Miss New Jersey USA

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The Miss New Jersey USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Jersey in the Miss USA pageant.

New Jersey has had only moderate success at Miss USA, and has never produced a winner. New Jersey's best streak was from 1989-1991 when 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, but they have only had one other placement since then. Then in 2008, Tiffany Andrade came along and finished as 2nd runner up, one of three Miss New Jersey USAs to place third at Miss USA.

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

1 Results summary
- 1.1 Placements
- 1.2 Awards
2 Winners
3 External links

[edit] Results summary

[edit] Placements

First runners-up: Charlotte Ray (1991)
Second runners-up: Deborah Lee Husti (1989), Karin Hartz (1990), Tiffany Andrade (2008)
Top 6: Amy Fissel (1993)
Top 10: Ruth Hampton (1952), Jennifer Makris (1997)
Top 12: Cathy Russell (1975), Juanita McCarty (1977)
Top 13: Barbara Richartz (1964)
Top 15: Dolores Winfield (1956), Sandy Chudy (1960), Diane Gierson (1961)
Top 18: Evelyn Orowitz (1954)

[edit] Awards

Miss Congeniality: Lisa Summeroury-Perry (1986), Charlotte Ray (1991)

[edit] Winners

Year	Name	Hometown	Age¹	Placement at Miss USA	Special awards at Miss USA	Notes
2008	Tiffany Andrade	Linden	22	2nd runner-up
2007	Erin Abrahamson	Essex Fells	23			Previously Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2001
2007	Ashley Harder	Marlton	20			Resigned due to pregnancy
2006	Jessica Boyington	Sicklerville	20
2005	Sylvia Pogorzelski	East Hanover	20
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	Candice Alana Royal
1998	Kelli Parz					Previously Miss New Jersey Teen USA 1994, top 12 in Miss Teen USA 1994
1997	Jennifer Makris	Cranbury	23	Semi-finalist		Previously Miss New Jersey 1994, 2nd runner up at Miss America 1995
1996	Christina Augustyn		24
1995	Christy Joy Pittner
1994	Rosa Velez
1993	Amy Fissel			Top 6		Previously Miss New Jersey 1991
1992	Kathy Kasprak	Ocean City
1991	Charlotte Ray			1st runner-up	Miss Congeniality	Later Miss World USA 1991 and Semi-finalist at Miss World 1991
1990	Karin Harti	Vorhees		2nd runner-up
1989	Deborah Lee Husti	Rockaway		2nd runner-up		Semifinalist at Miss International 1989 as Miss USA
1988	Colleen Carlone	Parsippany
1987	Stacey Fox	East Brunswick
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 Qualter	Englewood
1983	Ann Brucato	Bloomfield
1982	Janice Straue	Cherry Hill
1981	Christy Garthwaite	Tuckerton
1980	Joni Peifer
1979	Robin Senatore
1978	Sheryl Ann Hoehn
1977	Juanita McCarty			Semi-finalist		1st runner at Miss World USA 1976 as Miss Pennsylvania, 1st runner up at Mrs America 1988
1976	Ginger Hagaman
1975	Cathy Russell			Semi-finalist
1974	Patricia Sims
1973	Patricia Everett
1972	Lela Desantes
1971	Brenda White
1970	Ellen Cream
1969	Nancy Fumell
1968	Linda Papa
1967	Jean Galata
1966	Jo Ann French
1965	Kay Franzeh
1964	Barbara Richartz			Semi-finalist
1963	Ruth Eire
1962	Sue Thompson
1961	Diane Gierson			Semi-finalist
1960	Sandy Chudy			Semi-finalist
1959	Geraldine Binder
1958	Fay Hasenaver
1957	Jeanne Lewis
1956	Dolores Winfield			Semi-finalist
1955	Beverly Rogers
1954	Evelyn Orowitz			Semi-finalist
1953	Susan Harris
1952	Ruth Hampton			Semi-finalist