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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. View this

Miss Middletown, Noa Mills (right) was crowned Miss Delaware USA 2023 on Sunday, April 30 at the Laird Performing Arts Center, Tatnall School in Wilmington. The 25-year-old entrepreneur, philanthropist, and published author also placed fourth runner-up when she joined last year while representing Claymont. She will now prepare to represent the state of Delaware at Miss USA 2023 in Reno, Nevada. Kelly Smith of Lewes was named first runner-up while Juliya Pattammady of Newark, Jasmine Lee of Dover, and Danielle Leigh Bjorlo of Georgetown were announced as the second, third, and fourth runners-up, respectively. For the teens' division, Wilmington's Molly Lavelle clinched the Miss Delaware Teen USA 2023 title and will now proceed to the Miss Teen USA 2023 pageant. Her court of runners-up includes Alexia Inhof of Smyrma, Cali Williams of Middletown, Kassidy Baptiste of Dover, and Tyrina Money of Odessa. Last year's winners, Grace Lange and Ava MacMurray crowned their respective