Miss Delaware
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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Delaware USA.
Jamie Ginn, Miss Delaware 2006
Former Miss Delaware titleholders have gone on to lead accomplished lives. Many have entered into careers such as politics, law, education, entertainment and medicine.
The Miss Delaware Scholarship Organization provides several thousands of dollars in scholarships each year to its many contestants.
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Rebecca Jackson | Kennett Square | 21 | Miss Dover | Vocal "Think of Me" from The Phantom of the Opera | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2012 | Alyssa Murray | Selbyville | 20 | Miss Costal Bay | Jazz Dance "River Deep – Mountain High" | Non-Finalist Interview Award | Previously Delaware's Junior Miss 2010 | |
| 2011 | Maria Cahill[1] | Newark | 20 | Miss Rehoboth Beach | Irish Dance "Lord of the Dance" | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2010 | Kayla Martell | Milford | 21 | Miss Kent County | Contemporary Ballet en Pointe "The Way You Make Me Feel" | Top 10 | Quality of Life 1st Runner-Up | Was voted into the Top 15 at Miss America as a "People's Choice" finalist by public voting |
| 2009 | Heather Lehman | Magnolia | 20 | Miss Diamond State | Classical Vocal "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus | |||
| 2008 | Galen Giaccone[2] | Wyoming | 20 | Miss Diamond State | Piano "El Cumbanchero" by Rafael Hernández Marín | Top 15 at Miss America 2009 | Preliminary Talent Award | Previously Delaware's Junior Miss 2006 |
| 2007 | Brittany Dempsey | Dover | 20 | Miss Capital | Jazz Dance "Rhythm of the Night" | Previously Delaware's Junior Miss 2005 | ||
| 2006 | Jamie Ginn | Wilmington | 25 | Miss Brandywine | Dance "Dancin' Fool" from Copacabana | 4th runner-up to National Sweetheart 2005 as Miss New Jersey; Runner-up in the Miss America 2007 feature of "Pageant School" | ||
| 2005 | Rebecca Bledsoe | Newark | 23 | Miss Central Delaware | Classical Vocal "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville | Non Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2004 | Linda Kurtz | Dover | 21 | Miss Dover | Ballet "Man of La Mancha" | Quality of Life Award Finalist | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2003; Anchor and Reporter for ABC affiliate, WMDT-Salisbury, Maryland | |
| 2003 | Erin Elizabeth Williams | Lincoln | 20 | Miss Eastern Shore | Classical Vocal "Time to Say Goodbye" | |||
| 2002 | Shoha Parekh | Newark | 24 | Miss Greenville | Bharatnatyam Style Dance | Appeared in the movie Annapolis (film) | ||
| 2001 | Erin Cooper | Camden-Wyoming | 22 | Miss Hockessin | Lyrical Ballet "Book of Days" | |||
| 2000 | Junnie Cross | Dover | 22 | Miss Hockessin | Vocal "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from Phantom of the Opera | Preliminary Talent Award, Bernie Wayne Scholarship for the Performing Arts Award, Quality of Life Finalist, and Bert Parks Talent Award. | Appeared in local TV commercials in Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1999 | Kama Boland | Hockessin | 22 | Miss Diamond State | Piano "Jerry Lee Lewis Medley" | |||
| 1998 | Jody Kelly | Dover | 22 | Miss Hockessin | Flute "Shenandoah" & "Dueling Banjos" | |||
| 1997 | Alison White | Millsboro | 18 | Miss Millsboro | Classical Vocal "Poor Wand'ring One" from The Pirates of Penzance | Non Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1996 | Aimee Michelle Voshell | Felton | 18 | Miss Dover | Ballet en Pointe "Return to Innocence" | |||
| 1995 | Michelle Harris | Newark | 24 | Miss Brandywine | Vocal "I Will Always Love You" | Bert Parks Talent Award (vocal) | Appeared at Showboat Casino, Philadelphia 76ers Basketball Games, Apollo Theater, Cape May Jazz Festival, and NY regional finalist Star Search 2003 | |
| 1994 | Letitia Lee Pusey | Millsboro | 23 | Miss Sussex County | Lyrical Tap Dance | |||
| 1993 | Jennifer Lin Kaczmarczyk | Hockessin | 20 | Miss Brandywine | Popular Vocal "This is the Moment" | Non Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1992 | Kathleen Ann Slavin | Dagsboro | 25 | Miss Sussex County | Vocal "My Man" | |||
| 1991 | Beth Ann Jones | Wilmington | 22 | Miss Brandywine | Vocal Medley | |||
| 1990 | Lisa Marie Munzert | New Castle | 20 | Miss Brandywine | Dance / Twirling "They're Playing Our Song" | Non Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1989 | Robin Lee Coutant | Millsboro | 21 | Miss University | Vocal "Think of Me" | |||
| 1988 | Laura Kathleen Ludwig | Lewes | 21 | Miss Sussex County | Popular Vocal "Happy Days Are Here Again" | |||
| 1987 | Anne Marie Jarka | Newark | 21 | Miss University | Vocal / Piano | |||
| 1986 | Lori Ann Scott | Wilmington | 23 | Miss Wilmington | Popular Vocal "Love Is Spreading All Over" | |||
| 1985 | Lisa Anne Patrick | Newark | 24 | Miss Newark | Character Ballet en Pointe | |||
| 1984 | Nancy Lynn Ball | Rehoboth Beach | 24 | Miss Cape Henlopen | Jazz Ballet en Pointe | Selected as one of 5 State title holders as a member of the Gillette/Miss America Showstoppers Troope | ||
| 1983 | Tammy Renee Copeland | Newark | 21 | Miss Greater Wilmington | Vocal "Cry Me a River" | |||
| 1982 | Nancy Ellen Farley | Elsmere | 21 | Miss New Castle | Comedy Monologue "Report of the Nominating Committee" | |||
| 1981 | Jodi Meade Graham | Wilmington | 19 | Miss Brandywine College | Vocal "Can You Read My Mind" | Grandniece of Miss America 1924, Ruth Malcomson | ||
| 1980 | Andra Lee Dickerson | Newark | 21 | Miss Newark | Piano / Vocal | |||
| 1979 | Ann Lorraine Harrington | Milford | 22 | Miss Milford | Magic Act | National Easter Seals Telethon Host, 10 years | ||
| 1978 | Janice Anne Albro | Claymont | 25 | Piano Solo "The Entertainer" & "Maple Leaf Rag" | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |||
| 1977 | Sandra Louise Aiken | Seaford | 21 | Miss Seaford | Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'" | Non Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1976 | Debora Rica Lipford | Newark | 21 | Miss Newark | Dramatic Interpretation of a Popular Song "It Was a Good Time" from Ryan's Daughter | Top 10 Semi-finalist | First African-American contestant to make Top 10 at Miss America | |
| 1975 | Elaine Campanelli | Ocean View | 20 | Miss Ocean View | Fire Baton Routine | Non Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1974 | Kathleen Attanasi | Rehoboth Beach | 22 | Miss Rehoboth Beach | Harp Medley "Harmonious Blacksmith" & "Close To You" | |||
| 1973 | Jackie LaGuardia | Milford | 19 | Miss Seaford | Vocal "Irma La Douce" | |||
| 1972 | Catherine Lawton | Clayton | 20 | Miss Newark | Banjo Medley "Banjo Memories" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1971 | Paula Kusmer | Wilmington | 19 | Miss Goldey-Beacom College | Dramatic Reading "The Diary of Anne Frank" | voted Miss Congeniality | ||
| 1970 | Linda Sue Hitchens | Seaford | 20 | Vocal / Dance "Give My Regards to Broadway" | ||||
| 1969 | Margo Ewing | Wilmington | 19 | Miss Talleyville | Vocal Interpretation "My Mother's Wedding Day" | Served as a Delaware State Senator | ||
| 1968 | Gayle Freeman | Wilmington | 19 | Miss Brandywine College | Vocal & Guitar "Times They Are a-Changin'" | |||
| 1967 | Susan Alice Levens | Dover | 18 | Miss Wesley College | Vocal "Who Will Buy" from Oliver! | |||
| 1966 | Mary Lee Mancini | Wilmington | 19 | Miss Greater Wilmington | Ballet/Sketch (dance/monologue) | |||
| 1965 | Kathleen Grandall | Wilmington | 18 | Miss Brandywine | Multi-Lingual Monologue with Native Songs & Dances | |||
| 1964 | Anita Gail Eubank | Wilmington | 20 | Miss Brandywine | Popular Vocal & Dance | |||
| 1963 | Diane Beverly Isaacs | Greenwood | Miss Greenwood | Piano & Popular Vocal | Was married to former Congressman, Governor, and current Senator of Delaware Tom Carper | |||
| 1962 | Alice Jane Watts | Lewes | 19 | Miss Harrington | Pantomime of Record "Seventeen" | |||
| 1961 | Robin Jane Whemper | Wilmington | 18 | Miss Newark | Vocal & Dance "That's What Makes Paris Paree" from April in Paris | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1960 | Deborah Dunkenfield Benoit | Wilmington | 21 | Composite Expression of Special Training | ||||
| 1959 | Ester Olney | Newark | 18 | Vocal | ||||
| 1958 | Nancy M. Williams | Wilmington | Dance "Gone With the Wind" | |||||
| 1957 | Kathleen Ann D'Attillio | Wilmington | Piano | |||||
| 1956 | Janice Olson | Newark | ||||||
| 1955 | Joanne Sakowski | Wilmington | ||||||
| 1954 | Barbara Woodall | Claymont | Piano | |||||
| 1953 | Lois Ann Alava | Wilmington | Piano "Concerto in A Minor" | Semi-Finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
| 1952 | Helen Blackwell | Wilmington | Classical Vocal | |||||
| 1951 | Suzanne Parrott | Dover | Piano | |||||
| 1950 | Lorna Edwardson | Dover | Classical Vocal "Un Bel Di" from Madame Butterfly | |||||
| 1944 | Jacquelyn Vasseur | Wilmington | ||||||
| 1943 | Mona Crawford | Wilmington | ||||||
| 1942 | Dorothy McGovern | Wilmington | ||||||
| 1941 | Verona Smith | Bridgeville | ||||||
| 1940 | Peggy Insolo | Wilmington | Piano | Semi-Finalist | ||||
| 1937 | Nickey Harriet | Harrington | ||||||
| 1936 | Lillian Shamers | Wilmington | ||||||
| 1933 | Victoria George | Wilmington | 18 | |||||
| 1923 | No Miss Delaware | Ruth Agnes Brady competed as Miss Wilmington | ||||||
| 1922 | No Miss Delaware | Adele Senft competed as Miss Wilmington in the Miss America Pageant |
External links
References
- ↑ "Maria Cahill crowned Miss Delaware". Beaumont Enterprise. June 12, 2011.
- ↑ Associated Press. "U of D student crowned Miss Delaware". WDel.
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