Miss Delaware Teen USA
| Formation | 1983 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Wilmington |
| Location | |
| Membership | Miss Teen USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | Vincenza Carrieri-Russo (state pageant director) |
| Website | Official website |
The Miss Delaware Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Delaware in the Miss Teen USA pageant. It was formerly directed by Crown Productions from 1993 to 2007, then by D&D Productions from 2007 to 2018. CW Productions became the new directors for the pageant starting in 2019.[1] In 2020, CW Productions was terminated. The license to produce the 2021 state pageants was awarded to V&M Productions, LLC into the directorship of Vincenza Carrieri-Russo. This is only the second time that the pageant is produced by a former Miss Delaware USA.
The current titleholder is Cali Williams of Odessa and she was crowned on June 29, 2025 at Laird Performing Arts Center in The Tatnall School in Wilmington. She will represent Delaware for the title of Miss Teen USA 2025.
Delaware winners and contestants
In terms of number of placements and awards, Delaware is one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA. However, Ashley Coleman broke the mold to win the Miss Teen USA crown in 1999. Miss Delaware Teen USA 2000, Carrie Aiken, and 2001, Christie Aiken, are sisters. Miss Delaware Teen USA 1997, Cheryl Crowe, was the first Delaware teen to cross over to the Miss Delaware USA title. Since Cheryl, Kelsey Miller (2009), Mia Jones (2014) and Sierra Wright (2015) went on to win the Miss Delaware USA title, in 2014, 2017 and 2018 respectively. Miss Delaware Teen USA 2011, Amanda Debus, was the first, and so far only, Delaware teen to cross over from the Miss Delaware's Outstanding Teen title, she is also the only successful MAO/MUO crossover in Delaware. Amanda Debus is the first USA titleholder to win Miss Delaware in the Miss America system.
Melissa King
On February 26, 2013, Melissa King resigned her crown when confronted with a pornographic video;[2][3] The former Miss Delaware Teen USA was paid $1,500 for the porn shoot.[4]
Hailey Lawler, the runner-up, replaced her.[5]
Results summary
Placements
- Miss Teen USAs: Ashley Coleman (1999)
- Top 6: Dawn Huey (1995)
- Top 15: Mia Jones (2014), Emily Hutchison (2016)
Delaware holds a record of 4 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Winners
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Local title | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
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| 2025 | Cali Williams | Odessa | TBA | Miss Odessa Teen | TBA | TBA | |
| 2024 | Kayla Kosmalski | Dover | 18 | Miss Dover Teen | First contestant with Down syndrome to compete at Miss Teen USA. | ||
| 2023 | Molly Lavelle | Wilmington | 19 | Miss Wilmington Teen | |||
| 2022 | Ava MacMurray | Hockessin | 18 | Miss Hockessin Teen | |||
| 2021 | Sky Knox | Newark | 19 | Miss Wilmington Teen |
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| 2020 | Samantha Repass | Dover | 17 | ||||
| 2019 | Myah Rosa-Scott | New Castle | 17 | ||||
| 2018 | Brynn Close | Middletown | 18 | Cousin of Miss Delaware Teen USA 2009 & Miss Delaware USA 2014, Kelsey Miller | |||
| 2017 | Grace Lange | Newark | 17 |
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| 2016 | Emily Hutchison | Wilmington | 18 | Top 15 | |||
| 2015 | Sierra Belle Wright | Wilmington | 18 |
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| 2014 | Mia Emani Jones | Bear | 17 | Top 15 |
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| 2013 | Hailey Lawler | Newark | 18 | Originally first runner-up; succeeded to the crown after King's resignation | |||
| Melissa King | Bethany Beach | 18 | Did not compete | Resigned her crown after revelation of participation in commercial pornography.[6][3] | |||
| 2012 | Angela Viscount | Newark | 19 | 1st Runner Up at Miss Delaware Teen USA 2011 | |||
| 2011 | Amanda Debus | Middletown | 18 |
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| 2010 | Ashley DiLiberto | Newark | 18 | ||||
| 2009 | Kelsey Miller | Wilmington | 17 |
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| 2008 | Bethany Brindley | Wilmington | 17 | ||||
| 2007 | Holly Shively | Newark | 16 | ||||
| 2006 | Erika Savidge | Newark | 17 | ||||
| 2005 | Ashley Frances Fletcher | Smyrna | 18 | ||||
| 2004 | Brittany Cichocki | Pike Creek | 17 | ||||
| 2003 | Ashley James | Bear | 18 | 1st Runner Up at Miss Delaware USA 2010 | |||
| 2002 | Kelly Horst | Hockessin | 18 | ||||
| 2001 | Christie Aiken | Wilmington | 18 | ||||
| 2000 | Carrie Aiken | Wilmington | 18 | ||||
| 1999 | Ashley Coleman | Camden | 18 | Miss Teen USA 1999 | |||
| 1998 | Nicole Tomlin | Wilmington | 17 | ||||
| 1997 | Cheryl Crowe | Felton | 18 |
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| 1996 | Ashley Anderson | Rehoboth Beach | 16 | ||||
| 1995 | Dawn Renee Huey | Greenwood | Top 6 | ||||
| 1994 | Selena Del Grosso | Wilmington | |||||
| 1993 | Catherine Huang | Miss Newport Teen | |||||
| 1992 | Justine Jones | Dover | |||||
| 1991 | Michelle Daulton | Hockessin | |||||
| 1990 | Kristen Pontius | ||||||
| 1989 | Allison Wilson | Milford | |||||
| 1988 | Edith Senter | Felton | |||||
| 1987 | Christi Griffen | Newark | |||||
| 1986 | Laura Hawthorne | Wilmington | |||||
| 1985 | Julie Weasley | Seaford | |||||
| 1984 | Heather Reed | Wilmington | |||||
| 1983 | Laura Michelle Enslen | Wilmington | |||||
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
External links
References
- ^ "About". CW Productions. Archived from the original on July 15, 2019. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
- ^ "Miss Delaware Teen USA resigns amid sex video claims". delawareonline.com. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ^ a b "Melissa King Proven as Liar on Porn Tape", news.gather.com, 03.03.13 Archived 2013-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Former Miss Delaware Teen USA lost tiara over porn role that paid just $1,500: producers", Michael Walsh, New York Daily News, March 2, 2013.
- ^ "New Miss Delaware Teen USA: Hailey Lawler Crowned Following Melissa King Resignation Over Porn Video". International Business News. March 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ^ "Miss Teen Delaware lies like a porn star", wwtdd.com, 03.03.2013