Miss New Jersey
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- For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss New Jersey USA
Alicia Luciano, Miss New Jersey 2002
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,Bette Cooper as Miss Bertrand Island in 1937.
Two Miss New Jersey winners have gone on to become Miss America titleholders: Bette Cooper (1937) and Suzette Charles (1984).
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[edit] Results summary
[edit] Placements
- Miss America's: Bette Cooper (1937), Suzette Charles (1984)
- Second runners-up: Cheryl Carter (1970), Suzanne Plummer (1974), Therese Hanley (1981), Jennifer Makris (1995)
- Third runners-up: Ruth Brady (1938), Madeline Layton (1942), Mary D'Arcy (1978)
- Top 10: Kathleen Harris (1943), Michele Sexton (1994), Victoria Paige (2000), Jill Horner (2001)
- Top 12: Mary Dillinger (1935), Elizabeth Koehler (1935)
- Top 14: Margo Lundgren (1939)
- Top 15: Betty Jane Crowley (1949), Jennifer Farrell (2004)
- Top 16: Delores Mendes (1947), June Stephens (1951)
[edit] 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), 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)
- Miss Congeniality: Betty Jane Crowley (1949), Patricia Condon (1954)
[edit] Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Local Title | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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| 2007 | Amy Polumbo | Howell | Miss Seashore Line | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 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
Overall Elegance and Lifestyle Award |
Radio City Rockette; 4th runner-up to Miss New Jersey USA 2007 | |
| 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 1997 | |
| 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 and top 6 at Miss USA 1993 | ||
| 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 - Miss America 1984 | 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) | Successful TV actress and classical-crossover concert & recording artist in Europe | |
| 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 1971 as 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 (tied) | ||
| 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 | Jean Cooper Fishback was Miss Atlantic City, NJ and competed at Miss America | |||
| 1956 | Beverly Cass | Fair Lawn | Toni Rapetti was Miss Atlantic City, NJ and competed at Miss America | |||
| 1955 | Patricia Elmira Campbell | Camden | There was also a Miss Atlantic City, NJ who competed at Miss America | |||
| 1954 | Joan Waller | West Orange | Marilyn Ross was Miss Atlantic City, NJ and competed at Miss America | |||
| 1953 | Patricia Condon | Maplewood | Miss Congeniality | There was also a Miss Atlantic City, NJ who competed at Miss America | ||
| 1952 | Mary Parker | Gibbsboro | Pat Milligan was Miss Atlantic City, NJ and competed at Miss America | |||
| 1951 | Bernice Massi | Camden | There was also a Miss Atlantic City, NJ who competed at Miss America | |||
| 1950 | June Stephens | Ship Bottom | Semi-finalist | The Miss America title was now a year ahead of the state titles. (ie. Miss New Jersey 1950 competed in Miss America 1951.) It remains this way. There was also a Miss Atlantic City, NJ who competed at Miss America | ||
| 1949 | Betty Jane Crowley | Green Bank | Semi-finalist | Miss Congeniality (tie) | Terry Gualtiere was Miss Atlantic City, NJ and also competed at Miss America | |
| 1948 | Barbara Anderson | Bloomfield | There was also a Miss Atlantic City, NJ who competed at Miss America | |||
| 1947 | Delores Mendes | Newark | Semi-finalist | Terry Carroll was Miss Atlantic City, NJ and also competed at Miss America | ||
| 1946 | Helen Sprinitis | Kearny | There was also a Miss Atlantic City, NJ who competed at Miss America | |||
| 1945 | Matilda Agin | New Brunswick | There was also a Miss Atlantic City, NJ who competed at Miss America | |||
| 1944 | Janice Hansen | Union City | There was also a Miss Atlantic City, NJ who competed at Miss America | |||
| 1943 | Kathleen Harris | Newark | Semi-finalist | There was also a Miss Atlantic City, NJ who competed at Miss America | ||
| 1942 | Madeline Layton | Maywood | 3rd runner-up | There was also a Miss Atlantic City, NJ who competed at Miss America | ||
| 1941 | Marjorie Eleanor Jennings | Dover | Jessica Wilcox was Miss Atlantic City, NJ and also competed at Miss America | |||
| 1940 | Mildred Marie Selko | Kearny | ||||
| 1939 | Margo Lundgren | Maplewood | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1938 | Gloria Martha Riley | Paterson | Ruth Brady was Miss Asbury Park, NJ and was 3rd runner-up and a Preliminary Talent Winner at Miss America | |||
| 1937 | no Miss New Jersey | Bette Cooper was Miss Bertrand Island, NJ and won the Miss America title. | ||||
| 1935 | Norine Hughes | Glen Ridge | Mary Dillinger was Miss Burlington, NJ and Elizabeth Koehler was Miss Pensgrove, NJ. Both made the Top 12 at Miss America | |||
| 1933 | Gertrude Christman | |||||
| 1932 | no Miss New Jersey | Dorothy Hann was Miss Greater Camden, NJ and won the Miss America title. |
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