Miss New Jersey
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss New Jersey USA.
Ashley Fairfield, Miss New Jersey 2008, at the 2008 Montclair 4th of July Parade
Toni Georgiana, Miss New Jersey 1985
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Suzette Charles, Miss New Jersey 1983
The Miss New Jersey competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Jersey in the Miss America pageant.
Two Miss New Jersey winners have gone on to hold the title of Miss America: Bette Cooper who won in 1937 and Suzette Charles who did not win, but took over the title for the last 7 weeks of Vanessa Williams reign in (1984). They also have one unofficial Miss America: Dorothy Hann (1932).
Results summary
Placements
- Miss America Winners: Bette Cooper (1937), Suzette Charles (1984) (took over the title of Miss America for last 7 weeks of Vanessa Williams' reign)
- 1st runners-up: Suzette Charles (1984)
- 2nd runners-up: Cheryl Carter (1970), Suzanne Plummer (1974), Therese Hanley (1981), Jennifer Makris (1995)
- 3rd runners-up: Ruth Brady (1938), Madeline Layton (1942), Mary D'Arcy (1978)
- Top 10: Kathleen Harris (1943), Betty Jane Crowley (1949), Michele Sexton (1994), Victoria Paige (2000), Jill Horner (2001)
- Top 12: Mary Dillinger (1935), Elizabeth Koehler (1935)
- Top 14: Margo Lundgren (1939)
- Top 15: Jennifer Farrell (2004)
- Top 16: Delores Mendes (1947), June Stephens (1951)
Awards
- Preliminary Talent: Ruth Brady (1938), Suzette Charles (1984), Heather Hertling (1993)
- Preliminary Swimsuit: Suzanne Plummer (1974), Kathy Nejat (1998)
- Preliminary Evening Wear: Alicia Luciano (2003)
- Non-finalist Talent: Marilyn Beryl Rockafellow (1959), Georgia Malick (1963), Linda Gialanella (1973), Debra Naley (1982), Patricia La Terra (1985), Patricia Bowman (1989), Laura Murray (1990), Heather Hertling (1993), Dena Querubin (1996), Kathy Nejat (1998), Stephanie Ferrari (1999), Erica Scanlon (2005), Amy Polumbo (2008)
- Overall Elegance and Lifestyle Award: Alicia Luciano (2003)
- Quality of Life: Dena Querubin (1996)
- Quality of Life 2nd RU: Jill Horner (2001), Ashleigh Udalovas (2011)
- Miss Congeniality: Betty Jane Crowley (1949), Patricia Condon (1954)
Miss New Jersey's Outstanding Teen Placements
This started in 2006.
- 1st runners-up: Brenna Weick (2010)
- Top 8: Alyssa Sullivan (2013)
- Top 10: Natalie Ragazzo (2012)
- Top 15: Katie Berry (2006), Andie Babusik (2011)
Miss New Jersey's Outstanding Teen Awards
This started in 2006.
- Preliminary Presence and Poise: Brenna Weick (2010)
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Lindsey Giannini | Hammonton | 21 | Miss Central Coast | Jazz Dance "Celebrate" by Pitbull | Quality of Life | ||
| 2014 | Cierra Kaler-Jones | Galloway | 21 | Miss Coastal Shore | Dance "Listen" by Beyoncé | Born with Hip dysplasia | ||
| 2013 | Cara Maureen McCollum | Princeton, NJ/Forrest City, AR | 21 | Miss Island Resort | Piano "White Water Chopsticks" | McCollum died on February 22, 2016, after being in a single-vehicle accident a week prior in Pittsgrove Township, New Jersey. | ||
| 2012 | Lindsey Ann Petrosh | Egg Harbor City | 23 | Miss Atlantic County | Vocal "Battle Hymn of the Republic" | Miss New Jersey's Outstanding Teen 2006 | ||
| 2011 | Katharyn Nicolle[1] | Wenonah | 20 | Miss Coastal Shore | Ballet en Pointe "Theme from Superman" | Miss New Jersey's Outstanding Teen 2008 | ||
| 2010 | Ashleigh Udalovas | Millville | 22 | Miss All State | Tap Dance "Star Dancer" | Quality of Life 2nd runner-up | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2007 & 2008 | |
| 2009 | Ashley Shaffer | Perrineville | 23 | Miss Columbus Day | Classical Vocal "Nessun Dorma" | |||
| 2008 | Ashley Fairfield | Egg Harbor Township | 22 | Miss Columbus Day | Jazz Dance "Man of La Mancha" | |||
| 2007 | Amy Polumbo | Howell | 23 | Miss Seashore Line | Vocal "Astonishing" from Little Women | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2006 | Georgine DiMaria | Lodi | 22 | Miss All State | Violin "Csárdás | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2004 | ||
| 2005 | Julie Robenhymer | Moorestown | 24 | Miss Burlington County | Dance "Hit Me With a Hot Note" from Sophisticated Ladies | |||
| 2004 | Erica Scanlon | Pitman | 22 | Miss Brigantine Resort | Vocal "Glitter & Be Gay" from Candide | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2003 | Jennifer Farrell | Margate | 19 | Miss Atlantic County | Ballet en Pointe "Via Dolorosa" | Top 15 | ||
| 2002 | Alicia Luciano | Stanhope | 19 | Miss Tri County | Lyrical Dance "The Prayer" | Preliminary Evening Wear Award, Overall Elegance and Lifestyle Award | Radio City Rockette, 4th runner-up at Miss New Jersey USA 2007 | |
| 2001 | Julie Barber | Vineland | 24 | Miss Union County | Ballet en Pointe "Do You Wanna Dance?" | |||
| 2000 | Jill Horner | Gloucester Township | 21 | Miss Monmouth County Area | Vocal "You're Gonna Hear From Me" from Inside Daisy Clover | Top 10 | Quality of Life 2nd runner-up | |
| 1999 | Victoria Paige | Sparta | 20 | Miss Watchung Valley | Classical Vocal "Non so più cosa son" from The Marriage of Figaro | Top 10 | ||
| 1998 | Stephanie Ferrari | Glen Rock | 24 | Miss Bergen County | Vocal "My Heart Will Go On" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1997 | Kathy Nejat | Voorhees | 21 | Miss Central Coast | Classical Ballet en Pointe "The Dying Swan" | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1996 | Melanie Bell | Vernon | 20 | Miss Northern Lights | Dance "They Can't Take That Away From Me" | |||
| 1995 | Dena Querubin | Waterford | 23 | Miss Spring Lake Heights | Classical Piano | Non-finalist Talent Award, Quality of Life Award | ||
| 1994 | Jennifer Makris | Cherry Hill | 21 | Miss Essex County | Jazz Vocal "The Man that Got Away" | 2nd runner-up | Miss New Jersey USA 1997 and Semi-finalist at Miss USA 1997 | |
| 1993 | Michele Sexton | Spring Lake Heights | 24 | Miss Central Coast | Classical Vocal "Vissi d'arte" | Top 10 | ||
| 1992 | Heather Hertling | Randolph | 24 | Miss Morris County | Classical Vocal "Ernani Involami" | Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | Professional opera singer and judge for the Miss America 1997 pageant | |
| 1991 | Amy Fissel | Ocean City | 24 | Miss Shore Resort | Comedic Monologue "Mountaineer's Motorcycle" | Miss New Jersey USA 1993 and Top 6 at Miss USA 1993 | ||
| 1990 | Charlotte Lynette Falls | Ridgewood | 25 | Miss Camden County | Classical Piano "4th Movement of Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 22" by Alberto Ginastera | |||
| 1989 | Laura Murray | Livingston | 25 | Miss Shore Resort | Popular Vocal "With One More Look At You" from A Star Is Born | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1988 | Patricia Bowman | Ocean City | 19 | Miss Cape May County | Vocal "Wind Beneath My Wings" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1987 | Robin Lange | Medford | 22 | Miss Burlington County | Dramatic Monologue | |||
| 1986 | Karyn Zosche | Pine Brook | 25 | Miss Passaic County | Piano Solo "Rhapsody in Blue" | |||
| 1985 | Toni Georgiana | Cherry Hill | 21 | Miss Hightstown/East Windsor | Acrobatic Dance "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" | |||
| 1984 | Patricia La Terra | West New York | 24 | Miss Bergen County | Dramatic Monologue | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1983 | Suzette Charles | Mays Landing | 20 | Miss Columbus Day | Popular Vocal "Kiss Me In the Rain" | 1st runner-up / Winner | Preliminary Talent Award | Named Miss America when Vanessa L. Williams relinquished title |
| 1982 | Christina Shone | Pequannock | 22 | Miss Dover-Morris | Classical Vocal "Non Piu Mesta" from La Cenerentola | |||
| 1981 | Debra Naley | Rockaway | 26 | Miss Greater Dover-West Morris | Violin Medley "Csárdás" & "Orange Blossom Special" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1980 | Therese Hanley | Jersey City | 17 | Miss Bergen County | Popular Vocal "Starting Here, Starting Now" | 2nd runner-up (tie) | TV actress and classical-crossover concert & recording artist | |
| 1979 | Mary McGinnis | Somers Point | 22 | Miss Collegiate | Clarinet Solo "Hora" | |||
| 1978 | Laurie Berchtold | Ocean City | 21 | Miss Glassboro State College | Musical Comedy "Money, Money" from Cabaret | |||
| 1977 | Mary D'Arcy | Yardville | 21 | Miss Glassboro State College | Semi-classical Vocal "Summertime" | 3rd runner-up | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe, Broadway performer, Judged the Miss America 1991 pageant | |
| 1976 | Lori Johnson | Medford | 19 | Miss Burlington County | Acrobatic Dance "Love Is the Answer" | |||
| 1975 | Nancy Craig | Trenton | 25 | Miss Trenton State College | Classical Ballet en Pointe "Swan Lake" | |||
| 1974 | Elizabeth Bracken | Mahwah | 21 | Miss Bergen County | Dramatic Monologue "Elizabeth Umpstead" by Carl Sandburg | |||
| 1973 | Suzanne Plummer | Wildwood | 21 | Miss Cape May County | Piano "Stardust" | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Miss District of Columbia USA 1971 and Semi-finalist at Miss USA 1971 as Susan Pluskoski, Current leader of Nevada State Republican Party and 2010 Senate Candidate |
| 1972 | Linda Gialanella | Maplewood | 22 | Miss Fanwood-Scotch Plains | Sketching Presentation "Teaching the World to Draw" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1971 | Lynn Hackerman | Mount Laurel | 18 | Miss Greater Moorestown & Miss Burlington County | Pantomime Dance | Currently serves on the Miss America Board of Directors | ||
| 1970 | Hela Yungst | Hillside | 20 | Miss Fanwood-Scotch Plains | Dramatic Vocal "Aldonza" from Man of La Mancha | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1969 | Cheryl Carter | Matawan | 19 | Miss Monmouth County | Piano Solo "Theme from An Affair to Remember" | 2nd runner-up (tie) | ||
| 1968 | Jeannette Phillipuk | Laurel Springs | 20 | Miss Glassboro State College | Vocal Medley "The Sweetest Sounds" & "Nobody Told Me" from No Strings | |||
| 1967 | Linda Ann Wilmer | Laurel Springs | 18 | Miss Glassboro State College | Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'" | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
| 1966 | Christine Ebright | Rahway | 19 | Miss Newark State College | Operatic Vocal "Un bel di vedremo" | |||
| 1965 | Kathleen Holmes | Toms River | 19 | Miss Toms River | Vocal / Tap Dance "Steppin' Out with My Baby" | |||
| 1964 | Susan Virginia Krasnomowitz | Fair Lawn | 19 | Miss Paterson | Jazz Dance | |||
| 1963 | Janet Bryan Adams | Hopatcong | Miss Pequannock | Dramatic Monologue | ||||
| 1962 | Georgia Malick | Cherry Hill | 18 | Miss Cherry Hill | Piano Solo "Deep Purple" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Contestant at Miss Wool of America 1964 | |
| 1961 | Marilyn Haufler | Watchung | 18 | Miss Fanwood-Scotch Plains | Comedy Monologue | |||
| 1960 | Ann Susan Barber | Westfield | 18 | Miss Fanwood-Scotch Plains | Impression of a young hillbilly girl at a major league baseball game | |||
| 1959 | Beverly Ann Domareki | Mountainside | 20 | Original Dramatic Interpretation of a Beatnik | ||||
| 1958 | Marilyn Beryl Rockafellow | New Monmouth | Vocal | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||||
| 1957 | Janet Marie Ressler | Union | Vocal | |||||
| 1956 | Beverly Cass | Fair Lawn | Piano | |||||
| 1955 | Patricia Elmira Campbell | Camden | Dance | |||||
| 1954 | Joan Waller | West Orange | Vocal / Dance "Singin' in the Rain" | |||||
| 1953 | Patricia Condon | Maplewood | Vocal | Miss Congeniality | ||||
| 1952 | Mary Parker | Gibbsboro | Drama | |||||
| 1951 | Bernice Massi | Camden | ||||||
| 1950 | June Stephens | Ship Bottom | Comic Sketch "The Older Set" | Top 16 | The Miss America title was now a year ahead of the state titles. (i.e. Miss New Jersey 1950 competed in Miss America 1951.) It remains this way. | |||
| 1949 | Betty Jane Crowley | Green Bank | Poetry Recitation & Vocal "Might Like a Rose" | Top 15 | Miss Congeniality (tie) | |||
| 1948 | Barbara Anderson | Bloomfield | ||||||
| 1947 | Delores Mendes | Newark | Vocal & Guitar "I Close My Eyes" & "Siboney" | Top 15 | ||||
| 1946 | Helen Sprinitis | Kearny | ||||||
| 1945 | Matilda Agin | New Brunswick | ||||||
| 1944 | Janice Hansen | Union City | ||||||
| 1943 | Kathleen Harris | Newark | Vocal "Gianni Mio" | Top 10 | ||||
| 1942 | Madeline Layton | Maywood | Vocal "Saturday Night" | 3rd runner-up | ||||
| 1941 | Marjorie Eleanor Jennings | Dover | ||||||
| 1940 | Mildred Marie Selko | Kearny | ||||||
| 1939 | Margo Lundgren | Maplewood | Vocal "Don't Worry About Me" | Top 15 | ||||
| 1938 | Gloria Martha Riley | Paterson | ||||||
| Ruth E. Brady | Asbury Park | Vocal & Tap Dance | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Competed as Miss Asbury Park | |||
| Ruth Joan Sada | Burlington | Competed as Miss Burlington | ||||||
| Dorothy Kathryn Powers | Riverside | Competed as Miss Riverside | ||||||
| 1937 | Bette Cooper | Hackettstown | 17 | Vocal "When the Poppies Bloom Again" | Winner | Evening Gown Award | Competed as Miss Bertrand Island | |
| Helyne Frances Murphy | Riverside | Competed as Miss Riverside | ||||||
| Margaret Julia Jardon | Burlington | Competed as Miss South Jersey | ||||||
| 1936 | Thelma Bieber | Camden | Competed as Miss Camden | |||||
| Evelyn Pierce | Riverside | Competed as Miss South Jersey | ||||||
| 1935 | Norine Hughes | Glen Ridge | ||||||
| Mildred Hughes | Bloomfield | Competed as Miss Bloomfield | ||||||
| Geraldine Hester | Bridgeton | Competed as Miss Bridgeton | ||||||
| Mary Dillinger | Burlington | Vocal "Every Little Moment" | Top 12 | Competed as Miss Burlington | ||||
| Lena Melamed | Camden | Competed as Miss Camden | ||||||
| Dorothy Wainwright | Hillside | Competed as Miss Hillside | ||||||
| Ann Golden | Competed as Miss Lake Hopatcong | |||||||
| Esther Moore | Mount Holly | Competed as Miss Mount Holly | ||||||
| Ann Harvey | Newark | Competed as Miss Newark | ||||||
| Elizabeth Koehler | Penns Grove | Vocal Medley "Without a Song" & "Roll Out of Bed with a Smile" | Top 12 | Competed as Miss Pensgrove | ||||
| Othelia March | Riverside | Competed as Miss Riverside | ||||||
| Ann Halko | West Orange | Competed as Miss West Orange | ||||||
| Thelma Fouks | Woodbury | Competed as Miss Woodbury | ||||||
| 1933 | Gertrude Christman | 15 | Top 18 | |||||
| 1927 | no Miss New Jersey | Carolyn Pierson, Miss Newark placed in the Top 15. Also competing were: Pann Mankus, Miss Elizabeth; Eunice Geiser, Miss Jersey City; Harriet Rita Shelby, Miss Passaic; and Sue Hoch, Miss Union City | ||||||
| 1926 | no Miss New Jersey | Mildred Morlock, Miss Newark and Evelynne Jeanne Crowell, Miss Orange, placed in the Top 15. Also competing were: Mary Mavretic, Miss Brigantine Beach; Lucy Taylor, Miss Elizabeth; Anita Limbacker, Miss Hoboken; Elizabeth Welch, Miss Union City; and Kathleen Coyle, Miss Wildwood Gables. A Miss Canarsie also competed whose name is not known. | ||||||
| 1925 | no Miss New Jersey | Frances M. Glowaski (Miss Jersey City) and Helen Corcoran (Miss Newark) placed in the Top 15. | ||||||
| 1924 | no Miss New Jersey | Emily Borbach, Miss Cape May; Emerita Monsch, Miss Hoboken and Edith Becker Miss Newark placed in the Top 16. Also competing from New Jersey were: Edith Wright, Miss Bradley Beach; Helen Mankus, Miss Elizabeth; Bonnie Blair, Miss Jersey City; Gertrude McDonald, Miss Pleasantville; and Ethel Sipps, Miss Somers Point. Also competing in the pageant were Miss Kearny and Miss Long Branch whose names are not known. | ||||||
| 1923 | no Miss New Jersey | Sarah Delp, Miss Bridgeton; Mildred McCann, Miss Cape May; Florence Nurock, Miss Greater Camden; Grace E. Taylor, Miss Ocean City; Alma Domenica CeCone, Miss Trenton; and Mary Elizabeth Edwards, Miss Vineland all competed representing communities in New Jersey | ||||||
| 1922 | no Miss New Jersey | Sarah Alice Bell, Miss Bridgeton; Eleanor Lindley, Miss Greater Camden; Marion Steelman, Miss Ocean City; Endia Fisk, Miss Trenton & Mary Elizabeth Edwards, Miss Vineland all competed representing communities in New Jersey | ||||||
| 1921 | no Miss New Jersey | Kathryn Gearon, Miss Camden was 1st runner-up; Margaret Bates competed as Miss Newark | ||||||
Popular culture
In Philip Roth's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, "American Pastoral", the central character Seymour "Swede" Levov marries Dawn Dwyer, an Irish Catholic winner of Miss New Jersey 1949, from nearby Elizabeth, whom he met at Upsala College in East Orange, New Jersey.
References
- ↑ "Wenonah woman is new Miss New Jersey". NJ.com. June 20, 2011.
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