- Vincenza Carrieri-Russo
Pageant titleholder bio
title=Miss Delaware USA 2008
nationalcompetition=Miss USA 2008
photo=
location=Newark, Delaware , U.S.
birthname= Vincenza Carrieri-Russo
height=height|ft=5|in=7
eye color= Blue
hair color=BrownVincenza Carrieri-Russo (born June 10, 1984) is a pageant titleholder from
Newark, Delaware who will compete in theMiss USA pageant in April 2008.Carrieri-Russo who won the title of
Miss Delaware USA 2008 in November 2007, after placing first runner-up toNicole Bosso the year previously. She will go on to compete in theMiss USA competition scheduled to air live onNBC on April 11, 2008 from thePlanet Hollywood Resort and Casino inLas Vegas, Nevada .Vincenza competed in pageants for nine years prior to winning Miss Delaware USA. She was a three time runner-up in the
Miss Delaware Teen USA pageant. She also competed in theMiss Delaware America competition four times having placed in the top ten twice where she also won several community service awards.Vincenza is a student at the
University of Delaware pursuing a degree in English with aspirations of entering the Broadcasting and Journalism industry. She is a 2003 graduate ofAlexis I. duPont High School inWilmington, Delaware .She co-founded the
literacy organization Success Won't Wait Inc. when she was eighteen years old. Since its founding she has been honored with several community service awards. In 2006 she was awarded with the State of Delaware Jefferson Award and went on to capture the national Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award for excellence in volunteerism and community service.References
* [http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2006/jun/vcrusso062106.html UD Junior wins National Award]
External links
* [http://www.missdelawareusa.com Miss Delaware USA website]
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