13 things about Miss Delaware USA 2024 Alysa Bainbridge

Alysa Bainbridge is an American journalist and beauty queen born and raised in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. She is Jeff Bainbridge and Michele Bainbridge‘s daughter. 

BIOGRAPHY

A resident of Newark, Delaware, USA, Alysa previously lived in Leesport, Berks County and Wildwood, New Jersey, USA. She is an alumna of Schuylkill Valley High School in Leesport, Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Cabrini University in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania.

Alysa represented Pennsylvania in Miss America and Miss America’s Outstanding Teen and Delaware in Miss USA. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She won Miss Greater Reading’s Outstanding Teen 2014.
2. She was a Miss Pennsylvania’s Outstanding Teen 2015 candidate.
3. She won Miss Pennsylvania’s Outstanding Teen 2016.
4. She was a Miss America’s Outstanding Teen 2017 finalist.
5. She won Miss Philadelphia 2019.
6. She was Miss Pennsylvania 2019 third runner-up.
7. She is Miss Berks County 2020.
8. She is Miss Greater Reading 2022.
9. She won Miss Pennsylvania 2022.
10. She was a Miss America 2023 candidate.
11. She won Miss Delaware USA 2024.
12. She was a Miss USA 2024 candidate.
13. On December 10, 2024, she turned 26.

TIMELINE

Raised with two siblings struggling with mental illness, Alysa has been an advocate for mental health since 2014. She founded a non-profit organization called Tyler’s Triumph in memory of her brother Tyler Bainbridge, who died in 2018 of an opioid overdose.

2014

• On March 1, 2014, she was crowned Miss Greater Reading”s Outstanding Teen 2014.

2015

• On June 12, 2015, she represented the Greater Reading area at Miss Pennsylvania’s Outstanding Teen 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She did not win the title but she won a sponsorship award and Best in Evening Wear.

2016

• On June 24, 2016, she was crowned Miss Pennsylvania’s Outstanding Teen 2016 in Pittsburgh.
• On August 6, 2016, she represented Pennsylvania at Miss America’s Outstanding Teen 2017 and competed against 50 other candidates at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, USA. She finished in the Top 11.

2017

• In May 2017, she graduated from Schuylkill Valley High School.
• In August 2017, she entered Saint Joseph’s University.

2018

• From May 2018 to August 2018, she was a customer care intern at UGI Utilities in Reading, Pennsylvania.

2019

• From January 2019 to May 2019, she was an assistant news editor at The Hawk in Philadelphia.
• On January 1, 2019, she started dating Dalton J. Holland.
• On March 23, 2019, she was crowned Miss Philadelphia 2019 at the Venice Island Performing Arts Center in Manayunk, Philadelphia.
• On June 15, 2019, she represented Philadelphia at Miss Pennsylvania 2019 at the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center on the Penn State York campus in York, Pennsylvania. She was third runner-up to Tiffany Seitz.

2020

• From January 2020 to April 2020, she was a news intern at Fox Philadelphia WTXF in Philadelphia.
• On March 7, 2020, she was crowned Miss Berks County 2020.
• From September 2020 to December 2020, she was a news intern at WFMZ-TV in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

2021

• From February 2021 to June 2021, she was a communications intern at the Mental Health Association in New Jersey in Springfield, New Jersey, USA.
• In May 2021, she graduated summa cum laude from Saint Joseph’s University with a bachelor’s degree in communication.
• In June 2021, she founded Tyler’s Triumph in Reading.
• In August 2021, she entered Cabrini University.
• In September 2021, she joined WRDE NBC Coast TV in Milton, Delaware as a multimedia journalist.

2022

• In February 2022, she joined Classic Auto Mall in Morgantown, Pennsylvania as a spokesperson and an on-camera host.
• On March 19, 2022, she won Miss Greater Reading 2022 at Twin Valley Middle School in Elverson, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
• In June 2022, she left WRDE NBC Coast TV.
• On June 18, 2022, she represented Philadelphia at Miss Pennsylvania 2022 at The Appell Center for Performing Arts in York and won the title.
• On December 16, 2022, she represented Pennsylvania at Miss America 2023 and competed against 50 other candidates at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, USA. She was unplaced.

2023

• In August 2023, she graduated from Cabrini University with a master’s degree in leadership.

2024

• On April 28, 2024, she represented Newark at Miss Delaware USA 2024 and competed against 11 other candidates at the Laird Performing Arts Center at The Tatnall School in Wilmington, Delaware. She won the title.
• In July 2024, she joined 6abc WPVI-TV Philadelphia in Philadelphia as a traffic reporter.
• On August 4, 2024, she represented Delaware at Miss USA 2024 and compete against 50 other candidates at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was unplaced.

2025

• On February 15, 2025, she helped produce and host Miss Berks County 2025 at Governor Mifflin High School in Shillington, Berks County.
• On June 29, 2025, she crowned her successor Miss Delaware USA 2025 Tetra Shockley at the Laird Performing Arts Center at The Tatnall School in Wilmington.