Jennifer Delora

About Jennifer Delora

Jennifer Delora was born in Upstate New York in the heart of the Hudson Valley on March 2, 1962. She grew up riding and showing horses, a member of Brownies, Girl Scouts and 4-H. She was a competitive Judo champion, having won many trophies and ribbons as well as the Jr. Olympics and Jr. Nationals and was a member of the USAA for both Judo and swimming. She was also a NY State Champion swimmer and became a certified lifeguard at the age of 12. She began dancing at age 5 and was a "Schupplattler" (think Oktoberfest), from the age of 9. She wrote her first play in 2nd grade, and was a member of the choir (winning the vocal music award in 6th grade) and being chosen for the very prestigious "Select Choir" in Jr. High School for which the choir recorded an album in 1975 and won many competitions.Jennifer knew from the time she was 4 she wanted to be a "star" and began her career as a snowflake in Kindergarten.She was also a cheerleader in High School and made a historical moment for Kingston High School when she and another classmate were the first of 2 junior girls to be chosen for Varsity Cheerleading (which was normally reserved for only Seniors at the time), won State and National Cheerleading competitions 3 years in a row as well as winning the Spirit Stick at a national Cheerleading Camp. In Jr. High School, she was on the math team, debate team and was a public speaking competitor into High School. She participated in not only school plays throughout her entire educational career, but did outside shows for the local Community College and Community and Regional Theatres beginning at age 14.In her teen years, Jennifer also directed and choreographed for various community productions and pageants. She began doing pageants in her early teens for Miss Teen Ulster County, Miss Adirondack Teen and others, and did many other pageants including Miss Manhattan and was Miss Murry Hill in the Miss Big Apple competition. She has also judged many teen and adult pageants and was a celebrity judge for Miss Deaf America.From childhood to present, ever the 'over-achiever', a teenage Dr. Delora was active in almost every club in school: yearbook, newspaper, poetry paper & book, student government and much more. A popular student with all groups of kids, she was invited to be a soloist at her Sr. year's "May Day", and starred in every school play and musical. At her 20th high school reunion, she enjoyed seeing a lot of her old friends and acquaintances and spend a great deal of the time taking photos with, and signing autographs for her fellow alumni.Jennifer was also an early admissions student to Ulster County Community College (now SUNY Ulster) beginning in her junior year where she majored in Theatre Arts and was inducted into the national theatre honor society "Delta Psi Omega" at age 17. There, she starred in plays such as the "Harvey", "No, No Nanette", and "Vaudeville" shows, summer stock and "That's Musical Comedy II" show and tour. At the same time she was very active in Community Theatre in the tri-county area of Upstate New York and did several Renaissance festivals and choreographed and directed for local high schools, usually doing at least 2 different shows at once. She later, after Miss Ulster County, went on tour with "Beauty and the Beast" for a youth theatre tour of the southern states of the US.Delora did her first film at age 17 as a featured extra in "The Greatest Man in the World" for PBS, then was invited by Warner Bros. to do a ...

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Dethroned Ulster County Jennifer Delora asks the Miss America Beauty Pageant for a public apology

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