Miss Delaware
Winners
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Miss Delaware

Section Title: Winners
Table Section Text: Declared as winner Ended as a runner-up Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist

Year	Name	Hometown	Age	Local Title	Miss America Talent	Placement at Miss America	Special scholarships at Miss America	Notes

2018	Joanna Wicks	Wilmington	24	Miss Wilmington	Speed Painting, "Confident"

2017	Chelsea Bruce	Manasquan, NJ	21	Miss Newark	Contemporary Dance	Eligible as a student at the University of Delaware

2016	Amanda Debus	Middletown	23	Miss First State	Contemporary Ballet	Previously Miss Delaware's Outstanding Teen 2008 Previously Miss Delaware Teen USA 2011

2015	Brooke Mitchell	Selbyville	19	Miss Milford	Tap Dance/Baton Twirling, "Uptown Funk"	Non-finalist Talent Award	Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014

2014	Brittany Lewis	Brigantine, NJ	23	Miss Wilmington	Jazz Dance	Quality of Life Award 1st runner-up	1st runner-up at Miss Delaware 2014 pageant, assumed title when Longacre was dethroned

Amanda Longacre	Bear	24	Miss Pike Creek	Vocal	N/A	Dethroned due to her not meeting the Miss America age requirement

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 Quality of Life Award Finalist

2011	Maria Cahill	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 First contestant with alopecia areata to compete in Miss America pageant

2009	Heather Lehman	Magnolia	20	Miss Diamond State	Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus

2008	Galen Giaccone	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"

2006	Jamie Ginn	Wilmington	25	Miss Brandywine	Dance "Dancin' Fool" from Copacabana	4th runner-up at National Sweetheart 2005 as Miss New Jersey

2005	Rebecca Bledsoe	Middletown	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

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	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"

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	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"	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	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

1978	Janice Anne Albro	Claymont	25	Miss Brandywine Hundred	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, "It Was a Good Time" from Ryan's Daughter	Top 10	First African-American contestant to reach the top 10 at Miss America pageant

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 "Irma La Douce"

1972	Catherine Lawton	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 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 Grandell	Wilmington	18	Miss Brandywine	Multi-lingual Monologue with native songs & dances

1964	Anita Gail Euban	Wilmington	20	Miss Brandywine	Popular Vocal & Dance

1963	Diane Beverly Isaacs	Greenwood	Miss Greenwood	Piano & Popular Vocal	Was married to current United States Senator, 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 Anne 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

1949	No Delaware representative at Miss America pageant

1948

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1945

1944	Jacquelyn Vasseur	Wilmington

1943	Mona Crawford	Wilmington

1942	Dorothy McGovern	Wilmington

1941	Verona Smith	Bridgeville

1940	Peggy Insolo	Wilmington	Piano	Top 15

1939	No Delaware representative at Miss America pageant

1938

1937	Nickey Harriet	Harrington

1936	Lillian Shamers	Wilmington

1935	No Delaware representative at Miss America pageant

1934	No pageant was held

1933	Victoria A. George	Wilmington	18

1932	No pageants were held

1931

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1928

1927	No Delaware representative at Miss America pageant

1926

1925

1924

1923	Ruth Agnes Brady	Miss Wilmington	No Miss Delaware Competed under local title at Miss America pageant

1922	Adele Senft	Miss Wilmington

1921	No Delaware representative at Miss America pageant

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Joanna Wicks of Wilmington was crowned Miss Delaware in 2018.

final_sentence: Joanna Wicks of Wilmington was crowned Miss Delaware in 2018.