Miss Delaware USA
The Miss Delaware USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Delaware in the Miss USA pageant. It is formerly directed by Crown Productions from 1993 to 2007, then to D&D Productions from 2007 to 2018. CW Productions became the new directors for the pageant from 2019.[1] In 2020, CW Productions was terminated. The license to produce the 2021 state pageants was awarded to V&M Productions, LLC. This is only the second time that the pageant will be produced by a former Miss Delaware USA.
| Formation | 1952 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Wilmington |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
| Website | Official website |
In 2015, Renee Bull became the first representative from Delaware to place in the top 15 and finished in the top 10, effectively ending the "Delaware Curse".[2] She also won Miss Congeniality, becoming the first representative from Delaware to win an award.
Three Miss Delaware Teen USAs have crossed over to win this competition, Cheryl Crowe, Mia Jones, and Kelsey Miller.
Katie Guevarra of Middletown was crowned Miss Delaware USA 2020 on November 17, 2019 at Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington. She represented Delaware for the title of Miss USA 2020.
Gallery of titleholders
Nicole Bosso, Miss Delaware USA 2007
Vincenza Carrieri-Russo, Miss Delaware USA 2008
Results summary
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Renee Bull (2015)
Winners
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Katherine "Katie" Guevarra | Middletown | 26 | |||
| 2019 | Jolisa Copeman | Middletown | 24 | |||
| 2018 | Sierra Wright | Wilmington | 20 | Previously Miss Delaware Teen USA 2015 | ||
| 2017 | Mia Jones | Bear | 20 |
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| 2016 | Alexandra Vorontsova | Newark | 20 | |||
| 2015 | Renee Bull[2] | Middletown | 21 | Top 11[2] | Miss Congeniality[2] | 1st runner up at Miss Delaware 2012; Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012 |
| 2014 | Kelsey Miller | Wilmington | 23 | Previously Miss Delaware Teen USA 2009 | ||
| 2013 | Rachel Baiocco | Bear | 21 | |||
| 2012 | Krista Clausen | Georgetown | 18 | First Runner-up at Miss Delaware's Outstanding Teen 2008 | ||
| 2011 | Katie Hanson | Newark | 20 | Contestant of Survivor: Philippines | ||
| 2010 | Julie Citro | Wilmington | 26 | |||
| 2009 | Kate Banaszak | Middletown | 24 | |||
| 2008 | Vincenza Carrieri-Russo | Newark | 23 | Previously Miss Delaware United States 2014. First runner-up to Miss Delaware USA 2007. Competed in Miss Delaware (America) pageant 2003, 2004, 2006, 2018. Competed in Miss Delaware Teen USA. | ||
| 2007 | Nicole Bosso | Newark | 20 | First attempt at the Miss Delaware USA title in 2007. Held a Miss America local title and placed third runner-up to Kayla Martell in June 2010. Contestant on the CW Network's Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants. Model at the Home Shopping Network in 2008. | ||
| 2006 | Ashlee Greenwell | Middletown | 18 | |||
| 2005 | Sheena Benton | Wilmington | 23 | |||
| 2004 | Courtney Purdy | Newark | 21 | |||
| 2003 | Cheryl Crowe | Felton | 23 | Previously Miss Delaware Teen USA 1997, 1st runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 2002, competed in Miss Delaware (America) and was third runner-up in 2002 | ||
| 2002 | Deborah Hoffman | Ocean View | 25 | Competed in Miss Maryland and Miss Delaware (America), was first runner-up to Miss Delaware (America) 2001 | ||
| 2001 | Stacey Smith | Ocean View | 26 | |||
| 2000 | Jennifer Behm | Wilmington | 23 | Second Season Winner of MasterChef | ||
| 1999 | Jackie Pilla | Wilmington | ||||
| 1998 | Sherri Davis | New Castle | ||||
| 1997 | Patricia Gauani | Dover | ||||
| 1996 | Star Behl | Claymont | ||||
| 1995 | Nicole Garis | Wilmington | ||||
| 1994 | Teresa Kline | Bear | ||||
| 1993 | Annmarie Correll | Hockessin | ||||
| 1992 | Julie Ann Griffith | Wilmington | ||||
| 1991 | Laurie Lucidonio | Wilmington | ||||
| 1990 | Nicci Dent | Bear | Miss Teen All American 1987 | |||
| 1989 | Terri Spruill | Wilmington | ||||
| 1988 | Christina Lee Angel | Millsboro | ||||
| 1987 | Shellie Haralson | Newark | ||||
| 1986 | Lynn Taylor | Bear | ||||
| 1985 | Sheila Saints | Wilmington | ||||
| 1984 | Denise Lennick | Wilmington | ||||
| 1983 | Shelley Perkins | Newark | ||||
| 1982 | Shawna Saints | Wilmington | ||||
| 1981 | Natalie Ramsey | Wilmington | ||||
| 1980 | Karen Giobbe | Hockessin | ||||
| 1979 | Lisa Toothman | Newark | ||||
| 1978 | Donna Lewis | New Castle | ||||
| 1977 | Debby Faulkner | Wilmington | ||||
| 1976 | Debbie Kucher | Newark | semifinalist in Miss World USA 1979 | |||
| 1975 | Sandy McClure | Wilmington | ||||
| 1974 | Cheryl Fetkenher* | Newark | ||||
| 1973 | Linda Graves | Wilmington | ||||
| 1972 | Michele Voyer | Wilmington | ||||
| 1971 | Nanette Crist | Wilmington | ||||
| 1970 | Marilyn O'Neill | Newark | ||||
| 1969 | Marsha Stoppel | Wilmington | ||||
| 1968 | Diana Parker | Wilmington | ||||
| 1967 | Dianne Judefind | Wilmington | ||||
| 1966 | Jacqueline Kalazinskas | Claymont | ||||
| 1965 | Shirl Chappell | Newark | ||||
| 1964 | Christina Klose | Wilmington | ||||
| 1963 | Susan Kowalski | Newport | ||||
| 1962 | No Pageant Held | |||||
| 1961 | Ninea Lou Ringler | Dagsboro | ||||
| 1960 | Rose Ann Reed | Wilmington | ||||
| 1959 | Linda E. Humes | Harrington | ||||
| 1958 | Virginia Jefferson | Delmar | ||||
| 1957 | Patricia Ellingsworth | Millsboro | ||||
| 1956 | Sandra McCabe | Selbyville | ||||
| 1955 | Helen Denise Blackwell* | Wilmington | ||||
| 1954 | No Pageant Held | |||||
| 1953 | No Pageant Held | |||||
| 1952 | Sue J. Langton | Wilmington |
1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
* Deceased
References
- "About". CW Productions. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
- Brown, Robin (13 July 2015). "Renee Bull breaks 'Delaware Curse' in Miss USA pageant". The News Journal. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.