- Linda Kurtz
Linda Kurtz is an American
beauty queen and television host fromDover, Delaware who was crownedMiss Delaware 2004. She went on to compete for the title ofMiss America 2005 inAtlantic City where she was a Quality of Life Award finalist. The pageant was ultimately won byDeidre Downs ofAlabama . Linda was the last Miss Delaware to compete in Atlantic City.Linda has earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from the
University of Delaware and a Master's Degree in Business Administration fromGoldey Beacom College .Linda competed four times for the title of Miss Delaware having previously won the swimsuit and community service awards. In 2001 she was a non-finalist, in 2002 she was fourth runner-up to
Shoha Parekh , in 2003 she was first runner-up to Erin Williams. For the four years she was competing for the Miss Delaware title she performed a vocal presentation for talent. At Miss America she decided to put her years ofdance training into motion and performed a lyricalballet toLinda Eder 's rendition of "Man of La Mancha (I, Don Quixote)". Linda focused her year of service by educating the state aboutAlzheimer's Disease .Since giving up her title Linda has been working as a host and producer with
Comcast Network 's CN8 Comcast Newsmakers. She can be seen on television interviewing local celebrities and politicians, reporting from specials events and hosting various functions.External links
www.missdelaware.org, http://www.cn8.tv/
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