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).
Kaitlyn Schoeffel of Egg Harbor Township was crowned Miss New Jersey 2017 on June 17, 2017 at Ocean City Music Pier in Ocean City, New Jersey. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2018 on September 10, 2017 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Maps, Directions, and Place Reviews
Results summary
Placements
- Miss America: Bette Cooper (1937), Suzette Charles (1984)*
- 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)
- 4th runners-up: N/A
- 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)
*Took over the title of Miss America for last 7 weeks of Vanessa Williams' reign
Awards
Preliminary awards
- Preliminary Swimsuit: Ruth Brady (1938), Suzette Charles (1984), Heather Hertling (1993)
- Preliminary Talent: Suzanne Plummer (1974), Kathy Nejat (1998)
- Preliminary Evening Wear: Alicia Luciano (2003)
Non-finalist awards
- 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)
Other awards
- Miss Congeniality: Betty Jane Crowley (1949) (tie), Patricia Condon (1954)
- Overall Elegance and Lifestyle Award: Alicia Luciano (2003)
- Quality of Life Award Winners: Dena Querubin (1996), Lindsey Gianinni (2016)
- Quality of Life Award 2nd runners-up: Jill Horner (2001), Ashleigh Udalovas (2011)
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Miss New Jersey's Outstanding Teen
Placements
- 1st runners-up: Brenna Weick (2010)
- Top 8: Alyssa Sullivan (2013)
- Top 10: Natalie Ragazzo (2012)
- Top 15: Katie Berry (2006), Andie Babusik (2011)
Awards
- Preliminary Presence and Poise: Brenna Weick (2010)
Winners
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.
In the Drake & Josh episode "Vicious Tiberius", the boys find out their teacher, Mrs. Hayfer, was the winner of Miss New Jersey 1976 while house sitting for her.
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