Miss New Jersey USA
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Miss New Jersey USA
Formation1952 (1952)
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersNewark
Location
MembershipMiss USA
Official language
English
Key people
Deborah MillerCindy Provost
WebsiteOfficial website

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.

  • Janaye Ingram, Miss New Jersey USA 2004
    Janaye Ingram, Miss New Jersey USA 2004
  • Kaity Rodriguez, Miss New Jersey USA 2009
    Kaity Rodriguez, Miss New Jersey USA 2009
  • Chenoa Greene, Miss New Jersey USA 2010
    Chenoa Greene, Miss New Jersey USA 2010
  • Julianna White, Miss New Jersey USA 2011
    Julianna White, Miss New Jersey USA 2011
  • Derby Chukwudi, Miss New Jersey USA 2023
    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[a]Local title Placement at Miss USA Special awards at Miss USA Notes
2025Ivy Harrington Neptune30 Miss Neptune 1st runner-up
2024Jabili Kandula Hoboken24 Miss Hoboken
2023Derby ChukwudiHoboken25 Miss Hudson Top 20
2022Alexandra Lakhman Hoboken26
2021Celinda Ortega Fair Lawn26
2020Gina Mellish Oceanport20 Top 10
2019Manya Saaraswat Morganville21 Born in India
  • Miss World America Pennsylvania 2020
    • 2nd runner-up at Miss World America 2020[1]
2018Alexa Noone Bayonne23 Top 10
2017Chhavi Verg Edison19 1st runner-up Born in India
2016Jessielyn Palumbo Wayne23
2015Vanessa Oriolo Colts Neck21
2014Emily Shah Edison18 Top 20
2013Libell Duran Keasbey22

Born in Dominican Republic

2012Michelle LeonardoTinton Falls20 Top 10
2011Julianna "Julie" WhiteHaddon Township21
2010Chenoa Greene Atco24
2009Kaity Rodriguez Clifton24
2008Tiffany Andrade Linden22 2nd runner-up
2007Erin Abrahamson Essex Fells23
  • Originally first runner-up, assumed the title after Ashley Harder's resignation
  • Previously Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2001
  • Later Mrs. New Jersey 2015
Ashley Harder Marlton20 did not competeResigned in January 2007 due to pregnancy and failing to follow pageant rules
2006Jessica Boyington Sicklerville20 Former NBC 10 and 6 ABC Philadelphia morning traffic reporter. Currently unemployed.
2005Sylvia Pogorzelski East Hanover20 YouTube personalityGrace Helbig placed 7th in this competition
2004Janaye IngramCherry Hill25
2003Vanessa Baker Marlton23
2002Robin Williams Lawrenceville
2001Jeannette Josue Jersey City
2000Michelle Graci Jamesburg
1999Melissa McLaughlin Cinnaminson
1998Kelli Paarz Linwood
1997Jennifer Makris Cranbury23 Top 10
1996Christina Augustyn Woodbridge24
1995Christy Joy Pittner Ventnor
1994Rosa Velez Newark
1993Amy Fissel Ocean City25 Top 6
1992Kathy Kasprak Edison
1991Charlotte RayCamden24 1st runner-up Miss Congeniality
1990Karin Hartz Voorhees24 2nd runner-up
1989Deborah Lee Husti Rockaway21 2nd runner-up
1988Colleen Carlone Parsippany
1987Stacey Fox East Brunswick19
1986Lisa Summeroury-Perry Egg Harbor TownshipMiss Congeniality Represented New Jersey in Miss Oktoberfest 1987, did not place
1985Francie Knapp Linwood
1984Diane Everett Qualter Englewood
1983Ann Marie Brucato BloomfieldMiss Bloomfield
1982Janice Lynn Straub Cherry HillMiss Camden County
1981Christy Garthwaite Tuckerton
1980Joni Peifer Franklinville
1979Robin Senatore Jackson
1978Sheryl Ann Hoehn Clark
1977Juanita McCarty Pemberton18 Semi-finalist
1976Ginger Hagaman Weekstown
1975Cathy Russell Cranford19 Semi-finalist
1974Patricia Sims Jackson
1973Patricia Everett Runnemede
1972Leila DeSantis Point Pleasant
1971Brenda Joyce White Delair
1970Ellen Cream Pennsauken
1969Nancy Fromel Washington
1968Linda Papa Secaucus
1967Jean Galata Union City
1966Jo Ann Franchi Camden
1965Kay Franzen Bridgeton
1964Barbara Joan Richartz Stratford 19 Semi-finalist
1963Judy Kay Ayars Salem
1962Joyce Claire Thomson Bellmar
1961Diane Gierson Red Bank 19 Semi-finalist
1960Sandra Mary "Sandy" Chudy[2]Bound Brook20 Top 15
1959Geraldine Binder Irvington
1958Faye Hasenauer Menlo Park Terrace
1957Jeanne Lewis Kearny
1956Dolores Winfield Cranford 21 Semi-finalist
1955Beverly Rogers Maywood
1954Evelyn Orowitz Collingswood 20 Semi-finalist Sister of Actor Michael Landon
1953Susan Ruth Harris Haddonfield
1952Ruth Jane Hampton Merchantville 20 Top 10
Note
  1. ^Age at the time of crowning

References

  1. ^"Miss World America 2020 Winners – Miss World America". Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  2. ^"AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL". Philadelphia Daily News. 2 July 1960. p. 4. Retrieved 9 October 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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