Renee Bull
{{short description|American model (born 1993)}}
{{Infobox pageant titleholder
| name = Renee Bull
| image=
| caption= Renee Bull
| birth_name = Renee Charmaine Bull
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1993}}
| birth_place = Dover, Delaware, U.S.
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}
| hair_color = Black
| eye_color = Brown
| title = Miss Delaware USA 2015
| competitions = {{ubl|Miss Delaware 2012
(1st runner-up)|Miss Delaware 2013
(Top 11)|Miss USA 2015
(Top 11, Miss Congeniality)}}
}}
Renee Charmaine Bull (born February 24, 1993, in Dover) is an American beauty pageant titleholder. She was first Runner-Up at Miss Delaware 2012 and a Top 11 Finalist at Miss Delaware 2013. She was crowned Miss Delaware USA 2015 and represented her state at Miss USA 2015 where she became the first delegate from her state to place in the semifinals, finishing in the Top 11.
Pageantry
=Miss Delaware 2012=
In June 2012, Bull entered the Miss America system's Miss Delaware pageant as Miss Blue Gold. She ran on a platform of "Mitigating Violence" and performed a lyrical dance during the talent competition.{{dead link|date=August 2021}} Bull was honored with both the Miss Congeniality and Miss Spirit awards and won the swimsuit portion of the competition at the statewide pageant. On June 16, she was announced as first runner-up to winner Alyssa Murray.
=Miss Delaware 2013=
In June 2013, Bull competed for the Miss Delaware crown again, this time as Miss Atlantic Coast. She ran on a platform of "Mentorship: The Power of One" and performed an interpretive dance of a Maya Angelou poem for the talent portion of the competition. Bull was a Top 11 finalist for the state crown.
=Miss Delaware USA 2015=
In November 2014, Bull entered the Miss USA system's Miss Delaware USA pageant. She was crowned Miss Delaware USA 2015 at the state pageant in Wilmington on November 30, 2014. She is the second African American woman to be crowned Miss Delaware USA but the first to actually hold on to the title. Another African American woman, Renee Smith, won the title in 1991, but was forced to resign just after winning.
=Miss USA 2015=
Bull represented her home state of Delaware at the Miss USA 2015 where she became the first woman from her state of Delaware to place in the Top 15, becoming the last state to ever place in the competition effectively ending the "Delaware Curse" and eventually finished in the Top 11. The eventual winner was Olivia Jordan of Oklahoma. During the pageant Bull and Miss Alaska also made history by becoming the first two delegates to tie for Miss Congeniality.
Community work
In August 2011, Bull led a group of Appoquinimink High students to win the Delaware Girls Initiative competition with a plan to "Promote Peace Now" by using peer interaction and intervention to prevent bullying. Her group, dubbed Prominent Leaders, won a $3,000 grant to implement their plans across the state.
In 2014, Bull launched a non-profit organization called Girls to Girls, which assists young women to overcome poor self-image and low self-esteem.
Personal life and education
Bull was born in Dover and raised in Middletown, the middle of seven children. She is a 2011 Graduate of Appoquinimink High School in Middletown. Before her scholarship pageant win, Bull attended Delaware Technical Community College.
References
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{{cite web |publisher=Miss America |title=State Contestants - Delaware 2012 |url=http://www.missamerica.org/competition-info/state-contestants.aspx?state=Delaware&year=2012&GO=GO! |date=2012 |access-date=February 17, 2015 |archive-date=February 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218071434/http://www.missamerica.org/competition-info/state-contestants.aspx?state=Delaware&year=2012&GO=GO! |url-status=live }}
{{cite web |publisher=Miss America |title=State Contestants - Delaware 2013 |url=http://www.missamerica.org/competition-info/state-contestants.aspx?state=Delaware&year=2013&GO=GO! |date=2012 |access-date=February 17, 2015 |archive-date=February 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218071436/http://www.missamerica.org/competition-info/state-contestants.aspx?state=Delaware&year=2013&GO=GO! |url-status=live}}
{{cite web |publisher=Miss Delaware USA |title=Biography - About Renee... |url=http://www.missdelawareusa.com/deusa_bio.html |access-date=February 17, 2015 |archive-date=February 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218073234/http://www.missdelawareusa.com/deusa_bio.html |url-status=usurped}}
{{cite news |first=Craig |last=Anderson |newspaper=Middletown Transcript |location=Middletown, DE |publisher=GateHouse Media |title=AHS girls back, ready for more |url=http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20091203/NEWS/312039983/0/SEARCH |date=December 3, 2009 |access-date=February 17, 2015 |archive-date=February 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218073716/http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20091203/NEWS/312039983/0/SEARCH |url-status=live }}
{{cite news |first=Esteban |last=Parra |newspaper=The News Journal |location=Wilmington, DE |publisher=Gannett |title=Middletown teenagers take lead to counter violence |url=http://archive.delawareonline.com/article/20110819/NEWS/108190349/Middletown-teenagers-take-lead-counter-violence |date=August 19, 2011 |access-date=February 17, 2015 |archive-date=February 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218073532/http://archive.delawareonline.com/article/20110819/NEWS/108190349/Middletown-teenagers-take-lead-counter-violence |url-status=live }}
{{cite news |first=Kim |last=Manahan |newspaper=Sussex Countian |location=Georgetown, DE |publisher=GateHouse Media |title=Powerhouse Ministries group wins "Promote Peace Now" contest |url=http://www.sussexcountian.com/article/20110827/NEWS/308279998 |date=August 27, 2011 |access-date=February 17, 2015 |archive-date=February 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218074037/http://www.sussexcountian.com/article/20110827/NEWS/308279998 |url-status=live }}
{{cite news |first=Andre |last=Lamar |newspaper=Middletown Transcript |location=Middletown, DE |publisher=GateHouse Media |title=Renee Bull reflects on Miss Delaware 2012 pageant |url=http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20120701/NEWS/307019996/0/SEARCH |date=July 1, 2012 |access-date=February 17, 2015 |archive-date=February 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218081637/http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20120701/NEWS/307019996/0/SEARCH |url-status=live }}
{{cite news |first=Glenn |last=Rolfe |newspaper=Delaware State News |location=Dover, DE |publisher=Independent Newsmedia |title=Positive impact on kids Alyssa's burning desire |url=http://delaware.newszap.com/centraldelaware/115650-71/positive-impact-on-kids |date=August 2, 2012 |access-date=February 17, 2015 |archive-date=February 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218073840/http://delaware.newszap.com/centraldelaware/115650-71/positive-impact-on-kids |url-status=live}}
{{cite news |first=Craig |last=Anderson |newspaper=Delaware State News |location=Dover, DE |publisher=Independent Newsmedia |title=New Miss Delaware uses brain to seal victory |url=http://delaware.newszap.com/centraldelaware/123648-70/update-dovers-rebecca-jackson-is-miss-delaware-2013 |date=July 3, 2013 |access-date=February 17, 2015 |archive-date=February 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218075000/http://delaware.newszap.com/centraldelaware/123648-70/update-dovers-rebecca-jackson-is-miss-delaware-2013 |url-status=live }}
{{cite news |first=Dan |last=Cook |newspaper=Cape Gazette |location=Lewes, DE |title=Rebecca Jackson Wins Coveted Miss Delaware Title |page=71 |url=http://cpg.stparchive.com/Archive/CPG/CPG07052013p071.php |date=July 5, 2013 |access-date=February 17, 2015 |archive-date=February 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218073711/http://cpg.stparchive.com/Archive/CPG/CPG07052013p071.php |url-status=live }}
{{cite news |first=Dolores M. |last=Bernal |newspaper=Middletown Transcript |location=Middletown, DE |publisher=GateHouse Media |title=Middletown beauty crowned Miss Delaware USA 2015; Becomes second African American woman in the state to hold the title |url=http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20141201/NEWS/141209981 |date=December 1, 2014 |access-date=February 17, 2015 |archive-date=February 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226041957/https://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20141201/NEWS/141209981 |url-status=live }}
{{cite news |first=Anne |last=Hoffman |publisher=WDDE |location=Dover, DE |title=New Miss Delaware USA reflects on being African-American pageant winner |url=http://www.wdde.org/70509-delaware-usa-reflects-africanamerican-pageant-winner |date=December 4, 2014 |access-date=February 2, 2015 |archive-date=February 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202040848/http://www.wdde.org/70509-delaware-usa-reflects-africanamerican-pageant-winner |url-status=live }}
{{cite news |first=Matt |last=Bittle |newspaper=Delaware State News |location=Dover, DE |publisher=Independent Newsmedia |title=Middletown's Bull makes pageant history |url=http://delaware.newszap.com/centraldelaware/137137-70/middletowns-bull-makes-pageant-history |date=December 13, 2014 |access-date=February 17, 2015 |archive-date=February 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218074159/http://delaware.newszap.com/centraldelaware/137137-70/middletowns-bull-makes-pageant-history |url-status=live }}
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External links
- {{Twitter|realmissdeusa|Miss Delaware USA}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIqecNgc4Po Miss Delaware USA 2015 Renee Bull]
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