Daescia DeMoranville from Johnston was crowned Miss Rhode Island USA 2018 at the finale night held at the Vets Providence in Rhode Island. She succeeds and was crowned by Miss Rhode Island 2017 Kelsey Swanson. At 21, Daescia has big plans for her community as she wishes to speak about depression and suicide awareness as she wants to spread light on the topic and help people who feel like their voices are not being heard.