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Connecticut INDEX District of Columbia 2007 Name Vincenza Carrieri-Russo Age 23 Height 5'7" Hometown Newark, DE Previous experience 1st runner-up, Miss Delaware USA 2007 Biography Vincenza is a junior majoring in English at the University of Delaware. Her ambition is to become a broadcast journalist and then a news anchor. In 2002, as an 18-year-old high school senior, she co-founded the literacy organization Success Won’t Wait! with a goal to reduce the high percentage of illiterate Americans. Since then, her organization has collected over 100,000 new and gently used books for redistribution throughout the East Coast, placed over 200 children’s book baskets, and coordinated and implemented the development of five independent libraries of 1,000+ books each. In 2006 she received the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award for Outstanding Community Service, given to five recipients annually. Vincenza's hobbies are reading, classical piano and dance. Miss USA Photos Images © Miss Universe L.P., LLLP. Click on photos to view full size. Pageant Photos Click on photos to view full size. Professional Photos Click on photos to view full size. Appearance & Candid Photos Click on photos to view full size. Questions? Comments? Concerns? Feel free to email me! pageantupdate@gmail.com