Gallery of titleholders
Janaye Ingram, Miss New Jersey USA 2004
Kaity Rodriguez, Miss New Jersey USA 2009
Chenoa Greene, Miss New Jersey USA 2010
Julianna White, Miss New Jersey USA 2011
Derby Chukwudi, Miss New Jersey USA 2023
| Formation | 1952 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Newark |
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Membership | Miss USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | Deborah Miller Cindy Provost |
| Website | Official website |
The Miss New Jersey USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Jersey in the Miss USA pageant. It is produced by D&D Productions.
New Jersey has yet to win the Miss USA title, although from 1989 to 1991 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, and in 2008, Tiffany Andrade finished as 2nd runner up, one of three Miss New Jersey USAs to place third at Miss USA. In the year 2017, 1st runner-up placement was achieved by Miss New Jersey USA 2017, Chhavi Verg. The most recent placement was Derby Chukwudi in 2023, placing Top 20.
Five Miss New Jersey USA titleholders have held the Miss New Jersey Teen USA title and two have competed at Miss America.
Jabili Kandula of Hoboken was crowned Miss New Jersey USA 2024 on June 23, 2024 at the Hilton Parsippany in Parsippany-Troy Hills. She will represent New Jersey for the title of Miss USA 2024.
New Jersey holds a record of 20 placements at Miss USA.
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age [lower-alpha 1] | Local title | Placement at Miss USA | Special awards at Miss USA | Notes |
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| 2024 | Jabili Kandula | Hoboken | 24 | Miss Hoboken | |||
| 2023 | Derby Chukwudi | Hoboken | 25 | Top 20 | |||
| 2022 | Alexandra Lakhman | Hoboken | 26 | ||||
| 2021 | Celinda Ortega | Fair Lawn | 26 | ||||
| 2020 | Gina Mellish | Oceanport | 20 | Top 10 |
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| 2019 | Manya Saaraswat | Morganville | 21 | Born in India
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| 2018 | Alexa Noone | Bayonne | 23 | Top 10 | |||
| 2017 | Chhavi Verg | Edison | 19 | 1st runner-up | Born in India | ||
| 2016 | Jessielyn Palumbo | Wayne | 23 | ||||
| 2015 | Vanessa Oriolo | Colts Neck | 21 | ||||
| 2014 | Emily Shah | Edison | 18 | Top 20 |
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| 2013 | Libell Duran[ citation needed ] | Keasbey | 22 | Born in Dominican Republic
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| 2012 | Michelle Leonardo | Tinton Falls | 20 | Top 10 |
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| 2011 | Julianna White | Haddon Township | 21 |
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| 2010 | Chenoa Greene | Atco | 24 | ||||
| 2009 | Kaity Rodriguez | Clifton | 24 | ||||
| 2008 | Tiffany Andrade | Linden | 22 | 2nd runner-up | |||
| 2007 | Erin Abrahamson | Essex Fells | 23 |
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| Ashley Harder | Marlton | 20 | did not compete | Resigned in January 2007 due to pregnancy and failing to follow pageant rules | |||
| 2006 | Jessica Boyington | Sicklerville | 20 | Is now NBC 10 Philadelphia's morning traffic reporter. | |||
| 2005 | Sylvia Pogorzelski | East Hanover | 20 | YouTube personality Grace Helbig placed 7th in this competition | |||
| 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 | Melissa McLaughlin | Cinnaminson | |||||
| 1998 | Kelli Paarz | Linwood |
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| 1997 | Jennifer Makris | Cranbury | 23 | Top 10 |
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| 1996 | Christina Augustyn | Woodbridge | 24 | ||||
| 1995 | Christy Joy Pittner | Ventnor | |||||
| 1994 | Rosa Velez | Newark | |||||
| 1993 | Amy Fissel | Ocean City | 25 | Top 6 |
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| 1992 | Kathy Kasprak | Edison | |||||
| 1991 | Charlotte Ray | Camden | 24 | 1st runner-up | Miss Congeniality |
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| 1990 | Karin Hartz | Voorhees | 24 | 2nd runner-up | |||
| 1989 | Deborah Lee Husti | Rockaway | 21 | 2nd runner-up |
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| 1988 | Colleen Carlone | Parsippany | |||||
| 1987 | Stacey Fox | East Brunswick | 19 | ||||
| 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 Everett Qualter | Englewood | |||||
| 1983 | Ann Marie Brucato | Bloomfield | |||||
| 1982 | Janice Lynn Straub | Cherry Hill | |||||
| 1981 | Christy Garthwaite | Tuckerton | |||||
| 1980 | Joni Peifer | Franklinville | |||||
| 1979 | Robin Senatore | Jackson | |||||
| 1978 | Sheryl Ann Hoehn | Clark | |||||
| 1977 | Juanita McCarty | Pemberton | 18 | Semi-finalist |
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| 1976 | Ginger Hagaman | Weekstown | |||||
| 1975 | Cathy Russell | Cranford | 19 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1974 | Patricia Sims | Jackson | |||||
| 1973 | Patricia Everett | Runnemede | |||||
| 1972 | Leila DeSantis | Point Pleasant | |||||
| 1971 | Brenda Joyce White | Delair | |||||
| 1970 | Ellen Cream | Pennsauken | |||||
| 1969 | Nancy Fromel | Washington | |||||
| 1968 | Linda Papa | Secaucus | |||||
| 1967 | Jean Galata | Union City | |||||
| 1966 | Jo Ann Franchi | Camden | |||||
| 1965 | Kay Franzen | Bridgeton | |||||
| 1964 | Barbara Joan Richartz | Stratford | 19 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1963 | Judy Kay Ayars | Salem | |||||
| 1962 | Joyce Claire Thomson | Bellmar | |||||
| 1961 | Diane Gierson | Red Bank | 19 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1960 | Sandy Chudy | Bound Brook | 20 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1959 | Geraldine Binder | Irvington | |||||
| 1958 | Faye Hasenauer | Menlo Park Terrace | |||||
| 1957 | Jeanne Lewis | Kearny | |||||
| 1956 | Dolores Winfield | Cranford | 21 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1955 | Beverly Rogers | Maywood | |||||
| 1954 | Evelyn Orowitz | Collingswood | 20 | Semi-finalist | Sister of Actor Michael Landon | ||
| 1953 | Susan Ruth Harris | Haddonfield | |||||
| 1952 | Ruth Jane Hampton | Merchantville | 20 | Top 10 | |||
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