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Miss Delaware

Formation	1933; 91 years ago (1933)
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	Dover
Location	Delaware
Membership	Miss America
Official language	English
Co-Executive Director	Amanda Debus Kuhl
Co-Executive Director & President	Sue Kuhling
Website	Official website

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 has previously been held in Rehoboth Beach at Convention Hall, in the state capital of Dover, Delaware at the Dover Downs Hotel and Casino, and in Milton at the Milton Theatre. Miss Delaware serves as the official hostess to the state of Delaware.

Nova Gaffney of Milford was crowned Miss Delaware 2024 on June 22, 2024, at the Independence School in Newark. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Delaware titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.

Placements

• Top 10: Lois Anne Alava (1954), Catherine Lawton (1973), Debora Rica Lipford (1977), Kayla Martell (2011)
• Top 15: Peggy Insolo (1940), Galen Giaccone (2009)

Awards

Preliminary awards

• Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Janice Anne Albro (1979)
• Preliminary Talent: Lois Anne Alava (1954), Catherine Lawton (1973), Junnie Cross (2001), Galen Giaccone (2009)

Non-finalist awards

• Non-finalist Talent: Robin Jane Whemper (1962), Elaine Campanelli (1976), Sandra Louise Aiken (1978), Lisa Marie Munzert (1991), Jennifer Lin Kaczmarczyk (1994), Alison White (1998), Rebecca Bledsoe (2006), Maria Cahill (2012), Rebecca Jackson (2014), Brooke Mitchell (2016)
• Non-finalist Interview: Alyssa Murray (2013)

Other awards

• Miss Congeniality: Paula Kusmer (1972)
• Equity and Justice Finalist: Sophie Phillips (2022)
• George Cavalier Talent Award: Anne Marie Jarka (1988)
• Bernie Wayne Scholarship for the Performing Arts: Junnie Cross (2001)
• Bert Parks Talent Award: Michelle Harris (1996), Junnie Cross (2001)
• Quality of Life Award 1st runners-up: Kayla Martell (2011), Brittany Lewis (2015)
• Quality of Life Award Finalists: Junnie Cross (2001), Linda Kurtz (2005), Alyssa Murray (2012)
• Forever Miss Americas Scholarship: Grace Otley (2023)

Winners

•   Declared as winner
•   Ended as a runner-up
•   Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist

External links

• Miss Delaware Official Website

References

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