: Kelsi Crain MA: Loren Galler-Rabinowitz MN: Kathryn Knuttila MS: Sarah Beth James MO: Erika Hebron NE: Teresa Scanlan NH: Krystal Muccioli NJ: Ashleigh Udalovas NV: Cris Crotz NY: Claire Buffie OH: Becky Minger OK: Emoly West PA: Courtney Thomas TN: Nicole Jordan TX: Ashley Melnick VT: Caroline Bright

Miss America Delegates of 70 79 81 91 95 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14

v t e Delaware pageant winners

Miss Delaware	Debora Rica Lipford (1976) Michelle Harris (1995) Junnie Cross (2000) Shoha Parekh (2002) Erin Elizabeth Williams (2003) Linda Kurtz (2004) Rebecca Bledsoe (2005) Jamie Ginn (2006) Galen Giaccone (2008) Kayla Martell (2010)

Miss Delaware USA	Jennifer Behm (2000) Sheena Benton (2005) Ashlee Greenwell (2006) Nicole Bosso (2007) Vincenza Carrieri-Russo (2008)

Miss Delaware Teen USA	Ashley Coleman (1999)

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Persondata
Name	Martell, Kayla
Alternative names
Short description	American model
Date of birth	27 June 1989
Place of birth	Milford, Delaware, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death

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