Miss North Wildwood 2008 Delia Marie Cannon, right, crowns her successor, Deneen Marie Piotrowski (Photo: George Capua)

The Lou Booth Amphitheater in North Wildwood (where free concerts are held throughout the summer) hosted the Miss North Wildwood 2009 competition last Thursday, July 16.

The city’s council president — and 2009 Top 40 Under 40 honoree — Patrick Rosenello hosted the event and Delia Marie Cannon, Miss North Wildwood 2008, addressed the crowd before crowning her successor Deneen Marie Piotrowski. Ashley Nicole Russo was first runner-up and Victoria Miniscalco was second runner-up.

Second runner-up, Victoria Miniscalco, 17, daughter of Genie Miniscalco, is a student at North Penn High School in Lansdale, PA. Victoria spends summers in North Wildwood.

First runner-up, Ashley Nicole Russo, 17, attends Wildwood Catholic High School and lives in North Wildwood.

According to a press release, Deneen Marie Piotrowski is 18, and is from North Wildwood. She is a graduate of St. Ann’s Regional School and Cape May County Tech School where she majored in Biology/Physical Therapy. Deneen was inducted into the National Honors Society during her junior year and served as vice-president in senior year.

Deneen will receive $500 and will take part in many Wildwoods parades and events throughout the year.

Sunny Anderson (left) is one of the newest additions to the Food Network’s popular “In the Kitchen” series with her show Cooking for Real. This weekend she will be featured in a special segment on the Food Network called “Sunny’s Summer Eats” that was filmed on the Wildwoods Boardwalk last September.
The show will run Saturday, July 11, at 9pm; Sunday, July 12, at midnight; and next Friday, July 17, at 10pm.
In the special, Sunny spends the summer eating and laughing her way through many of America’s greatest amusement parks, festivals, fairs and boardwalks — among them the Wildwoods. Sunny and her crew shot footage during the Wildwoods Irish Fall Festival, the Boardwalk Classic Car Show and Auction, several of the Wildwoods’ food establishments like Sam’s Pizza, Laura’s Fudge, Mac’s Pizza, Jumbo’s, Maui’s Dog House, and Curly’s. Her series promotes “real food for real life.”