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|title=[[Miss Delaware USA]] 2008 |
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|birth_place= [[Newark, Delaware]], [[United States|U.S.]] |
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|birthname= Vincenza Carrieri-Russo |
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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. |
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. |
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| NAME =Carrieri-Russo, Vincenza |
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Revision as of 11:49, 3 September 2010
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| Born | Vincenza Carrieri-Russo |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
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| Title | Miss Delaware USA 2008 |
| Major competition(s) | Miss USA 2008 |
Vincenza Carrieri-Russo (born June 10, 1984) is a pageant titleholder from Newark, Delaware who competed in the Miss USA pageant in April 2008.
Carrieri-Russo won the title of Miss Delaware USA 2008 in November 2007, after placing first runner-up to Nicole Bosso the year previously. She went on to compete in the Miss USA competition which aired live on NBC on April 11, 2008 from the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las 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 the Miss 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 of Alexis I. duPont High School in Wilmington, 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.