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Miss New Jersey USA
Beauty pageant competition
Beauty pageant competition
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Miss New Jersey USA |
| formation | |
| type | Beauty pageant |
| headquarters | Newark |
| location | New Jersey |
| membership | Miss USA |
| language | English |
| key_people | Deborah Miller |
| Cindy Provost | |
| website | Official website |
Cindy Provost The Miss New Jersey USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Jersey in the Miss USA pageant. It is produced by D&D Productions.
New Jersey has yet to win the Miss USA title, although from 1989 to 1991 they had two 2nd runners-up and one 1st runner-up in a row. Two years later, another Miss New Jersey USA placed in the finals, and in 2008, Tiffany Andrade finished as 2nd runner up, one of three Miss New Jersey USAs to place third at Miss USA. In the year 2017, 1st runner-up placement was achieved by Miss New Jersey USA 2017, Chhavi Verg. The most recent placement was Ivy Harrington in 2025, placing as 1st runners-up.
Five Miss New Jersey USA titleholders have held the Miss New Jersey Teen USA title and two have competed at Miss America.
Ivy Harrington of Neptune was crowned Miss New Jersey USA 2025 on April 6, 2025 at the Hilton Parsippany in Parsippany-Troy Hills. She represented New Jersey at Miss USA 2025, placing as 1st runner-up.
Gallery of titleholders
File:Janaye Ingram at White House panel discussion.jpg|Janaye Ingram, Miss New Jersey USA 2004 File:Kaity Rodriguez.jpg|Kaity Rodriguez, Miss New Jersey USA 2009 File:Chenoa Greene.jpg|Chenoa Greene, Miss New Jersey USA 2010 File:Julianna White NJ.jpg|Julianna White, Miss New Jersey USA 2011 File:Derby-Ozioma-Chukwudi-at-the-most-powerful-women-in-banking.jpg|Derby Chukwudi, Miss New Jersey USA 2023
Results summary
Placements
- 1st runners-up: Charlotte Ray (1991), Chhavi Verg (2017), Ivy Harrington (2025)
- 2nd runners-up: Deborah Lee Husti (1989), Karin Hartz (1990), Tiffany Andrade (2008)
- Top 6: Amy Fissel (1993)
- Top 10/12: Ruth Jane Hampton (1952), Cathy Russell (1975), Juanita McCarty (1977), Jennifer Makris (1997), Michelle Leonardo (2012), Alexa Noone (2018), Gina Mellish (2020)
- Top 15/20: Evelyn Orowitz (1954), Dolores Winfield (1956), Sandra "Sandy" Chudy (1960), Diane Gierson (1961), Barbara Richartz (1964), Emily Shah (2014), Derby Chukwudi (2023)
New Jersey holds a record of 21 placements at Miss USA.
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Lisa Summeroury-Perry (1986), Charlotte Ray (1991)
Winners
;Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up or finalist
- Ended as one of the semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ivy Harrington | Neptune | 30 | Miss Neptune | 1st runner-up | ||
| 2024 | Jabili Kandula | Hoboken | 24 | Miss Hoboken | |||
| 2023 | Derby Chukwudi | Hoboken | 25 | Miss Hudson | Top 20 | ||
| 2022 | Alexandra Lakhman | Hoboken | 26 | ||||
| 2021 | Celinda Ortega | Fair Lawn | 26 | ||||
| 2020 | Gina Mellish | Oceanport | 20 | Top 10 | |||
| 2019 | Manya Saaraswat | Morganville | 21 | Born in India | |||
| 2018 | Alexa Noone | Bayonne | 23 | Top 10 | |||
| 2017 | Chhavi Verg | Edison | 19 | 1st runner-up | Born in India | ||
| 2016 | Jessielyn Palumbo | Wayne | 23 | ||||
| 2015 | Vanessa Oriolo | Colts Neck | 21 | ||||
| 2014 | Emily Shah | Edison | 18 | Top 20 | |||
| 2013 | Libell Duran | Keasbey | 22 | ||||
| 2012 | Michelle Leonardo | Tinton Falls | 20 | Top 10 | |||
| 2011 | Julianna "Julie" White | Haddon Township | 21 | ||||
| 2010 | Chenoa Greene | Atco | 24 | ||||
| 2009 | Kaity Rodriguez | Clifton | 24 | ||||
| 2008 | Tiffany Andrade | Linden | 22 | 2nd runner-up | |||
| 2007 | Erin Abrahamson | Essex Fells | 23 | ||||
| Ashley Harder | Marlton | 20 | did not compete}} | Resigned in January 2007 due to pregnancy and failing to follow pageant rules | |||
| 2006 | Jessica Boyington | Sicklerville | 20 | Former NBC 10 and 6 ABC Philadelphia morning traffic reporter. Currently unemployed. | |||
| 2005 | Sylvia Pogorzelski | East Hanover | 20 | YouTube personality Grace Helbig placed 7th in this competition | |||
| 2004 | Janaye Ingram | Cherry Hill | 25 | ||||
| 2003 | Vanessa Baker | Marlton | 23 | ||||
| 2002 | Robin Williams | Lawrenceville | |||||
| 2001 | Jeannette Josue | Jersey City | |||||
| 2000 | Michelle Graci | Jamesburg | |||||
| 1999 | Melissa McLaughlin | Cinnaminson | |||||
| 1998 | Kelli Paarz | Linwood | |||||
| 1997 | Jennifer Makris | Cranbury | 23 | Top 10 | |||
| 1996 | Christina Augustyn | Woodbridge | 24 | ||||
| 1995 | Christy Joy Pittner | Ventnor | |||||
| 1994 | Rosa Velez | Newark | |||||
| 1993 | Amy Fissel | Ocean City | 25 | Top 6 | |||
| 1992 | Kathy Kasprak | Edison | |||||
| 1991 | Charlotte Ray | Camden | 24 | 1st runner-up | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 1990 | Karin Hartz | Voorhees | 24 | 2nd runner-up | |||
| 1989 | Deborah Lee Husti | Rockaway | 21 | 2nd runner-up | |||
| 1988 | Colleen Carlone | Parsippany | |||||
| 1987 | Stacey Fox | East Brunswick | 19 | ||||
| 1986 | Lisa Summeroury-Perry | Egg Harbor Township | Miss Congeniality | Represented New Jersey in Miss Oktoberfest 1987, did not place | |||
| 1985 | Francie Knapp | Linwood | |||||
| 1984 | Diane Everett Qualter | Englewood | |||||
| 1983 | Ann Marie Brucato | Bloomfield | Miss Bloomfield | ||||
| 1982 | Janice Lynn Straub | Cherry Hill | Miss Camden County | ||||
| 1981 | Christy Garthwaite | Tuckerton | |||||
| 1980 | Joni Peifer | Franklinville | |||||
| 1979 | Robin Senatore | Jackson | |||||
| 1978 | Sheryl Ann Hoehn | Clark | |||||
| 1977 | Juanita McCarty | Pemberton | 18 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1976 | Ginger Hagaman | Weekstown | |||||
| 1975 | Cathy Russell | Cranford | 19 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1974 | Patricia Sims | Jackson | |||||
| 1973 | Patricia Everett | Runnemede | |||||
| 1972 | Leila DeSantis | Point Pleasant | |||||
| 1971 | Brenda Joyce White | Delair | |||||
| 1970 | Ellen Cream | Pennsauken | |||||
| 1969 | Nancy Fromel | Washington | |||||
| 1968 | Linda Papa | Secaucus | |||||
| 1967 | Jean Galata | Union City | |||||
| 1966 | Jo Ann Franchi | Camden | |||||
| 1965 | Kay Franzen | Bridgeton | |||||
| 1964 | Barbara Joan Richartz | Stratford | 19 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1963 | Judy Kay Ayars | Salem | |||||
| 1962 | Joyce Claire Thomson | Bellmar | |||||
| 1961 | Diane Gierson | Red Bank | 19 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1960 | Sandra Mary "Sandy" Chudy | Bound Brook | 20 | Top 15 | |||
| 1959 | Geraldine Binder | Irvington | |||||
| 1958 | Faye Hasenauer | Menlo Park Terrace | |||||
| 1957 | Jeanne Lewis | Kearny | |||||
| 1956 | Dolores Winfield | Cranford | 21 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1955 | Beverly Rogers | Maywood | |||||
| 1954 | Evelyn Orowitz | Collingswood | 20 | Semi-finalist | Sister of Actor Michael Landon | ||
| 1953 | Susan Ruth Harris | Haddonfield | |||||
| 1952 | Ruth Jane Hampton | Merchantville | 20 | Top 10 |
;Note
References
References
- "Miss World America 2020 Winners – Miss World America".
- (2 July 1960). "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL". [[Philadelphia Daily News]].
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