Renee Bull
Renee Bull | |
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Born | Renee Charmaine Bull 1993 (age 30–31) Dover, Delaware, U.S. |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Title | Miss Delaware USA 2015 |
Hair color | Black |
Eye color | Brown |
Major competition(s) |
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Renee Charmaine Bull (born February 24, 1993, in Dover) is an American beauty pageant titleholder. She was first Runner-Up at Miss Delaware 2012 and a Top 11 Finalist at Miss Delaware 2013. She was crowned Miss Delaware USA 2015 and represented her state at Miss USA 2015 where she became the first delegate from her state to place in the semifinals, finishing in the Top 11.
Pageantry
Miss Delaware 2012
In June 2012, Bull entered the Miss America system's Miss Delaware pageant as Miss Blue Gold.[1] She ran on a platform of "Mitigating Violence" and performed a lyrical dance during the talent competition.[1][dead link] Bull was honored with both the Miss Congeniality and Miss Spirit awards and won the swimsuit portion of the competition at the statewide pageant.[2][3] On June 16, she was announced as first runner-up to winner Alyssa Murray.[2]
Miss Delaware 2013
In June 2013, Bull competed for the Miss Delaware crown again, this time as Miss Atlantic Coast.[4][5] She ran on a platform of "Mentorship: The Power of One" and performed an interpretive dance of a Maya Angelou poem for the talent portion of the competition.[6] Bull was a Top 11 finalist for the state crown.[5][7]
Miss Delaware USA 2015
In November 2014, Bull entered the
Miss USA 2015
Bull represented her home state of Delaware at the Miss USA 2015 where she became the first woman from her state of Delaware to place in the Top 15, becoming the last state to ever place in the competition effectively ending the "Delaware Curse" and eventually finished in the Top 11. The eventual winner was Olivia Jordan of Oklahoma.[8][10][11] During the pageant Bull and Miss Alaska also made history by becoming the first two delegates to tie for Miss Congeniality.
Community work
In August 2011, Bull led a group of Appoquinimink High students to win the Delaware Girls Initiative competition with a plan to "Promote Peace Now" by using peer interaction and intervention to prevent bullying.[12] Her group, dubbed Prominent Leaders, won a $3,000 grant to implement their plans across the state.[13]
In 2014, Bull launched a
Personal life and education
Bull was born in Dover and raised in Middletown, the middle of seven children.[7] She is a 2011 Graduate of Appoquinimink High School in Middletown.[12][14] Before her scholarship pageant win, Bull attended Delaware Technical Community College.[11]
References
- ^ a b "State Contestants - Delaware 2012". Miss America. 2012. Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
- ^ Middletown, DE: GateHouse Media. Archivedfrom the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
- Dover, DE: Independent Newsmedia. Archivedfrom the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
- ^ "State Contestants - Delaware 2013". Miss America. 2012. Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
- ^ Dover, DE: Independent Newsmedia. Archivedfrom the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
- Lewes, DE. p. 71. Archivedfrom the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
- ^ Middletown, DE: GateHouse Media. Archivedfrom the original on February 26, 2020. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Biography - About Renee..." Miss Delaware USA. Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
- ^ from the original on February 2, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ "Renee Bull, Miss Delaware will compete at Miss Usa 2015". pageantsnews.com. Archived from the original on April 27, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Dover, DE: Independent Newsmedia. Archivedfrom the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
- ^ Georgetown, DE: GateHouse Media. Archivedfrom the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
- from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
- Middletown, DE: GateHouse Media. Archivedfrom the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2015.