Congratulations to Miss Delaware USA 2019 Jolisa Copeman and Miss Delaware Teen USA 2019 Myah Rosa-Scott! Click their names to view their titleholder profiles which have more photos.

Jolisa was a semi-finalist in 2017 - I have posted some of her competition photos in her profile and you might not recognise her!  Love the transformation.  She also received the rare honour of both winning the title and Miss Congeniality - one of two titleholders this weekend!  This hasn't happened in Delaware since at least 2007. 

​Myah was second runner-up last year - there are photos from last year on her page as well.  I believe they are the first African-American duo to win in Delaware.

This was the first year that former Maryland titleholders - and sisters! - Christie and Wendy Davis directed the pageant.  Christie was Miss Maryland USA 2000 and Wendy was Miss Maryland USA 1994.  I hope that next year they post their contestants on their website or Facebook ahead of the pageant, this year it took a contestant sending me photos of the programme book for us to figure out who was competing.

Photos by Edwin Shaw Photography/PageantImages.com

Coming within an inch of being the first to win the "quadruple crown" (state titles for Miss America's Outstanding Teen, Miss Teen USA, Miss America and Miss USA) was first runner-up Amanda Debus, who was Miss DE's OT 2008, Miss Delaware Teen USA 2011 and Miss Delaware 2016.  Amanda was also third runner-up last year.  Second runner-up, for the second year in a row, was Drew Sanclemente who was also third runner-up in 2017 and first runner-up in Teen in 2015.  Third runner-up went to another former Miss Delaware Brooke Mitchell, and fourth runner-up was Lauren Haberstroh, the only MUO newcomer in the top five (however, she was also 4RU at Miss Delaware 2018!).

This year's semi-finalists included 2017 runners-up Kimberly Martin (also a runner-up in 2013 & 2016) and Sarah Timmons, past DE semi-finalist Autumn Keller, past California and Georgia semi-finalist Dia Davis.  Dia and Kimberly were both competing in their 7th USA pageants.

(A previous version of this blog based on information I was given earlier stated that all the contestants re-competed as semi-finalists, I have since been corrected and this has been updated!)
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In Teen, three of last year's top five made the top five again this year: Myah, first runner-up Emily Jer-Don (4th runner-up last year) and third runner-up Tiffany Gray (also 3rd runner-up last year).  Emily also won Miss Congeniality for the second year in a row! Second runner-up was Gigi Gijanto and fourth runner-up was Jasmin Jackson, both newcomers.  Emily was third runner-up at Miss Delaware's Outstanding Teen a few months ago and Gigi also competed in that pageant.

Only 8 contestants participated this year and all re-competed as semi-finalists.

See also: Miss Delaware USA & Teen USA state pageant results | Miss Delaware USA & Teen USA titleholder history

Miss Delaware USA 2019: Jolisa Copeman (SF 17) 
1RU: Amanda Debus (3RU 18, Miss DE 2016, DE TUSA 11, DE's OT 08)
2RU: Drew Sanclemente (2RU 18, 3RU 17, 1RU DE TUSA 15, NF 11) 
3RU: Brooke Mitchell (Miss DE 2015, NF DE TUSA 14)
4RU: Lauren Haberstroh

Semi-finalists:
Erin Bornstein 
Dia Davis (SF GA USA 18, NF 17, SF 16, T10 CA USA 15, T10 CA USA 14, NF CA USA 13)
Autumn Keller (SF 18,  SF DE TUSA 16)
Kimberly Martin (SF 18, 2RU 17, 3RU 16, SF 14, 1RU 13, SF 12) 
Sarah Timmons (SF 18, 4RU 17)

Congeniality: Jolisa Copeman
Photogenic: ​Kimberly Martin

Miss Delaware Teen USA 2019: Myah Rosa-Scott (2RU 18) 
1RU: Emily Jer-Don (4RU 18)
2RU: Gigi Gijanto 
3RU: Tiffany Gray (3RU 18)
4RU: Jasmin Jackson

Semi-finalists:
Semajai Campbell 
Andrea Danson 
Emma Zimmerman

Congeniality: Emily Jer-Don
Photogenic:

Congratulations to Miss Delaware USA 2017 Mia Jones and Miss Delaware Teen USA 2017 Grace Lang!  Mia and Grace were crowned over Thanksgiving weekend.  Mia was Miss Delaware Teen USA 2014, is the third 2014 Teen to win a USA state title and only the third Miss DE Teen USA to win the Miss Delaware USA crown.  Grace was competing for the first time.

The top three of the Miss Delaware Teen USA pageant were all competing in the Miss division, and first runner-up Brighid Minimier and second runner-up Kassady Sever were both semi-finalists.   Another Teen first runner-up, Drew Sanclemente from 2015 placed third runner-up to Miss DE USA.  First runner-up went to Carissa Palumbo, 2RU last year and three-time runner-up in New Jersey, second runner-up was Kimberly Martin (3RU last year, 1RU in 2013), and fourth runner-up went to newcomer Sarah Timmons.  Carissa won the Photogenic award for the second year in a row, I'm still waiting to hear the Congeniality ;'

In the Teen competition, 2016 third runner-up Brynn Close placed first runner-up this year and also won the Photogenic award.  Second runner-up went to 2015 semi-finalist Cierra Smith; third and fourth runner-up spots went to newcomers Melanie Sayers and Kelli Pullella respectively.