New Jersey woman wins Miss Delaware 2017 pageant [photos]
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Members of the Flaggots color guard perform their annual flag routine at the 2017 Philadelphia Pride Parade, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Friends from North Philadelphia, (from left) Jamie Zubernus, 20, Austin Bucci, 19, Cayla Smith, 20, and Christina Van Han, 19, participate in their first Pride parade and festival Sunday, June 18, 2017. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Members of the Philly Gay Men's Chorus perform their judged dance at the 2017 Philadelphia Pride Parade, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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REI store manager Barry Cohen (center) built the company's float with his father, Richard, who walked with friends and other REI co-op members at the 2017 Philadelphia Pride Parade, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Revelers dance at the 2017 Philadelphia Pride Parade, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Revelers interact with marchers at the 2017 Philadelphia Pride Parade, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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A marcher gives a Philadelphia police officer a pride bracelet at the 2017 Philadelphia Pride Parade, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Tiersa Curry, 19, jumps for beads at the 2017 Philadelphia Pride Parade, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Dancers from Tabu perform during the 2017 Philadelphia Pride Parade, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Areola Grande 22, and Onyx Ondyx, 23, (from left) march with Josh Schonewolf Presents at the 2017 Philadelphia Pride Parade, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Emily Erdman, 26, and Mandi Marino, 33, skate alongside the 2017 Philadelphia Pride Parade with their Philly Roller Derby team, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Families gather to watch the Philadelphia Pride Parade Sunday, June18, 2017. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Jordan Cross-Lawrence, 16, and Qyimheir Bradshaw, 17, Pride veterans, (from left) brought their cousin Nakkia Haynes, 13, to her first Pride Festival, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Dancers from Tabu perform during the 2017 Philadelphia Pride Parade, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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A marcher blows bubbles at the 2017 Philadelphia Pride Parade, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Ayden Revero, 22, and his girlfriend Crystal Hunt came from Bridgeport for the the 2017 Philadelphia Pride Parade, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Members of the group Cheer D.C. perform in the Philly Pride Parade, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Revelers watch as floats pass at the 2017 Philadelphia Pride Parade, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Members of the Flaggots color guard perform their annual flag routine at the 2017 Philadelphia Pride Parade, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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A marcher uses the newly adopted, Philly-introduced pride flag the 2017 Philadelphia Pride Parade, Sunday, June 18, 2017. (Emily Cohen for WHY)
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New Jersey’s Chelsea Bruce was crowned Miss Delaware at the annual pageant in Lewes over the weekend.
Bruce beat out a field of 14 women vying for the crown, and the chance to compete against women from around the country at the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City later this fall. Bruce won the title in the FIrst State even though she lives in Manasquan, NJ. As a student at the University of Delaware in Newark, she was allowed to compete in the Delaware pageant. According to Miss Delaware rules, contestants are required to “live, work full time, or attend school full time in Delaware.”
A Miss Delaware has never won Miss America, but two women from New Jersey have worn the national crown.
Bruce plans to use the issue of mental illness as her platform over the next year. Through appearances during the Miss America Pageant and elsewhere, she’ll work to reduce the stigma for those battling mental illness.
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