Miss Delaware
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- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Delaware USA
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.
The Miss Delaware Scholarship Organization provides several thousands of dollars in scholarships each year to its many contestants.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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| 2007 | Brittany Dempsey | Dover | Miss Capital | Delaware Junior Miss 2005 | ||
| 2006 | Jamie Ginn | Wilmington | Miss Brandywine | 4th runner up at National Sweetheart 2005 as Miss New Jersey. Runner-up in the Miss America 2007 feature of "Pageant School" | ||
| 2005 | Rebecca Bledsoe | Newark | Miss Central Delaware | Non Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2004 | Linda Kurtz | Dover | Miss Dover | Quality of Life Award Finalist | Host & Producer for CN8's Comcast Newsmakers (Comcast Network) | |
| 2003 | Erin Elizabeth Williams | Lincoln | Miss Eastern Shore | |||
| 2002 | Shoha Parekh | Newark | Miss Greenville | Appeared in the movie Annapolis (film) | ||
| 2001 | Erin Cooper | Camden-Wyoming | Miss Hockessin | |||
| 2000 | Junnie Cross | Dover | Miss Hockessin | 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 | Miss Diamond State | |||
| 1998 | Jody Kelly | Dover | Miss Hockessin | |||
| 1997 | Alison White | Millsboro | Miss Millsboro | Non Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1996 | Aimee Michelle Voshell | Felton | Miss Dover | |||
| 1995 | Michelle Harris | Newark | Miss Brandywine | Bert Parks Talent Award | ||
| 1994 | Letitia Lee Pusey | Millsboro | Miss Sussex County | |||
| 1993 | Jennifer Lin Kaczmarczyk | Hockessin | Miss Brandywine | Non Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1992 | Kathleen Ann Slavin | Dagsboro | Miss Sussex County | |||
| 1991 | Beth Ann Jones | Wilmington | Miss Brandywine | |||
| 1990 | Lisa Marie Munzert | New Castle | Miss Brandywine | Non Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1989 | Robin Lee Coutant | Millsboro | Miss University | |||
| 1988 | Laura Kathleen Ludwig | Lewes | Miss Sussex County | |||
| 1987 | Anne Marie Jarka | Newark | Miss University | |||
| 1986 | Lori Ann Scott | Wilmington | Miss Wilmington | |||
| 1985 | Lisa Anne Patrick | Newark | Miss Newark | |||
| 1984 | Nancy Lynn Ball | Rehoboth Beach | Miss Cape Henlopen | |||
| 1983 | Tammy Renee Copeland | Newark | Miss Greater Wilmington | |||
| 1982 | Nancy Ellen Farley | Elsmere | Miss New Castle | |||
| 1981 | Jodi Meade Graham | Wilmington | Miss Brandywine College | Grandniece of Miss America 1924, Ruth Malcomson | ||
| 1980 | Andra Lee Dickerson | Newark | Miss Newark | |||
| 1979 | Ann Lorraine Harrington | Milford | Miss Dover | |||
| 1978 | Janice Anne Albro | Claymont | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |||
| 1977 | Sandra Louise Aiken | Seaford | Miss Searford | Non Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1976 | Debora Rica Lipford | Newark | Miss Newark | Top 10 Semi-finalist | First African-American contestant to make Top 10 at Miss America | |
| 1975 | Elaine Campanelli | Ocean View | Miss Ocean View | Non Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1974 | Kathleen Attanasi | Rehoboth Beach | Miss Rehoboth Beach | |||
| 1973 | Jackie LaGuardia | Milford | Miss Seaford | |||
| 1972 | Catherine Lawton | Clayton | Miss Newark | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1971 | Paula Kusmer | Wilmington | Goldey-Beacom College | voted Miss Congeniality | ||
| 1970 | Linda Sue Hitchens | Seaford | ||||
| 1969 | Margo Ewing | Wilmington | Miss Talleyville | Served as a Delaware State Senator | ||
| 1968 | Gayle Freeman | Wilmington | Miss Brandywine College | |||
| 1967 | Susan Alice Levins | Dover | Miss Wesley College | |||
| 1966 | Mary Lee Mancini | Wilmington | Miss Greater Wilmington | |||
| 1965 | Kathleen Grandall | Wilmington | Miss Brandywine | |||
| 1964 | Anita Gail Eubank | Wilmington | Miss Brandywine | |||
| 1963 | Diane Beverly Isaacs | Greenwood | Miss Greenwood | |||
| 1962 | Alice Jane Watts | Lewes | Miss Harrington | |||
| 1961 | Robin Jane Whemper | Wilmington | Miss Newark | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1960 | Deborah Dunkenfield Benoit | Wilmington | ||||
| 1959 | Ester Olney | Newark | ||||
| 1958 | Nancy M. Williams | Wilmington | ||||
| 1957 | Kathleen Ann D'Attillio | Wilmington | ||||
| 1956 | Janice Olson | Newark | ||||
| 1955 | Joanne Sakowski | Wilmington | ||||
| 1954 | Barbara Woodall | Claymont | ||||
| 1953 | Lois Ann Alava | Wilmington | Semi-Finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1952 | Helen Blackwell | Wilmington | ||||
| 1951 | Suzanne Parrott | Dover | ||||
| 1950 | Lorna Edwardson | Dover | ||||
| 1944 | Jacquelyn Vasseur | Wilmington | ||||
| 1943 | Mona Crawford | Wilmington | ||||
| 1942 | Dorothy McGovern | Wilmington | ||||
| 1941 | Verona Smith | Bridgeville | ||||
| 1940 | Peggy Insolo | Wilmington | Semi-Finalist | |||
| 1937 | Nickey Harriet | Harrington | ||||
| 1936 | Lillian Shamers | Wilmington | ||||
| 1933 | Victoria George | Wilmington |
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Miss USA Miss Delaware USA |
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