Melissa Delgadillo

Delgadillo has dedicated her life to philanthropy. During her college years she was an advocate for the Family Crisis Center in Rexburg, Idaho where she worked with her college roommate to raise funds for the Center. During this time, she also worked on public relations and graphics for the World Transformation Center which is dedicated to building schools and medical centers in Afghanistan.[14][15][16]

From 2006 - 2008, Delgadillo worked with the Learning for Life Program in Oakland CA, where she read to inner-city youth on a weekly basis and helped them improve their reading skills. During this time, she also volunteered with the Miss America Organization, working primarily with the Miss San Francisco and Miss California Scholarship Programs.

From 2010-2011, she served as Miss Houston International, during which time she volunteered with over 50 organizations throughout Houston,[17][18][19] including: the Houston Food Bank, American Red Cross, Houston Ballet, St Judes Children Research Hospital,[20] Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, Children's Miracle Network, and the City of Houston.[21]

In 2011, Delgadillo is focusing on supporting Americas troops.[22] She currently has helped to raise over $10,000 for Impact a Hero, a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization geared toward helping the families of wounded soldiers. She has also chaired a tent at White Linen Night in the Heights where community members had the opportunity to sign postcards and banners for deployed military, 200 postcards were signed in just over an hour.[23] Delgadillo puts in multiple hours of volunteer work each week contacting local celebrities and asking them to write letters and sign autographs to soldiers stationed in Afghanistan.[24] She is a candidate for the President's Volunteer Service Award.

In 2004, Delgadillo graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications from Brigham Young University - Idaho with an emphasis in Public Relations, Advertising, and International Business. During her college years, she spent a summer term abroad in Europe studying Humanities and attended Deakin University - Melbourne Australia, where she studied International Marketing.

Delgadillo also attended The Academy of Art University in San Francisco, where she worked toward a Master of Fine Art in Graphic Design.

In 2007, Delgadillo was in Indonesia traveling with the San Francisco-based band, Scraping For Change,[25] on the Soundrenaline tour as they climbed to the Number 1[26] spot on Prambors Radio Top 40 Chart above Yellowcard, Kanye West, and the Goo Goo Dolls.

Delgadillo is an entrepreneur and started her first business at the age of 26. She ran a bilingual publication focused on bridging the gap between English and Spanish speaking communities of the USA. She currently works in the field of marketing.

• Miss Texas International
• Miss International