Miss Delaware
The Miss Delaware competition is the pageant that selects the representative of Delaware in the Miss America pageant. The event takes place annually in the month of June and is currently held in the state capital of Dover, Delaware at the Dover Downs Hotel and Casino. Miss Delaware serves as the official hostess to the state of Delaware.
Former Miss Delaware titleholders have gone on to lead accomplished lives. Many have entered into careers such as politics, law, education, entertainment and medicine.[citation needed]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Brooke Mitchell[1] | Selbyville | 19 | Miss Milford | Tap Dance and Baton Twirling to "Uptown Funk" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 | |
| 2014 | Brittany Lewis | Brigantine, NJ | 23 | Miss Wilmington | Jazz Dance | Quality of Life 1st runner-up | 1st runner-up at Miss Delaware 2014 and assumed title when Amanda Longacre was dethroned | |
| Amanda Longacre | Bear | 24 | Miss Pike Creek | Vocal | Dethroned due to Amanda exceeding the Miss America age restriction[2] | |||
| 2013 | Rebecca Jackson | Kennett Square, PA | 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 | Delaware's Junior Miss 2010 | |
| 2011 | Maria Cahill[3] | 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[4] | Wyoming | 20 | Miss Diamond State | Piano "El Cumbanchero" by Rafael Hernández Marín | Top 15 | Preliminary Talent Award | Delaware's Junior Miss 2006 |
| 2007 | Brittany Dempsey | Dover | 20 | Miss Capital | Jazz Dance "Rhythm of the Night" | Delaware's Junior Miss 2005 | ||
| 2006 | Jamie Ginn | Wilmington | 25 | Miss Brandywine | Dance "Dancin' Fool" from Copacabana | 4th runner-up at National Sweetheart 2005 as Miss New Jersey, Runner-up at 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 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 | ||
| 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 The Phantom of the Opera | Preliminary Talent Award, Bernie Wayne Scholarship for the Performing Arts Award, Quality of Life Finalist, 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 "Almost Over You" Orchestrated for Ms. Jarka by Marvin Hamlisch | George Cavelier Talent Award | ||
| 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 | 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 | 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" | 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 | Vocal | |||||
| 1954 | Barbara Woodall | Claymont | Piano | |||||
| 1953 | Lois Ann Alava | Wilmington | Piano "Concerto in A Minor" | Top 10 | 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 | Top 15 | ||||
| 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. | ||||||
External links
References
- ^ Howard, Arshon (June 13, 2015). "Brooke Mitchell crowned Miss Delaware 2015". Delaware State News. Dover, DE: Independent Newsmedia. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
- ^ "Dethroned Miss Delaware Amanda Longacre Files $3 Million Lawsuit". ABC News. 2014-07-17.
- ^ "Maria Cahill crowned Miss Delaware". Beaumont Enterprise. June 12, 2011.
- ^ Associated Press. "U of D student crowned Miss Delaware". WDel.