Miss Delaware USA 2024 is Alysa Bainbridge
Miss Newark, Alysa Bainbridge, was crowned Miss Delaware USA 2024 during the state final on Sunday, April 28 at Laird Performing Arts Center in Wilmington.
The 25-year-old public speaker, host, and mental health advocate will now prepare to represent Delaware at Miss USA 2024 in Hollywood, California this summer. She succeeds last year's winner Noa Mills.
No stranger to pageantry, Alysa was the winner of Miss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen 2016. In 2022, she became Miss Pennsylvania and went to Miss America 2023 in Connecticut last December.
The new Miss Delaware USA was born and raised in Berks County, Pennsylvania. She holds a bachelor's degree in communication studies from Saint Joseph's University and a master's in leadership from Cabrini University.
Alysa is an adovocate for mental health and recovery. She founded the nonprofit Tyler's Triumph in memory of her brother, to help people triumph over mental health and substance use disorders.
FINAL RESULTS
Miss Delaware USA 2024 - Alysa Bainbridge (Newark)
1st runner-up - EmmaKate Ledyard (Yorklyn)
2nd runner-up - Kelly Smith (New Castle)
3rd runner-up - Emaje Jabali (Elsmere)
4th runner-up - Rebecca Gasperetti (Wilmington)
5th runner-up - Christine Rich (Middletown)
Dover representative Kayla Kosmalski clinched the title Miss Delaware Teen USA 2024 and will go to the Miss Teen USA 2024 competition, also in California this August.
Photos: Reza Venegas, Matt Boyd