Miss New Jersey
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- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss New Jersey USA
The Miss New Jersey competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Jersey in the Miss America pageant.
When city representatives were common at the national pageant, Dorothy Hann won as Miss Camden in 1932 and Bette Cooper as Miss Bertrand Island in 1937.
[edit] Winners
Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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2006 | Georgine DiMaria | Lodi | Miss All State | |||
2005 | Julie Robenhymer | Moorestown | Miss Burlington County | |||
2004 | Erica Scanlon | Pitman | Miss Brigantine Resort | |||
2003 | Jennifer Farrell | Margate | Miss Atlantic County | Top 15 Quarter-finalist | ||
2002 | Alicia Luciano | Stanhope | Miss Tri County | Preliminary Evening Wear Award | ||
2001 | Julie Barber | Vineland | Miss Union County | |||
2000 | Jill Horner | Gloucester Township | Miss Monmouth County Area | Top 10 Semi-finalist | 2nd runner-up Quality of Life Award | |
1999 | Victoria Paige | Sparta | Miss Watchung Valley | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
1998 | Stephanie Ferrari | Glen Rock | Miss Bergen County | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1997 | Kathy Nejat | Voorhees | Miss Central Coast | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1996 | Melanie Bell | Vernon | Miss Northern Lights | |||
1995 | Dena Querubin | Waterford | Miss Spring Lake Heights | Non-finalist Talent Award, Quality of Life Award | ||
1994 | Jennifer Makris | Cherry Hill | Miss Essex County | 2nd runner-up | Future Miss New Jersey USA 1997, Semi-finalist at Miss USA | |
1993 | Michele Sexton | Spring Lake Heights | Miss Central Coast | Top 10 Semi-Finalist | ||
1992 | Heather Hertling | Randolph | Miss Randolph/Roxbury | Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award | Professional opera singer and judge for the 1997 Miss America Pageant | |
1991 | Amy Fissel | Ocean City | Miss Shore Resort | Future Miss New Jersey USA 1993, Semi-finalist at Miss USA | ||
1990 | Charlotte Lynette Falls | Ridgewood | Miss Camden County | |||
1989 | Laura Murray | Livingston | Miss Shore Resort | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1988 | Patricia Bowman | Ocean City | Miss Cape May County | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1987 | Robin Lange | Medford | Miss Burlington County | |||
1986 | Karyn Zosche | Pine Brook | Miss Passaic County | |||
1985 | Toni Georgiana | Cherry Hill | Miss Hightstown/East Windsor | |||
1984 | Patricia La Terra | West New York | Miss Bergen County | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1983 | Suzette Charles | Mays Landing | Miss Columbus Day | 1st Runner-Up/Winner | Preliminary Talent Award | Named Miss America when Vanessa L. Williams relinquished title |
1982 | Christina Shone | Pequannock | Miss Dover-Morris | |||
1981 | Debra Naley | Rockaway | Miss Greater Dover-West Morris | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1980 | Therese Hanley | Jersey City | Miss Bergen County | 2nd runner-up (tie) | ||
1979 | Mary McGinnis | Somers Point | Miss Collegiate | |||
1978 | Laurie Berchtold | Ocean City | Miss Glassboro State College | |||
1977 | Mary D'Arcy | Yardville | Miss Glassboro State College | 3rd runner-up | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe; Broadway performer, judged the 1991 Miss America Pageant | |
1976 | Lori Johnson | Medford | Miss Burlington County | |||
1975 | Nancy Craig | Trenton | Miss Trenton State College | |||
1974 | Elizabeth Bracken | Mahwah | Miss Bergen County | |||
1973 | Suzanne Plummer | Wildwood | Miss Cape May County | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Previously Miss District of Columbia USA and semi-finalist at Miss USA using birth name Susan Pluskoski |
1972 | Linda Gialanella | Maplewood | Miss Fanwood-Scotch Plains | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1971 | Lynn Hackerman | Mount Laurel | Miss Vineland | currently serves on the Miss America Board of Directors | ||
1970 | Hela Yungst | Hillside | Miss Fanwood-Scotch Plains | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
1969 | Cheryl Carter | Matawan | Miss Monmouth County | 2nd runner-up (tie) | ||
1968 | Jeannette Phillipuk | Laurel Springs | Miss Glassboro State College | |||
1967 | Linda Ann Wilmer | Hawthorne | Miss Hawthorne | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
1966 | Christine Ebright | Rahway | Miss Newark State College | |||
1965 | Kathleen Holmes | Toms River | Miss Toms River | |||
1964 | Virginia Krasnomowitz | Fair Lawn | Miss Paterson | |||
1963 | Janet Bryan Adams | Hopatcong | Miss Pequannock | |||
1962 | Georgia Malick | Cherry Hill | Miss Cherry Hill | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1961 | Marilyn Haufler | Watchung | Miss Fanwood-Scotch Plains | |||
1960 | Ann Susan Barber | Westfield | Miss Fanwood-Scotch Plains | |||
1959 | Beverly Ann Domareki | Mountainside | ||||
1958 | Marilyn Beryl Rockafellow | New Monmouth | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
1957 | Janet Marie Ressler | Union | ||||
1956 | Beverly Cass | Fair Lawn | ||||
1955 | Patricia Elmira Campbell | Camden | ||||
1954 | Joan Waller | West Orange | ||||
1953 | Patricia Condon | Maplewood | Miss Congeniality | |||
1952 | Mary Parker | Gibbsboro | ||||
1951 | Bernice Massi | Camden | ||||
1950 | June Stephens | Ship Bottom | Semi-finalist | |||
1949 | Betty Jane Crowley | Green Bank | Semi-finalist | Miss Congeniality (tie) | ||
1948 | Barbara Anderson | Bloomfield | ||||
1947 | Delores Mendes | Newark | Semi-finalist | |||
1946 | Helen Sprinitis | Kearny | ||||
1945 | Matilda Agin | New Brunswick | ||||
1944 | Janice Hansen | Union City | ||||
1943 | Kathleen Harris | Newark | Semi-finalist | |||
1942 | Madeline Layton | Maywood | 3rd runner-up | |||
1941 | Marjorie Eleanor Jennings | Dover | ||||
1940 | Mildred Marie Selko | Kearny | ||||
1939 | Margo Lundgren | Maplewood | Semi-finalist | |||
1938 | Gloria Martha Riley | Paterson | ||||
1935 | Norine Hughes | Glen Ridge | ||||
1933 | Gertrude Christman |
[edit] External links
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Miss USA Miss New Jersey USA |
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