The Miss Delaware USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Delaware

Delaware

Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...

 in the Miss USA

Miss USA

The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...

 pageant. The pageant is directed by D&D Investments.

Delaware is the only state never to place or receive an award at Miss USA, although they came close on a number of occasions, i.e. 1992 and 1994.

Only one Miss Delaware Teen USA

Miss Delaware Teen USA

The Miss Delaware Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Delaware in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed D&D Investments....

 has crossed over to win this competition.

Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age1	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes
2012 Miss USA 2012 Miss USA 2012, will be the 61st Miss USA pageant. It will be held in June of 2012. The winner will represent the United States in Miss Universe 2012. Miss USA 2011, Alyssa Campanella of California will crown her successor at the end of this event...	Krista Clausen	Georgetown Georgetown, Delaware Georgetown is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. According to 2010 census figures, the population of the town is 6,422, an increase of 38.3% over the previous decade...	18			First Runner-up at Miss Delaware's Outstanding Teen 2008
2011 Miss USA 2011 Miss USA 2011, the 60th anniversary of the Miss USA pageant, was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday, June 19, 2011. Miss USA 2010, Rima Fakih of Michigan crowned her successor, Alyssa Campanella of California, at the end...	Katie Hanson	Newark Newark, Delaware Newark is an American city in New Castle County, Delaware, west-southwest of Wilmington. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the city is 31,454. Newark is the home of the University of Delaware.- History :...	20
2010 Miss USA 2010 Miss USA 2010, the 59th edition of the Miss USA pageant, was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 16, 2010. Miss USA 2009, Kristen Dalton of North Carolina, crowned her successor, Rima Fakih of Michigan as Miss USA 2010 at the...	Julie Citro	Wilmington Wilmington, Delaware Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley...	26
2009 Miss USA 2009 Miss USA 2009, the 58th Miss USA pageant was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 19, 2009...	Kate Banaszak	Middletown Middletown, Delaware Middletown is a town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the town is 18,871.-Geography:Middletown is located at with an elevation of ....	24
2008 Miss USA 2008 Miss USA 2008, the 57th Miss USA beauty pageant, was held in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 11, 2008. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, Crystle Stewart, Miss Texas USA, was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder, Rachel Smith of Tennessee...	Vincenza Carrieri-Russo Vincenza Carrieri-Russo Vincenza Carrieri-Russo is a pageant titleholder from Newark, Delaware who competed in the Miss USA pageant in April 2008....	Newark	23			First runner-up to Miss Delaware USA 2007. Competed in Miss Delaware (America) pageant 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007. Competed in Miss Delaware Teen USA.
2007 Miss USA 2007 Miss USA 2007, the 56th Miss USA pageant, was held in Hollywood, California, on March 23, 2007, after two weeks of events and preliminary competition. The winner of the pageant was Rachel Smith, of Tennessee....	Nicole Bosso Nicole Bosso Nicole Bosso is a beauty queen from Newark, Delaware and a contestant in the Miss USA pageant in 2007.Bosso won the Miss Delaware USA 2007 title in a state pageant held in Dover in November 2006...	Newark Newark, Delaware Newark is an American city in New Castle County, Delaware, west-southwest of Wilmington. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the city is 31,454. Newark is the home of the University of Delaware.- History :...	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 Kayla Martell Kayla Martell is an American beauty queen from Milford, Delaware and the winner of the Miss Delaware 2010 pageant. Martell placed in the Top 10 at the Miss America 2011 pageant. In the fifth grade, Martell was diagnosed with alopecia areata and subsequently lost all her hair...  in June 2010.
2006 Miss USA 2006 Miss USA 2006, the 55th Miss USA pageant, was held at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland on April 21, 2006. Fifty-one state titleholders competed for the title, which was won by Tara Conner of Kentucky...	Ashlee Greenwell Ashlee Greenwell Ashlee Greenwell is a beauty queen from Middletown, Delaware who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.Greenwell won the Miss Delaware USA 2006 title in a state pageant held in late 2005. This was her first attempt at the Miss title, however she placed 2nd runner-up in the Miss Delaware Teen USA...	Middletown Middletown, Delaware Middletown is a town in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the town is 18,871.-Geography:Middletown is located at with an elevation of ....	18
2005 Miss USA 2005 Miss USA 2005, the 54th Miss USA pageant, was held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 11, 2005. It was won by Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina.Fifty-one state titleholders competed for the title of Miss USA in the Hippodrome Theatre on April 11, 2005...	Sheena Benton Sheena Benton Sheena Benton is an American beauty-pageant titleholder who was named Miss Delaware USA 2005.-Pageant competitions:At the time of her pageant win, Benton was living in Wilmington, Delaware, but is originally from Milford, Delaware....	Wilmington Wilmington, Delaware Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley...	23
2004 Miss USA 2004 The Miss USA 2004 pageant was held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on April 12, 2004. The winner of the beauty pageant was Shandi Finnessey, who became the first winner from the state of Missouri...	Courtney Purdy	Newark	21
2003 Miss USA 2003 The Miss USA 2003 pageant was held in San Antonio, Texas March 24, 2003, the first time it had been held in this state since 1996 when the pageant was held in South Padre Island...	Cheryl Crowe	Felton Felton, Delaware Felton is a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,298 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Felton is located at ....	23			Previously Miss Delaware Teen USA Miss Delaware Teen USA The Miss Delaware Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Delaware in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is directed D&D Investments....  1997, 1st runner up at Miss Oktoberfest 2002, competed in Miss Delaware (America) and was third runner-up in 2002
2002 Miss USA 2002 The Miss USA 2002 pageant was held in Gary, Indiana on March 2, 2002. The event was won by Shauntay Hinton of the District of Columbia, who was crowned by outgoing queen Kandace Krueger of Texas....	Deborah Hoffman	Ocean View Ocean View, Delaware As of the census of 2000, there were 1,006 people, 458 households, and 321 families residing in the town. The population density was 495.0 people per square mile . There were 751 housing units at an average density of 369.6 per square mile...	25			Competed in Miss Maryland and Miss Delaware (America), was first runner-up to Miss Delaware (America) 2001
2001 Miss USA 2001 Miss USA 2001, the 50th edition of the Miss USA pageant was held at the Genesis Convention Center, Gary, Indiana on March 2, 2001. The event was won by Kandace Krueger of Texas, who was crowned by outgoing queen Lynnette Cole of Tennessee....	Stacey Smith Stacey Smith Stacey Lee Smith is an American ice dancer. With partner John Summers, she is the 1978-1980 U.S. national champion. They represented the United States at the 1980 Winter Olympics where they placed 9th. She received her bachelor's degree and M.D. at Northwestern University, completed her residency...	Ocean View	26
2000 Miss USA 2000 Miss USA 2000, the forty-ninth Miss USA pageant, was held in Branson, Missouri at The Grand Palace on February 4, 2000.At the conclusion of the final competition, Lynnette Cole of Tennessee was crowned by outgoing titleholder Kimberly Pressler of New York....	Jennifer Behm Jennifer Behm Jennifer Behm is a reality television contestant from Wilmington, Delaware, known for competing in the Miss USA pageant in 2000 and winning the second season of MasterChef in 2011.-Profile:...	Wilmington	23			Second Season Winner of MasterChef
1999 Miss USA 1999 Miss USA 1999, the forty-eighth Miss USA pageant, was held at the Grande Palace Theatre in Branson, Missouri on February 4, 1999.At the conclusion of the final competition, Kimberly Pressler of New York, was crowned by outgoing titleholder Shawnae Jebbia of Massachusetts...	Jackie Pilla
1998 Miss USA 1998 Miss USA 1998, the 47th Miss USA pageant, was held in Shreveport, Louisiana in March, 1998. The preliminary competition was held on 6 March 1998 and the final competition on 10 March 1998...	Sherri Davis
1997 Miss USA 1997 Miss USA 1997, the forty-sixth Miss USA pageant, was held at Shreveport, Louisiana in January and February, 1997. Delegates arrived in the city on January 19, the preliminary competition was held on February 2, 1997 and the final competition on February 5, 1997...	Patricia Gauani	Dover Dover, Delaware The city of Dover is the capital and second largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County, and the principal city of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Kent County. It is located on the St. Jones River in the Delaware...		26th place
1996 Miss USA 1996 Miss USA 1996, the forty-fifth Miss USA pageant, was held at South Padre Island, Texas culminating in the final competition and crowning on February 2, 1996....	Star Behl			48th place
1995 Miss USA 1995 Miss USA 1995, the forty-fourth Miss USA pageant, was held at South Padre Island, Texas culminating in the final competition and crowning on February 10, 1995....	Nicole Garis	Wilmington		36th place
1994 Miss USA 1994 Miss USA 1994, the 43rd Miss USA pageant, was televised live from the South Padre Island Convention Centre on South Padre Island, Texas on 11 February 1994...	Teresa Kline			14th place
1993 Miss USA 1993 Miss USA 1993, the 42nd Miss USA pageant, was televised live from the Century II Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas on 19 February 1993.At the conclusion of the final competition, Kenya Moore of Michigan was crowned by outgoing titleholder Shannon Marketic of California...	Annmarie Correll			46th place
1992 Miss USA 1992 Miss USA 1992, the 41st Miss USA pageant, was televised live from the Century II Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas on 7 February 1992.At the conclusion of the final competition, Shannon Marketic of California was crowned by outgoing titleholder Kelli McCarty of Kansas...	Julie Griffith	Wilmington		19th place
1991 Miss USA 1991 Miss USA 1991, the 40th Miss USA pageant, was televised live from the Century II Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas on 22 February 1991.At the conclusion of the final competition, Kelli McCarty of Kansas was crowned by outgoing titleholder Carole Gist of Michigan...	Laurie Lucidonio			33rd place
1990 Miss USA 1990 Miss USA 1990, the 39th Miss USA pageant, was televised live from the Century II Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas on March 2, 1990.At the conclusion of the final competition, Carole Gist of Michigan was crowned by outgoing titleholder Gretchen Polhemus of Texas...	Nicci Dent			20th place		Miss Teen All American 1987
1989	Terri Spruill
1988	Christina Lee Angel
1987	Shellie Haralson	Newark
1986	Lynn Taylor	Bear Bear, Delaware Bear is a census-designated place in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The population was 17,593 at the 2000 census.Originally a small crossroads in a rural area south of Wilmington, the area supported small farms growing mainly corn and cattle...
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 New Castle, Delaware New Castle is a city in New Castle County, Delaware, six miles south of Wilmington, situated on the Delaware River. In 1900, 3,380 people lived here; in 1910, 3,351...
1977	Debby Faulkner	Wilmington
1976	Debbie Kucher	Newark				semifinalist in Miss World USA 1979
1975	Sandy McClure	Wilmington
1974	Cheryl Fetkenher*
1973	Linda Graves
1972	Michele Voyer
1971	Nanette Crist
1970	Marilyn O'Neill	Newark
1969	Marsha Stoppel
1968	Diana Parker
1967	Dianne Judefind
1966	Jacqueline Kalazinskas
1965	Shirl Chappell
1964	Christina Klose
1963	Susan Kowalski
1962	No Pageant Held
1961	Ninea Lou Ringler
1960	Rose Ann Reed
1959	Linda E. Humes
1958	Virginia Jefferson
1957	Patricia Ellingsworth
1956	Sandra McCabe
1955	Helen Blackwell*
1954	No Pageant Held
1953	No Pageant Held
1952	Sue J. Langton

¹ Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant
* Deceased

External links

• Miss Delaware USA official webpage