Katelynn Mayers is honored to represent our great state as Miss Delaware’s Outstanding Teen 2010. She will represent Delaware at the 2011 Miss America’s Outstanding Teen Pageant in Orlando, Florida in August 2010. Katelynn is a 15-year-old freshman and a student at Cab Calloway School of the Arts in Wilmington, Delaware where she majors in dance. Katelynn has been dancing for thirteen years. She currently attends Stage Lights Dance Studio where she studies many various styles of dance such as: ballet, pointe, jazz, lyrical, modern, contemporary, tap and Krump. She has been a part of Stage Lights Dance Studio and Team for three years and has earned gold, high gold and Platinum awards. Her studio recently performed their Platinum award winning dance at the 76's Pre-show in November 2009. Katelynn was one of the top scored dancers for Cab Calloway's entrance assessment and is currently part of Cab Calloway's Dance Company.Katelynn's platform Juvenile Diabetes " Research the Cause" is very dear to her heart. Her cousin two years ago was diagnosed with Type I diabetes. Type I diabetes occurs in most children eighteen years and younger and currently there is no cure. With her Platform Katelynn hopes to educate our current teen generation, hold benefits, attend lunches and charitable events to help JDRF with their fight for a cure. Katelynn has acquired many local titles over years. She entered her first pageant at the age of eleven to acquire self confidence and growth. She believes that working hard for what you want to accomplish will pay off if you stay true to who you are and where you have come from. Katelynn won the non-finalist talent award for Delaware's Outstanding Teen 2009 and came back this year with a dream and accomplished that dream and became your current Delaware's Outstanding Teen 2010. She is proud to represent Delaware and be a role model for all teens today.