Year |
Name |
Hometown |
Age |
Local Title |
Miss America Talent |
Placement at Miss America |
Special scholarships at Miss America |
Notes |
2014 |
Jillian Tapper |
|
23 |
Miss Southern Tier |
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3rd runner-up at Miss New York 2014, Assumed title when Kira Kazantsev won the Miss America 2015 title |
Kira Kazantsev |
Manhattan |
23 |
Miss City of New York |
Vocal with cup percussion "Happy" by Pharrell Williams |
Winner |
|
Threepeat: the third time in a row a Miss New York has won the Miss America |
2013 |
Amanda Mason |
Manhattan |
24 |
Miss Manhattan |
Classical Vocal |
|
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1st runner-up at Miss New York 2013, Assumed title when Nina Davuluri won Miss America 2014 |
Nina Davuluri |
Fayetteville |
24 |
Miss Syracuse |
Bollywood Fusion Dance "Dhoom Tana" from the film Om Shanti Om |
Winner |
|
Back to back wins for Miss New York, First Indian American winner of the Miss America contest and first to perform a Bollywood dance on the Miss America stage, Miss Michigan's Outstanding Teen 2006 and 1st runner-up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2007 |
2012 |
Shannon Oliver |
Manhattan |
25 |
Miss Metropolitan |
Operatic Vocal |
|
|
Assumed title when Mallory Hagan won the Miss America title |
Mallory Hagan |
Brooklyn |
23 |
Miss New York City |
Tap Dance "Get Up Offa That Thing" |
Winner |
|
Shannon Oliver assumed title when Mallory won Miss America 2013,[1] Originally from Opelika, Alabama |
2011 |
Kaitlin Monte[2] |
Pittsford |
22 |
Miss Southern New York |
Vocal "Disneyland" from Smile |
2nd runner-up |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Quality of Life Award Finalist |
1st runner-up at National Sweetheart 2008 as Miss Florida |
2010 |
Claire Buffie[3] |
New York City |
24 |
Miss Southeast New York |
Jazz Dance "Bye Bye Blackbird" |
Top 12 |
|
Contestant at National Sweetheart 2008 as Miss Indiana, Was selected as one of two "America's Choice" finalists voted into the top 15 at Miss America by the public |
2009 |
Alyse Zwick |
Scarsdale |
23 |
Miss Westchester County |
Ballet en Pointe |
|
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
Contestant at National Sweetheart 2008 |
2008 |
Leigh-Taylor Smith |
New York City |
22 |
Miss Brooklyn |
Vocal "Say the Word" |
3rd runner-up |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
3rd runner-up at Miss Virginia 2006 & 2007 |
2007 |
Elisabeth Baldanza |
Oneonta |
23 |
Miss Empire Rose |
Contemporary Ballet "Your Daddy's Son" from Ragtime |
|
|
Featured in "Two Dancers" exhibit at the National Museum of Dance in Saratoga, NY. On reality TV show "Miss America Reality Check" on TLC. |
2006 |
Bethlene Pancoast |
Brooklyn |
24 |
Miss Heart of New York |
A cappella Tap Dance |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
Pennsylvania's Junior Miss 2000 |
2005 |
Kandice Pelletier |
New York City |
24 |
Miss Greater New York City |
Musical Theatre Dance "Queenie Was a Blonde" from The Wild Party |
|
|
National Sweetheart 2003 as Miss Georgia, Contestant on The Amazing Race 10 with fellow Miss America contestant Dustin-Leigh Konzelman (Miss California) |
2004 |
Christina Ellington |
New York City |
22 |
Miss Southern New York |
Classical Vocal "My Man's Gone Now" |
Top 10 |
|
Miss Teen Connecticut America 2001 and 1st runner-up at Miss Teen America 2001, 4th runner-up at National Sweetheart 2003 |
2003 |
Jessica Lynch |
New York City |
24 |
Miss New York City |
Jazz Dance en Pointe "America" |
|
|
Contestant at National Sweetheart 2002 |
2002 |
Tiffany Walker |
Brooklyn |
22 |
Miss New York City |
Interpretive Modern Dance "Bridge Over Troubled Water" |
Top 10 |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
|
2001 |
Andrea Plummer |
New York City |
23 |
Miss New York City |
Ballet en Pointe "Forrest Gump Suite" |
4th runner-up |
|
America's Junior Miss 1996 representing Tennessee |
2000 |
Kelly Falgiano |
Lancaster |
21 |
Miss Amherst |
Classical Piano "Sonata Pathétique" |
|
|
|
1999 |
Brandi Burkhardt |
Pasadena, Maryland |
20 |
Miss Manhattan |
Vocal "Take Me As I Am" from Jekyll & Hyde |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
Miss Maryland Teen USA 1997 |
1998 |
Deana Herrera |
Staten Island |
20 |
Miss Staten Island |
Jazz Dance "Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo." from Damn Yankees |
|
|
|
1997 |
Lisa Esler |
Northville |
21 |
Miss Fulton County |
Vocal "Memory" |
|
|
|
1996 |
Tammy Harris |
Williamstown |
24 |
Miss Oswego County |
Dance "O Fortuna" |
|
|
|
1995 |
Sunita Param |
Buffalo |
|
Miss Buffalo |
|
|
|
Starred in American Desi, Miss Match, several national commercials |
Helen Goldsby |
Brooklyn |
24 |
Miss Orange County |
Classical Vocal "Chi Il Bel Sogno di Doretta" from La Rondine |
Top 10 |
Preliminary Talent Award |
Title removed by pageant officials[4] |
1994 |
Dione Lee Robinson |
Gansevoort |
21 |
Miss Capital Region |
Dramatic Monologue |
|
|
|
1993 |
Marcia Cillan |
New York City |
23 |
Miss Manhattan |
Vocal "I Am Changing" |
|
|
|
1992 |
Ingrid Olsen |
Port Jefferson |
22 |
Miss Greater Syracuse |
Classical Vocal "Steal Me, Sweet Thief" from The Old Maid and the Thief |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
1991 |
Marisol Montalvo |
Holbrook |
23 |
Miss Long Island |
Classical Vocal "Tu che di gel sei cinta" |
1st runner-up |
Preliminary Talent Preliminary Award |
Currently singing leading soprano roles in major European opera houses |
1990 |
Maryalice Demler |
Buffalo |
26 |
Miss Buffalo |
Dramatic Soliloquy "Shall I Tell You What I Think of You?" from The King and I |
|
|
Currently evening news anchor for WGRZ-TV in Buffalo |
1989 |
Lisa Marie Molella |
Millbrook |
24 |
Miss Dutchess County |
Vocal Medley "That's Life" & "But the World Goes 'Round" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
Aunt of Miss New York's Outstanding Teen 2011 Lauren Molella, Sister-in-law of Miss Massachusetts 1983 & National Sweetheart 1982 Holly Mayer[5] |
1988 |
Mia Seminoff |
New York City |
23 |
Miss Manhattan |
Classical Ballet en Pointe "La Esmeralda" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
1987 |
Alice Knisley |
Staten Island |
21 |
Miss Metropolitan New York City |
Vocal Medley |
|
|
|
1986 |
Dawan McPeak |
New York City |
25 |
Miss Metropolitan New York City |
Gymnastics Dance |
|
|
Actress/model in Dallas: website: dawanmazzu.com; Mrs. Texas 2001 |
1985 |
Jill Privateer |
Fredonia |
21 |
Miss Buffalo |
Vocal "Shine On, Harvest Moon" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
Toured with 1986 Miss America Gillette Show Troupe |
1984 |
Mary-Ann Farrell |
New York City |
22 |
Miss Manhattan |
Classical Piano "Danzas Argentinas" |
Top 10 |
Preliminary Talent Award |
Sister of Miss Florida 1985 and Miss Illinois 1992 |
1983 |
Melissa Manning |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Successor to crown |
Vanessa Lynn Williams |
Millwood |
20 |
Miss Greater Syracuse |
Popular Vocal "Happy Days Are Here Again" |
Winner |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Preliminary Talent Award |
First African American Miss America, Resigned on 23 July 1984 |
1982 |
Eileen Clark |
Syracuse |
23 |
Miss Greater Syracuse |
Classical Vocal "Glitter and Be Gay" from Candide |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
1981 |
Suzanne Alexander |
Lyons Falls |
20 |
Miss Oneida County |
Classical Vocal "Vissi d'arte" |
Top 10 |
Preliminary Talent Award |
A fourth grade teacher in the Marcelllus school district |
1980 |
Cheryl Flanagan |
Rochester |
18 |
Miss Greater Rochester |
Tap Dance "Medley from That's Entertainment, Part II" |
Top 10 |
Preliminary Talent Award |
|
1979 |
Kelli Krull |
Buffalo |
21 |
Miss Niagara Falls |
Baton Twirling Exhibition "If My Friends Could See Me Now" |
Top 10 |
Preliminary Talent Award |
Finalist at Miss American Teenager 1975 |
1978 |
Paula Pope |
Lockport |
21 |
Miss Greater Colonie |
Piano Solo "Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto" |
|
|
|
1977 |
Lesly Braun |
Pelham Manor |
23 |
Miss Staten Island |
Flute Medley "Take the "A" Train" & "Sir Duke" |
|
|
|
1976 |
Sonja Anderson |
New York City |
25 |
Miss Manhattan |
Vocal "And This Is My Beloved" |
4th runner-up |
Preliminary Talent Award |
Miss New York USA 1975 |
1975 |
Mary Hinterberger |
|
21 |
|
|
|
|
Successor to crown |
Tawny Elaine Godin |
Yonkers |
18 |
Miss Saratoga Springs |
Original Piano Composition "Images in Pastels" |
Winner |
|
|
1974 |
Kris Krull |
Niagara Falls |
22 |
Miss Erie County East |
Jazz Dance "Jesus Christ Superstar" |
|
|
Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
1973 |
Joann Miller |
Cheektowaga |
20 |
Miss Erie County East |
Jazz Dance |
|
|
|
1972 |
Judith Keithley |
Rochester |
19 |
Miss Rochester |
Piano "Rhapsody in Blue" |
|
|
|
1971 |
Elisabeth Condon |
Angola |
21 |
Miss Niagara Falls |
Acro Jazz Ballet "Applause" |
|
|
|
1970 |
Katherine Karlsrud |
Mamaroneck |
18 |
Miss Westchester |
Harp Solo "Whirlwind" by Carlos Salzedo |
Top 10 |
Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship |
First Allman Scholarship recipient to graduate from medical school |
1969 |
Linda Trybus |
Snyder |
20 |
Miss Amherst |
Song & Dance "Mary Poppins Medley" |
Top 10 |
|
|
1968 |
Patricia Burmeister |
Portville |
24 |
Miss Rochester |
Classical Vocal "Où va la jeune Hindoue" from Lakmé |
Top 10 |
|
Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
1967 |
Kari Pedersen |
Staten Island |
21 |
Miss Staten Island |
Classical Vocal "Vissi d'Arte" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
1966 |
Penelope Donoghue |
Yonkers |
22 |
Miss Westchester |
Modern Dance |
|
|
|
1965 |
Marlene Butcher |
Hamburg |
19 |
Miss Dunkirk |
Vocal / Dance "I Ain't Down Yet" from The Unsinkable Molly Brown |
|
|
|
1964 |
Julie Just |
Buffalo |
20 |
Miss Tri-County |
Popular Vocal "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
1963 |
Barbara Gloede |
Staten Island |
|
Miss Dunkirk-Fredonia |
Vocal & Pantomime Variety Act "Guide to World Capitals" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
Marsha Metrinko |
New York City |
|
|
Tap Dance "Just in Time" & "Blues" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
Competed as Miss New York City |
1962 |
Paula Heins |
Le Roy |
19 |
Miss Batavia |
Vocal "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" |
|
|
|
Margaret Mary Warncke |
Flushing |
22 |
|
Vocal "Mira" from Carnival! |
|
Special Judge's Award |
Competed as Miss New York City |
1961 |
Kathryn Moden |
Buffalo |
20 |
Miss West Seneca |
Dramatic Reading from A Midsummer Night's Dream |
|
|
|
Maryann Hillyer |
New York City |
20 |
|
Vocal "The Song Is You" |
|
|
Competed as Miss New York City |
1960 |
Susan Talbert |
Ogdensburg |
19 |
Miss Dunkirk-Fredonia |
Dance |
|
Miss Congeniality |
|
Sherrylyn Patecell |
Flushing |
19 |
|
Tap Dance "St. Louis Blues" |
|
|
Competed as Miss New York City |
1959 |
Bonnie Jo Marquis |
Huntington |
19 |
|
Vocal / Dance "Whatever Lola Wants" |
Top 10 |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
|
Elizabeth Holmes |
Malverne |
19 |
|
Vocal Impersonation of Maurice Chevalier |
|
|
Competed as Miss New York City |
1958 |
Miriam Sanderson |
Rensselaer |
|
|
Vocal sung in French "Romberg's Serenade" |
|
|
|
Bette June Piller |
New York City |
|
|
Speech on Art |
|
|
Competed as Miss New York City |
1957 |
Janet Corrigan |
Huntington |
|
|
Vocal "True Love" |
|
|
|
Astrid Papamichael |
New York City |
|
|
Vocal |
|
|
Competed as Miss New York City |
1956 |
Lael Jackson |
New York City |
|
|
Specialty Number |
|
|
Competed as Miss New York City, Was to represent Jacksonville (Florida) at Maid of Cotton 1959 pageant but withdrew due to illness |
1955 |
Diana Deutsch |
New York City |
|
|
Art Sketching |
|
|
Competed as Miss New York City |
1954 |
Heather Taferner |
New York City |
|
|
Classical Vocal "The Indian Bell Song" from Lakme |
|
Preliminary Talent Award |
Competed as Miss New York City |
1953 |
Jeannine Bowman |
Rome |
|
|
Drama |
|
|
|
Joan Kaible |
New York City |
|
|
Classical Vocal "Qual fiamma avea nel guardo" from Pagliacci |
1st runner-up |
|
Competed as Miss New York City |
1952 |
Joan St. John |
Binghamton |
|
|
|
Vocal |
|
|
Joan Kayne |
New York City |
|
|
Dance |
Top 10 |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
Competed as Miss New York City |
1951 |
Louise Orlando |
Syracuse |
|
|
Vocal |
|
|
|
Sandy Scott |
New York City |
|
|
Vocal |
|
|
Competed as Miss New York City |
1950 |
Marilyn Reynolds |
Syracuse |
|
|
Vocal "I'll Take Romance" |
|
|
|
Phyllis Battleson |
New York City |
|
|
Classical Vocal "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" |
Top 16 |
|
Competed as Miss New York City |
1949 |
Wanda Nalepa |
New York City |
|
|
Speech "Nursing" |
|
|
|
Loreen Osgood |
New York City |
|
|
Piano "The Blue Danube" |
Top 15 |
|
Competed as Miss New York City; Mary Collins originally won the title but could not compete at Miss America due to prior contractual obligations |
1948 |
M. Yvonne Fix |
Niagara Falls |
|
|
Classical Vocal "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly |
|
|
|
Connie Inge Ronde |
New York City |
|
|
Dramatic Reading "State of the Union" |
|
|
Competed as Miss New York City |
1947 |
Carol Fredericks |
Harrison |
|
|
Tap Dance |
|
|
|
Lynn Faune |
Brooklyn |
|
|
Vocal "I Come From Brooklyn" |
|
|
Competed as Miss Brooklyn |
Raven Malone |
New York City |
|
|
Vocal "Put the Blame on Mame" |
Top 15 |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
Competed as Miss New York City |
1946 |
Violet Meller |
White Plains |
|
|
Recitation "True to the End" |
|
Miss Congeniality |
|
Eileen Henry |
New York City |
|
|
Dramatic Monologue from Saint Joan |
Top 16 |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
Competed as Miss New York City |
1945 |
June Jenkins |
Elmont |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bess Myerson |
|
21 |
Miss New York City (organized by a local radio station)[6] |
Piano & Flute "Grieg's Piano Concerto In A Minor" & "Summertime" |
Winner |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Preliminary Talent Award |
Competed as Miss New York City, First Jewish American winner of the Miss America contest, Also the first Miss New York to become Miss America |
1944 |
Bobby MacAdam |
Brooklyn |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Betty Jo Dazey |
New York City |
|
|
Vocal Medley "Goodnight, Wherever You Are" & "Swinging on a Star" |
Top 12 |
|
Competed as Miss New York City |
1943 |
Marion Butler |
New York City |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Milena Miller |
New York City |
|
|
Vocal "I Can't Get Started Without You" |
3rd runner-up |
|
Competed as Miss New York City |
1942 |
Marion Moselle |
Utica |
|
|
|
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Preliminary Talent Award |
|
Catherine Victoria Zambon |
|
|
|
|
|
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Competed as Miss Central New York |
Annyse Sherman |
New York City |
|
|
Vocal "My Hero" from The Chocolate Soldier |
Top 10 |
|
Competed as Miss New York City |
1941 |
Charlotte Winstanley |
|
|
|
|
|
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Competed as Miss Lake Mahopac |
Grace DeWitt |
New York City |
|
|
|
Top 15 |
|
Competed as Miss New York City |
Lillian Helen O'Donnell |
Yonkers |
|
|
|
2nd runner-up |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
Competed as Miss Westchester County |
1940 |
Geraldine Anne Racine |
|
|
|
|
|
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Competed as Miss Eastern New York |
Constantine Gray |
Yonkers |
|
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|
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Competed as Miss Westchester County |
Gloria Elizabeth Sheehan |
Buffalo |
|
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|
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Competed as Miss Western New York |
1939 |
Grace M. Reilly |
|
|
|
|
|
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Competed as Miss Coney Island |
Clare E. Foley |
|
|
|
Vocal comedy & dance |
Top 15 |
|
Competed as Miss Eastern New York |
Lillian Evelyn Hesser |
Annadale |
|
|
|
|
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Competed as Miss Staten Island |
1938 |
Elissa Winston |
|
|
|
|
Top 15 |
|
Represented New York as Miss Empire State |
Barbara Beach |
Brooklyn |
|
|
|
Top 15 |
|
Competed as Miss Brooklyn |
Marion Rosamund |
|
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Competed as Miss Long Island |
Adeline Margaret Shull |
|
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Competed as Miss Long Island Sound |
1937 |
Dorothy Armstrong |
Whitesboro |
|
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|
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Represented New York as Miss Empire State |
Helen Fleiss |
The Bronx |
|
|
|
Top 16 |
|
Competed as Miss Bronx |
Grace Travis |
New York City |
|
|
Vocal |
Top 16 |
Preliminary Talent Award |
Competed as Miss New York City |
Irene Alice Vanderburgh |
Watervliet |
|
|
|
|
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Competed as Miss Troy |
Evelyn Raye |
New Rochelle |
|
|
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Top 16 |
|
Competed as Miss Westchester County |
1936 |
Susan Georgianna Green |
Bolwar |
|
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Competed as Miss Western New York |
1935 |
Vera Haal |
The Bronx |
|
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|
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Grace Tauss |
Brooklyn |
|
|
Piano |
|
|
Competed as Miss Brooklyn |
Laura Baker |
Poughkeepsie |
|
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Competed as Miss Poughkeepsie |
1933 |
Florence Meyers |
|
19 |
|
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1st runner-up |
|
Elsa Donath was to compete as Miss New York City but withdrew from the competition under allegations that Miss NYC was an improperly conducted contest. |
1927 |
No Miss New York |
Freida Louise Mierse, Miss New York City was a Semi-finalist. Also representing New York were: Kay Armstrong, Miss Buffalo; Laura Belle Cooper, Miss Jamestown; Eva M. Bergman, Miss Watertown; Betty Schwartz, Miss Western New York; and Emma Sackett, Miss Yonkers. Also competing were Miss Central New York and Miss Riverside whose names are not known. |
1926 |
No Miss New York |
Ruth K. Patterson, Miss Greater New York and Catherine Kennedy, Miss Yonkers were Finalists. There were also contestants representing Bay Ridge, Elmira and Oswego whose names are not known. |
1925 |
No Miss New York |
Edith Higgins, Miss Bronx; Beatrice Roberts, Miss New York City; and Fern Jackson, Miss Syracuse were Finalists. Also representing New York were: Ethel Grossback, Miss Bay Ridge; Grace Marie Carr, Miss Catskill Mountains; Florence V. Andrews, Miss Watertown; Emma Soltis, Miss Westchester; and Wilma Engle, Miss Yonkers. There was also a Miss Brooklyn who competed whose name is not known. |
1924 |
No Miss New York |
Beatrice Roberts, Miss Manhattan was a Finalist and Margie Booth, Miss Greater New York was a Semi-finalist. Also representing New York were: Helene Goebbel, Miss Bronx; Frances Robinson, Miss Catskill Mountains; Agnes I. Leonard, Miss Coney Island; Mary Griggs, Miss Newburgh; Mary Carlson, Miss Queens; Katherine Skuse, Miss Rochester; Alma Jeanne Williams, Miss Syracuse; Hilda Farrell, Miss Watertown; and Florence Kreisler, Miss Yonkers. Also competing were Miss Bay Ridge, Miss Brooklyn and Miss Richmond whose names are not known. |
1923 |
No Miss New York |
Ethelda Kenvin, Miss Brooklyn was 1st runner-up and Heather Eunice Walker, Miss Coney Island was 2nd runner-up. Also representing New York were: Peggy Ross, Miss Albany; Bonita Bement, Miss Binghamton; Edithea Wild, Miss Brighton Beach; Irene Knight, Miss Buffalo; Peggy Shevlin, Miss New York City; Neid Tell, Miss Niagara Falls; Leta Cowles, Miss Rochester; and Eileen Snyder, Miss Syracuse |
1922 |
No Miss New York |
Dorothy Knapp competed as Miss New York City and was the "Professional Beauty Winner". Also representing New York were: Helen Agnes Scarels, Miss Binghamton; Ruth Andres, Miss Brighton Beach; Bertha Rent, Miss Buffalo; Lilian Harnack, Miss Long Beach; Mildred Moon, Miss Rochester; Roberta Cooper, Miss Schenectady; Mary Hlavka, Miss South Beach; Rosamond Fahey, Miss Syracuse; and Jeannette Adronis, Miss Utica |
1921 |
No Miss New York |
Virginia Lee competed as Miss New York City and was the first "Professional Beauty Winner". |