Education
Coleman graduated from Caesar Rodney High School in 1999.
Coleman graduated from Caesar Rodney High School in 1999.
Prior to winning her state title, she had modelled for Tommy Hilfiger, Rite Aid, and Johnson & Johnson, as well as Seventeen and Teen People. Coleman was crowned by Vanessa Minnillo of South Carolina and later gave up her title to Jillian Parry of Pennsylvania on August 26, 2000. After winning Mission Delaware Teen United States of America, Coleman changed her plans to attend the University of Miami and instead took classes at Delaware State University, completing three years toward her degree in education.
Prior to completing her final year, Coleman decided to take a break and attempt to enter the entertainment industry.
She moved to Los Angeles in 2003. In Los Angeles, Ashley appeared on The Price Is Right and pursued further modelling work.
In 2006 she returned to the pageant scene, placing third runner-up to Tamiko Nash in the Mission California United States of America 2006 pageant.
She was the first delegate from Delaware to win the national title. Coleman won her first title, Mission Delaware Teen United States of America, in 1998 and reigned in Delaware until she won the Mission Teen United States of America 1999 title at Shreveport, Louisiana, on August 24, 1999. She is only the second Mission Teen United States of America winner not to win a state title on her first attempt (the other being Mission Teen-United States of America 1996, Christie Lee Woods of Texas).
