13 things about Miss Delaware USA 2025 Tetra Shockley

Tetra Shaylice Whaley Shockley represented Delaware, United States in the 74th edition of Miss USA. She is Vanessa Jackson‘s daughter, Ray Jackson‘s sister and Jerome Shockley‘s husband.

BIOGRAPHY

Shockley is an American family lawyer, professor, community advocate and beauty queen from Camden, Delaware. After graduating from Cape Henlopen High School in Lewes, Delaware in 1998, she went to the Jack F. Owens Campus of the Delaware Technical and Community College in Georgetown, Delaware, Delaware State University in Dover, Wesley College in Dover and the Widener University Schools of Law in Wilmington, Delaware.

Jerome and Tetra have a daughter named Tierra Shockley and a son named Jaden Shockley. Tetra and Arlene Benton own a law firm called Benton & Shockley in Dover, Delaware.

On October 27, 2025, Tetra turned 45. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. From 2000 to 2002, she attended the Delaware Technical and Community College-Owens where she earned her associate’s degree in business management and marketing.
2. From 2002 to 2004, she attended Delaware State University where she earned her bachelor’s degree in marketing management.
3. From 2006 to 2009, she attended Wesley College where she earned her master’s degree in business administration with a specialization in executive leadership.
4. She gave birth to Tierra in 2007 and Jaden in 2011.
5. From 2009 to 2012, she attended the Widener University Schools of Law where she earned her law degree with a concentration in family law.
6. From 2010 to 2012, she was a law clerk at Kingdom Business Enterprises in Dover.
7. From 2012 to 2013, she was a general counsel at Kingdom Business Enterprises.
8. From 2013 to 2016, she was the deputy attorney general at the Delaware Department of Justice in Dover.
9. She was Mrs. Delaware America in 2016, 2021 and 2024.
10. From 2016 to 2017, she was an associate attorney at The Castro Firm, Inc. in Dover.
11. From 2017 to 2022, she was an associate attorney at Benton Lynn Law in Dover.
12. She won Miss Delaware USA 2025.
13. She was a Miss USA 2025 candidate.

TIMELINE

As an attorney, Tetra practices family law in Dover and she is licensed in both Delaware and New Jersey, USA. In 2025, she made history as the first wife, the first mother and the first woman older than 30 to win Miss Delaware USA.

2010s

• In October 2010, she joined Kingdom Business Enterprises in Dover.
• From March 2013 to September 2013, she was a volunteer at The Office of the Child Advocate in Dover.
• In September 2013, she left Kingdom Business Enterprises and joined the Delaware Department of Justice in Dover.
• On April 30, 2016, she won Mrs. Delaware America 2016.
• In December 2016, she left the Delaware Department of Justice and joined The Castro Firm, Inc. in Dover.
• In October 2017, she left The Castro Firm, Inc. and joined Benton Lynn Law in Dover.

2020s

• On September 27, 2021, she won Mrs. Delaware America 2021.
• In July 2022, she left Benton Lynn Law.
• On July 1, 2022, she and Benton established Benton & Shockley.
• On April 15, 2024, she was crowned Mrs. Delaware America 2024.
• On June 29, 2025, she represented Camden at Miss Delaware USA 2025 and competed against six other candidates at the Laird Performing Arts Center in Wilmington, Delaware. She won the title.
• On October 24, 2025, she represented Delaware at Miss USA 2025 and competed against 50 other candidates at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, USA. She was unplaced.