About Miss
Delaware 2010 – Kayla Martell
Education: Dover High School, Graduate
Marymount University – Junior – Bachelor of Arts, Communications
Hometown: Milford, Delaware
Platform Issue: National Alopecia Areata Foundation
Career Ambition: Obtain a Masters degree in Communications and become a motivational speaker
Talent: Contemporary Dance
Founder of “P.L.E.D.G.E. - People Learning to Eliminate Drugs by Gaining Education”; Founder of “Caps 4 YAPs (Youth Alopecia Patients)”; Keynote speaker for NAAF Conference and “Let Your Hair Down Event”; Mentor and Volunteer for Special Olympics; Vice President of Student Government; Founding member of Youth Advisory Council for Prevention of Tobacco and Other Drugs; President of 4-H Club
Named one of Ten Outstanding Young Americans by the United States Jaycees (2010); National Liaison for the National Alopecia Areata Foundation; Miss America Community Service Award 2008, 2009, 2010; Prudential Spirit of Community Award Presented by former Secretary of State, Colin Powell; Governors Youth Volunteer Service Award; President’s Volunteer Service Award; McKown Entrepreneurial Spirit Award; Kohl’s Kids Who Care Award”
Featured in People magazine and on The View, NBC News, CBS, The Early Show, The Wendy Williams Show, and Fox & Friends; National 4-H News, Interviewed Walter Cronkite; Volunteered for Habitat for Humanity
