Galen Giaccone is an American beauty queen from Wyoming, Delaware who was crowned Miss Delaware 2008 and competed for the title of Miss America 2009 which was ultimately won by Katie Stam of Indiana.

Galen was a recipient of the Preliminary Talent Award and a Top Fifteen Semi-Finalist during the live telecast of the Miss America competition. She was also a Gold Sash winner during TLC's pre-pageant reality series Countdown To The Crown. Galen's preliminary talent win was Delaware's first since Junnie Cross in 2001 and her semi-finalist placement was the first for Delaware since Debora Lipford in 1977.

Galen is a student at the University of Delaware studying Biology with declared minors in Piano Performance and Biochemistry.

She was fourth runner-up in the 2007 Miss Delaware contest and was Delaware's Junior Miss 2006. At the 2008 Miss Delaware Friday night preliminary competition she won the talent award. Galen shares her reign with Miss Delaware's Outstanding Teen 2008 Amanda Debus.

Galen is an accomplished pianist and performed El Cumbanchero. She was awarded a Preliminary Talent Award at the 2009 Miss America Pageant. Her personal platform is Dental Outreach.

Galen will crown her successor in June 2009.

Galen was also Delaware's Junior Miss 2006, competing in the America's Junior Miss National Finals in Mobile, Alabama. www.ajm.org

External links

• http://www.missde.org/
• http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080615/NEWS/806150367