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(Prom Page!) Neshaminy, Pa., stayed with that teapi for six years, qualifying for the Junior Olympics. At West Chester, she ranked nationally among colleges, making the national finals three times in Louisiana. Colorado and Virginia and last year finished sixth in the nation in the floor exercies under the ' coaching of Sandy Thielz. Darlene is a certified United States gyfnnastic judge. Although Darlene’s roots were in Philadelphia, she has gradually transplanted them to Cape May County where her parents have a home at 400 Cor ham Avenue in North Cape May. She teaches at .Jerry Barber’s School of Gymnastics in Court Mouse and just about every weekend when she’s not competing at West Chester she’s back in Cape May County Darlene's road to the Miss America Pageant has been a bumpy one, but that has not deterred her She got off to a good start in .1uncoM»8l when she won the Miss Germantown Pagcdnt which is not affiliated with the Miss America contest. In another unrelated event, she finished fourth runner up in the Miss Artisan Contest that same month and first runner up a year later, both in Ocean City. Neither had talent competitions which are her strong suit. Meahwhile, in July of 1981 she joined the Miss America aspirants when she entered the Cape May County event, finishing third runner up and winning the talent confpetition. She tried it again in September in the Miss Delaware Valley pageant in Pennsylvania and once more finished third runner up t "IT WAS A lot of fuii and good experience but I was getting tired of being , third runner up all the time,” Darlene said. , So once more she tried it. entering the 1982 Cape May County Pageant and embellishing her spectacular act in which she dances like a Broadway trouper and does gymnastic flips that are breathtaking to the music, "New York, New York.” Like most success stories, it wasn’t easy. She rehearsed for three weeks and held-two jobs, oife as a waitress at the ocean front Graht Hotel in Lower Towjifchip and the other teaching at Jerry Barber's School of Gymnastics. Darlene couldn’t be blamed if she felt confident about the outcome, however. The cast made her the favorite of the 11 contestants and 48 of her fans gave her boisterous encouragement from the audience After she performed and drew a standing ovation from the spectators at the

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ENTRANTS IN THE 1983 Miss Cape May nifer Harp of Marmora, fourth runner up; County pageM await the judges’ final Margot Molloy of Ocean City, second rundecision. From the left are Stephanie Sher- ner up; Penny Kuhns of Petersburg; Rita by of Palermo; Darlene Deeley of North Willis of Rio Grande; Julie Johnson of Cape May. Miss Cape May County; Jen- Ocean City, first runner up; Nanci

(Photos by Doris Ward) Dalessandro of Ocean City ; Lisa Nicoletti of Cape May, third runner up; Linda Peppelman of Ocean City who was Miss Congeniality, and Mary Ann Velluto of Avalon.

crowded Music Pier, it didn’t take much of a soothsayer to predict who the next Miss Cape May County would be. For Darlene and her family the celebration went on into the morning, first at a pageant reception in Ocean City and then at their home. She finally surrendered at 5 a m., only to awaken an hour later to report to work at the Grand Hotel. Immediately, as she served breakfast. Miss Deeley achieved celebrity status at the Grand. Her brother, Rich, also works at the Grand as a dishwasher. Unfortunately for him, he was upstaged that morning. Darlene has two other brothers, Richard and Raymond, and an older sister, Mauceen. Her mother, Joanne, is a medical receptionist and made her daughter’s costume for the Miss Cape May County Pageant. Darlene’s hopes for the future include teaching and coaching gymnastics, possibly at Glassboro State. More immediately,'however, she has her sights set on Atlantic City. "I really want to be Miss America, at least Miss New Jersey,” she said. “I’m going to work very hard for it." (ON THE COVER: Darlene Deeley of North Cape May is crowned the 1983 Miss Cape May County by last year’s winner, Sheila Handley of Tuckahoe.)

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