Year
|
Name
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Hometown
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Age
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Local Title
|
Miss America Talent
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Placement at Miss America
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Special scholarships at Miss America
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Notes
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2023
|
Emily Beale
|
Ocean View
|
27
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Miss Ocean View
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Tap Dance
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|
|
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2022
|
Grace Otley
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Hockessin
|
22
|
Miss Dover
|
Violin, "Smooth Criminal"
|
|
Forever Miss Americas Scholarship
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Previously Miss Delaware's Outstanding Teen 2014
|
2021
|
Sophie Phillips[1]
|
Bear
|
25
|
Miss Milford
|
Piano, "Good Golly, Miss Molly"
|
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Equity and Justice Finalist
|
|
2019–20
|
Hillary May[2]
|
Mount Vernon, IN
|
23
|
Miss Hockessin
|
Vocal, "I Could Have Danced All Night"
|
|
|
2020 competition was postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19 pandemic
|
2018
|
Joanna Wicks[3]
|
Wilmington
|
24
|
Miss Wilmington
|
Speed Painting, "Confident"
|
|
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2017
|
Chelsea Bruce[4]
|
Manasquan, NJ[5]
|
21
|
Miss Newark
|
Contemporary Dance
|
|
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Eligible as a student at the University of Delaware[4]
|
2016
|
Amanda Debus[6][7]
|
Middletown
|
23
|
Miss First State
|
Contemporary Ballet, "Fight Song"
|
|
|
Previously Miss Delaware's Outstanding Teen 2008[7]
Previously Miss Delaware Teen USA 2011[8]
3rd runner-up at Miss Delaware USA 2018 pageant[9]
1st runner-up at Miss Delaware USA 2019 pageant[9]
|
2015
|
Brooke Mitchell[10]
|
Selbyville
|
19
|
Miss Milford
|
Tap Dance/Baton Twirling, "Uptown Funk"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014 pageant[citation needed]
|
2014
|
Brittany Lewis
|
Brigantine, NJ
|
23
|
Miss Wilmington
|
Jazz Dance
|
|
Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up
|
Originally first runner-up, assumed title when Longacre was dethroned[11]
|
Amanda Longacre
|
Bear
|
24
|
Miss Pike Creek
|
Vocal
|
Unable to compete; dethroned due to her not meeting the Miss America Organization's age requirement[11]
|
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 Coastal Bay
|
Jazz Dance, "River Deep – Mountain High"
|
|
Non-finalist Interview Award
Quality of Life Award Finalist
|
4th runner-up at Miss Delaware USA 2015 competition[9]
1st runner-up at Miss Delaware USA 2018 competition[9]
|
2011
|
Maria Cahill[12]
|
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 Award 1st runner-up
|
Voted into the Top 15 as a "People's Choice" by public voting[citation needed]
First contestant with alopecia areata to compete in Miss America pageant[citation needed]
|
2009
|
Heather Lehman
|
Magnolia
|
20
|
Miss Diamond State
|
Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus
|
|
|
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2008
|
Galen Giaccone[13]
|
Wyoming
|
20
|
Miss Diamond State
|
Piano, "El Cumbanchero" by Rafael Hernández Marín
|
Top 15
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
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 at National Sweetheart 2005 pageant as Miss New Jersey[citation needed]
|
2005
|
Rebecca Bledsoe
|
Middletown
|
22
|
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 pageant[citation needed]
|
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[14]
|
2001
|
Erin Cooper
|
Camden
|
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
|
|
Bert Parks Talent Award
Bernie Wayne Scholarship for the Performing Arts Award
Preliminary Talent Award
Quality of Life Award Finalist
|
|
1999
|
Kama Boland
|
Hockessin
|
22
|
Miss Diamond State
|
Piano, "Jerry Lee Lewis Medley"
|
|
|
|
1998
|
Jody Kelly
|
Dover
|
22
|
Miss Hockessin
|
Flute, "Shenandoah" and "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"
|
|
|
Mother to Miss Delaware's Outstanding Teen 2022, Brynn String
|
1995
|
Michelle Harris
|
Newark
|
24
|
Miss Brandywine
|
Vocal, "I Will Always Love You"
|
|
Bert Parks Talent Award
|
|
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
|
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"
|
|
George Cavalier 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
|
|
|
|
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[15]
|
Wilmington
|
19
|
Miss Brandywine College
|
Vocal, "Can You Read My Mind"
|
|
|
Daughter of Miss Pennsylvania 1956, Lorna Ringler Graham,[15] and grand-niece of Miss America 1924, Ruth Malcomson[16]
|
1980
|
Andra Lee Dickerson
|
Newark
|
21
|
Miss Newark
|
Piano / Vocal
|
|
|
|
1979
|
Ann Lorraine Harrington
|
Milford
|
22
|
Miss Milford
|
Magic Act
|
|
|
|
1978
|
Janice Anne Albro
|
Claymont
|
25
|
Miss Brandywine Hundred
|
Piano Medley, "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, "It Was a Good Time" from Ryan's Daughter
|
Top 10
|
|
First African-American contestant to reach the top 10 at Miss America pageant[17]
|
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 Sussex West
|
Vocal from Irma La Douce
|
|
|
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1972
|
Catherine Lawton[18]
|
Clayton
|
20
|
Miss University Motors
|
Banjo, "Banjo Memories"
|
Top 10
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
1971
|
Paula Kusmer
|
Wilmington
|
19
|
Miss Goldey-Beacom College
|
Dramatic reading from The Diary of Anne Frank
|
|
Miss Congeniality
|
|
1970
|
Linda Sue Hitchens
|
Seaford
|
20
|
Miss Nylon Capital
|
Vocal / Dance, "Give My Regards to Broadway"
|
|
|
|
1969
|
Margo Ewing
|
Wilmington
|
19
|
Miss Talleyville
|
Vocal, "My Mother's Wedding Day"
|
|
|
Served as a Delaware state senator[19]
|
1968
|
Gayle Freeman
|
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
|
|
|
|
1965
|
Kathleen Grandell
|
18
|
Miss Brandywine
|
Multi-lingual Monologue
|
|
|
|
1964
|
Anita Gail Eubank
|
20
|
Popular Vocal & Dance
|
|
|
|
1963
|
Diane Beverly Isaacs
|
Greenwood
|
|
Miss Greenwood
|
Piano & Popular Vocal
|
|
|
Previously married to current United States Senator, Tom Carper[20]
|
1962
|
Alice Richards Watts
|
Lewes
|
19
|
Miss Harrington
|
Pantomime, "Seventeen"
|
|
|
|
1961
|
Robin Jane Whempner
|
Wilmington
|
18
|
Miss Newark
|
Vocal & Dance, "That's What Makes Paris Paree" from April in Paris
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
1960
|
Deborah Dunkenfield Benoit
|
21
|
|
Composite Expression of Special Training
|
|
|
|
1959
|
Ester Olney
|
Newark
|
18
|
|
Vocal
|
|
|
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1958
|
Nancy M. Williams
|
Wilmington
|
|
|
Dance to musical selections from Gone With the Wind
|
|
|
|
1957
|
Kathleen Ann D'Attillio
|
|
|
Piano
|
|
|
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1956
|
Janice Olson
|
Newark
|
|
|
|
|
|
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1955
|
Joanne Sakowski
|
Wilmington
|
|
|
Vocal
|
|
|
|
1954
|
Barbara Woodall
|
Claymont
|
|
|
Piano
|
|
|
|
1953
|
Lois Anne Alava
|
Wilmington
|
|
|
Piano, "Concerto in A Minor"
|
Top 10
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
1952
|
Helen Blackwell
|
Wilmington
|
|
|
Classical Vocal
|
|
|
Later, competed in Miss USA 1955 as Miss Delaware USA
|
1951
|
Suzanne Parrott
|
Dover
|
|
|
Piano
|
|
|
|
1950
|
Lorna Edwardson
|
|
|
Classical Vocal, "Un Bel Di" from Madame Butterfly
|
|
|
|
1949
|
No Delaware representative at Miss America pageant
|
1948
|
1947
|
1946
|
1945
|
1944
|
Jacquelyn Vasseur
|
Wilmington
|
|
|
|
|
|
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1943
|
Mona Crawford
|
|
|
|
|
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1942
|
Dorothy McGovern
|
|
|
|
|
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1941
|
Verona Smith[21]
|
Bridgeville
|
|
|
|
|
|
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1940
|
Peggy Insolo
|
Wilmington
|
|
|
Piano
|
Top 15
|
|
|
1939
|
No Delaware representative at Miss America pageant[22][23]
|
1938
|
1937
|
Nickey Harriet
|
Harrington
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1936
|
Lillian Shamers
|
Wilmington
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1935
|
No Delaware representative at Miss America pageant [24]
|
1934
|
No national pageant was held [25]
|
1933
|
Victoria A. George
|
Wilmington
|
18
|
|
N/A[26]
|
|
|
|
1932
|
No national pageants were held [25]
|
1931
|
1930
|
1929
|
1928
|
1927
|
|
1926
|
1925
|
1924
|
1923
|
Ruth Agnes Brady[31]
|
Wilmington
|
|
Miss Wilmington
|
N/A[26]
|
|
|
Competed under local title at national pageant
|
1922
|
A. Adele Senft[32]
|
|
|
|
1921
|
No Delaware representative at Miss America pageant [33]
|