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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Jessielyn Palumbo

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 Derby Chukwudi in 2023, placing Top 20.

Five Miss New Jersey USA titleholders have held the Miss New Jersey Teen USA title and two have competed at Miss America.

Jabili Kandula of Hoboken was crowned Miss New Jersey USA 2024 on June 23, 2024 at the Hilton Parsippany in Parsippany-Troy Hills. She will represent New Jersey for the title of Miss USA 2024.

Results summary

Placements

  • 1st runners-up: Charlotte Ray (1991), Chhavi Verg (2017)
  • 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), Sandy Chudy (1960), Diane Gierson (1961), Barbara Richartz (1964), Emily Shah (2014), Derby Chukwudi (2023)

New Jersey holds a record of 20 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
2024 Jabili Kandula Hoboken 24 Miss Hoboken
2023 Derby Chukwudi Hoboken 25 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
  • Miss World America Pennsylvania 2020
    • 2nd runner-up at Miss World America 2020
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

Born in Dominican Republic

2012 Michelle Leonardo Tinton Falls 20 Top 10
2011 Julianna 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
  • 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 Marlton 20 did not compete Resigned in January 2007 due to pregnancy and failing to follow pageant rules
2006 Jessica Boyington Sicklerville 20 Is now NBC 10 Philadelphia's morning traffic reporter.
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
1982 Janice Lynn Straub Cherry Hill
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 Sandy Chudy Bound Brook 20 Semi-finalist
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
  1. ^ Age at the time of crowning

References

  1. ^ "Miss World America 2020 Winners – Miss World America". Retrieved 2020-10-26.