Amanda Longacre

Amanda Longacre
Born (1989-10-22) October 22, 1989
Bear, Delaware, United States
Alma mater University of Delaware
University of Pennsylvania
Known for Winner, Miss Delaware 2014
(later stripped of title)

Amanda Mae Longacre (born October 22, 1989) is an American beauty pageant winner who was later stripped of her title due to her age.

Education and career

Competition

A resident of Bear, Delaware, she was crowned as Miss Delaware 2014 on June 14, 2014, and prepared to compete in Miss America 2015. However, on June 27, 2014, she was stripped of the title because she would turn 25 in October. The title was given to the runner-up, Brittany Lewis.[1][2][3] According to news outlets, "officials said Longacre was ineligible under Miss America rules because she will turn 25 in October, and Miss America rules require that contestants in the current year must still be 24 on Dec. 31".[3][2][1] Longacre filed a $3 million lawsuit that asked for her to be reinstated as Miss Delaware and be allowed to compete in the Miss America pageant. She also asked to be reimbursed for financial losses related to this decision.[1][3][2] Media outlets further reported that, "officials with the national Miss America organization confirmed to ABC News ... that they plan to fight Longacre's lawsuit but will still give her the full $9,000 in scholarship money they pledged to her after she was disqualified ... Miss America officials last month blamed the error on state pageant officials who, they said, missed the age discrepancy in Longacre’s submitted paperwork".[1][3][2]

According to the official Miss America website, contestants must be:

Education

Longacre is a graduate of the University of Delaware. She majored in history and women's studies with a concentration in Domestic Violence Prevention and Services.[5] She had suspended her studies toward a Master of Social Work degree at the University of Pennsylvania to compete in the pageant.[6] She has since graduated as of May 2015.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Staff (July 17, 2014). "Dethroned Miss Delaware Amanda Longacre Files $3 Million Lawsuit". ABC News. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Brown, Robin (July 17, 2014). "Ousted Beauty Queen Sues Miss Del. Pageant". The News Journal. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Burns, Francis (July 17, 2014). "Miss Delaware Ousted for Being Too Old Sues Pageant – Ousted Miss Delaware Amanda Longacre Charges That Officials Deliberately Allow Contestants They Know Are Ineligible to Compete". United Press International. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  4. ↑ Staff (undated). "Become a Contestant". Miss America. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  5. ↑ Michael McGuire (June 15, 2014). "Amanda Longacre Crowned Miss Delaware". Pageant Examiner.
  6. ↑ Kuperinsky, Amy (June 27, 2014). "Miss Delaware, 24, Loses Crown Because She's Too Old". nj.com. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
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