Miss New Jersey
Winners
Declared as winner Ended as a runner-up Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist

Miss New Jersey

Section Title: Winners
Table Section Text: Declared as winner Ended as a runner-up Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist

Year	Name	Hometown	Age	Local Title	Miss America Talent	Placement at Miss America	Special scholarships at Miss America	Notes

2018	Jaime Gialloreto	Woolwich Township	18	Miss South Shore	Contemporary Jazz Dance, "Natural Woman"	Quality of Life Award Finalist

2017	Kaitlyn Schoeffel	Egg Harbor Township	24	Miss Eastern Shore	Dance, “SHUT UP + DANCE”	2nd runner-up	Previously Miss New Jersey's Outstanding Teen 2007

2016	Brenna Weick	Mantua	22	Miss Seashore Line	Vocal	Previously Miss New Jersey's Outstanding Teen 2009 1st runner-up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2010 pageant Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2013 pageant

2015	Lindsey Giannini	Hammonton	21	Miss Central Coast	Jazz Dance, "Celebrate" by Pitbull	Quality of Life Award Winner

2014	Cierra Kaler-Jones	Galloway	21	Miss Coastal Shore	Dance, "Listen" by Beyoncé

2013	Cara McCollum	Princeton	21	Miss Island Resort	Piano, "White Water Chopsticks"	Died on February 22, 2016, after being in a single-vehicle accident a week prior

2012	Lindsey Petrosh	Egg Harbor City	23	Miss Atlantic County	Vocal, "Battle Hymn of the Republic"	Previously Miss New Jersey's Outstanding Teen 2006

2011	Katharyn Nicolle	Wenonah	20	Miss Coastal Shore	Ballet en Pointe, "Theme from Superman"	Previously Miss New Jersey's Outstanding Teen 2008

2010	Ashleigh Udalovas	Millville	22	Miss All State	Tap Dance, "Star Dancer"	Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up	Contestant at National Sweetheart 2007 & 2008 pageants

2009	Ashley Shaffer	Perrineville	23	Miss Columbus Day	Classical Vocal, "Nessun Dorma"

2008	Ashley Fairfield	Egg Harbor Township	22	Miss Columbus Day	Jazz Dance, "Man of La Mancha"

2007	Amy Polumbo	Howell	23	Miss Seashore Line	Vocal, "Astonishing" from Little Women	Non-finalist Talent Award

2006	Georgine DiMaria	Lodi	22	Miss All State	Violin, "Csárdás" by Vittorio Monti	Contestant at National Sweetheart 2004 pageant

2005	Julie Robenhymer	Moorestown	24	Miss Burlington County	Dance, "Hit Me With a Hot Note" from Sophisticated Ladies

2004	Erica Scanlon	Pitman	22	Miss Brigantine Resort	Vocal, "Glitter & Be Gay" from Candide	Non-finalist Talent Award

2003	Jennifer Farrell	Margate	19	Miss Atlantic County	Ballet en Pointe, "Via Dolorosa"	Top 15

2002	Alicia Luciano	Stanhope	19	Miss Tri County	Lyrical Dance, "The Prayer"	Preliminary Evening Wear Award Overall Elegance and Lifestyle Award	Former Radio City Rockette

2001	Julie Barber	Vineland	24	Miss Union County	Ballet en Pointe, "Do You Wanna Dance?"

2000	Jill Horner	Gloucester Township	21	Miss Monmouth County Area	Vocal, "You're Gonna Hear From Me" from Inside Daisy Clover	Top 10	Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up

1999	Victoria Paige	Sparta	20	Miss Watchung Valley	Classical Vocal, "Non so più cosa son" from The Marriage of Figaro	Top 10

1998	Stephanie Ferrari	Glen Rock	24	Miss Bergen County	Vocal, "My Heart Will Go On"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1997	Kathy Nejat	Voorhees	21	Miss Central Coast	Classical Ballet en Pointe, "The Dying Swan"	Non-finalist Talent Award Preliminary Swimsuit Award

1996	Melanie Bell	Vernon	20	Miss Northern Lights	Dance, "They Can't Take That Away From Me"

1995	Dena Querubin	Waterford	23	Miss Spring Lake Heights	Classical Piano	Non-finalist Talent Award Quality of Life Award	Now known as Dena Blizzard, comedienne and often host of Miss America preliminary competition

1994	Jennifer Makris	Cherry Hill	21	Miss Essex County	Jazz Vocal, "The Man that Got Away"	2nd runner-up	Later Miss New Jersey USA 1997 Top 10 at Miss USA 1997 pageant

1993	Michele Sexton	Spring Lake Heights	24	Miss Central Coast	Classical Vocal, "Vissi d'arte"	Top 10

1992	Heather Hertling	Randolph	24	Miss Morris County	Classical Vocal, "Ernani Involami"	Non-finalist Talent Award Preliminary Talent Award	Judge for the Miss America 1997 pageant

1991	Amy Fissel	Ocean City	24	Miss Shore Resort	Comedic Monologue, "Mountaineer's Motorcycle"	Later Miss New Jersey USA 1993 Top 6 at Miss USA 1993 pageant

1990	Lynette Falls	Ridgewood	25	Miss Camden County	Classical Piano, "4th Movement of Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 22" by Alberto Ginastera	Mother of Miss Louisiana 2017, Laryssa Bonacquisti

1989	Laura Murray	Livingston	25	Miss Shore Resort	Popular Vocal, "With One More Look At You" from A Star Is Born	Non-finalist Talent Award

1988	Patricia Bowman	Ocean City	19	Miss Cape May County	Vocal, "Wind Beneath My Wings"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1987	Robin Lange	Medford	22	Miss Burlington County	Dramatic Monologue

1986	Karyn Zosche	Pine Brook	25	Miss Passaic County	Piano Solo, "Rhapsody in Blue"

1985	Toni Georgiana	Cherry Hill	21	Miss Hightstown/East Windsor	Acrobatic Dance, "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue"

1984	Patricia La Terra	West New York	24	Miss Bergen County	Dramatic Monologue	Non-finalist Talent Award

1983	Suzette Charles	Mays Landing	20	Miss Columbus Day	Popular Vocal, "Kiss Me In the Rain"	1st runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award	Named Miss America when Vanessa L. Williams relinquished title

1982	Christina Shone	Pequannock	22	Miss Dover-Morris	Classical Vocal, "Non Piu Mesta" from La Cenerentola

1981	Debra Naley	Rockaway	26	Miss Greater Dover-West Morris	Violin Medley, "Csárdás" & "Orange Blossom Special"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1980	Therese Hanley	Jersey City	17	Miss Bergen County	Popular Vocal, "Starting Here, Starting Now"	2nd runner-up (tie)

1979	Mary McGinnis	Somers Point	22	Miss Collegiate	Clarinet Solo, "Hora"

1978	Laurie Berchtold	Ocean City	21	Miss Glassboro State College	Musical comedy, "Money, Money" from Cabaret

1977	Mary D'Arcy	Yardville	21	Miss Glassboro State College	Semi-classical Vocal, "Summertime"	3rd runner-up	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe Broadway performer Judge at the Miss America 1991 pageant

1976	Lori Johnson	Medford	19	Miss Burlington County	Acrobatic Dance, "Love Is the Answer"

1975	Nancy Craig	Trenton	25	Miss Trenton State College	Classical Ballet en Pointe, "Swan Lake"

1974	Elizabeth Bracken	Mahwah	21	Miss Bergen County	Dramatic monologue, "Elizabeth Umpstead" by Carl Sandburg

1973	Suzanne Plummer	Wildwood	21	Miss Cape May County	Piano, "Stardust"	2nd runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award	Previously Miss District of Columbia USA 1971 Top 12 at Miss USA 1971 pageant Former leader of Nevada State Republican Party and 2010 Senate Candidate

1972	Linda Gialanella	Maplewood	22	Miss Fanwood-Scotch Plains	Sketching presentation, "Teaching the World to Draw"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1971	Lynn Hackerman	Mount Laurel	18	Miss Greater Moorestown & Miss Burlington County	Pantomime Dance	Formerly served on the Miss America Board of Directors with Sam Haskell

1970	Hela Yungst	Hillside	20	Miss Fanwood-Scotch Plains	Dramatic Vocal, "Aldonza" from Man of La Mancha	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe

1969	Cheryl Carter	Matawan	19	Miss Monmouth County	Piano, "Theme from An Affair to Remember"	2nd runner-up (tie)

1968	Jeannette Phillipuk	Laurel Springs	20	Miss Glassboro State College	Vocal Medley, "The Sweetest Sounds" & "Nobody Told Me" from No Strings

1967	Linda Ann Wilmer	Laurel Springs	18	Miss Glassboro State College	Classical Vocal, "Quando me'n vo'"	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe

1966	Christine Ebright	Rahway	19	Miss Newark State College	Operatic Vocal, "Un bel di vedremo"

1965	Kathleen Holmes	Toms River	19	Miss Toms River	Vocal / Tap Dance, "Steppin' Out with My Baby"

1964	Susan Krasnomowitz	Fair Lawn	19	Miss Paterson	Jazz Dance

1963	Janet Bryan Adams	Hopatcong	Miss Pequannock	Dramatic Monologue

1962	Georgia Malick	Cherry Hill	18	Miss Cherry Hill	Piano, "Deep Purple"	Non-finalist Talent Award

1961	Marilyn Haufler	Watchung	18	Miss Fanwood-Scotch Plains	Comedy Monologue

1960	Ann Barber	Westfield	18	Miss Fanwood-Scotch Plains

1959	Beverly Ann Domareki	Mountainside	20	Original Dramatic Interpretation of a Beatnik

1958	Marilyn Beryl Rockafellow	New Monmouth	Vocal	Non-finalist Talent Award

1957	Janet Ressler	Union	Vocal

1956	Beverly Cass	Fair Lawn	Piano

1955	Patricia Campbell	Camden	Dance

1954	Joan Waller	West Orange	Vocal / Dance, "Singin' in the Rain"

1953	Patricia Condon	Maplewood	Vocal	Miss Congeniality

1952	Mary Parker	Gibbsboro	Drama

1951	Bernice Massi	Camden

1950	June Stephens	Ship Bottom	Comic Sketch, "The Older Set"	Top 16

1949	Betty Jane Crowley	Green Bank	Poetry Recitation & Vocal, "Might Like a Rose"	Top 15	Miss Congeniality (tie)

1948	Barbara Anderson	Bloomfield

1947	Delores Mendes	Newark	Vocal & Guitar medley, "I Close My Eyes" & "Siboney"	Top 15

1946	Helen Sprinitis	Kearny

1945	Matilda Agin	New Brunswick

1944	Janice Hansen	Union City

1943	Kathleen Harris	Newark	Vocal, "Gianni Mio"	Top 10

1942	Madeline Layton	Maywood	Vocal, "Saturday Night"	3rd runner-up

1941	Marjorie Eleanor Jennings	Dover

1940	Mildred Marie Selko	Kearny

1939	Margo Lundgren	Maplewood	Vocal, "Don't Worry About Me"	Top 15

1938	Ruth E. Brady	Asbury Park	Miss Asbury Park	Vocal & Tap Dance	3rd runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award	Multiple New Jersey representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Ruth Joan Sada	Burlington	Miss Burlington

Gloria Martha Riley	Paterson	Miss New Jersey

Dorothy Kathryn Powers	Riverside	Miss Riverside

1937	Bette Cooper	Hackettstown	17	Miss Bertrand Island	Vocal, "When the Poppies Bloom Again"	Winner	Evening Gown Award	Multiple New Jersey representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Helen Frances Murphy	Riverside	Miss Riverside

Margaret Julia Jardon	Burlington	Miss South Jersey

1936	Thelma Bieber	Camden	Miss Camden	Multiple New Jersey representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Evelyn Pierce	Riverside	Miss South Jersey

1935	Mildred Hughes	Miss Bloomfield	Multiple New Jersey representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Geraldine Hester	Bridgeton	Miss Bridgeton

Mary Dillinger	Burlington	Miss Burlington	Vocal, "Every Little Moment"	Top 12

Lena Melamed	Camden	Miss Camden

Dorothy Wainwright	Hillside	Miss Hillside

Ann Golden	Miss Lake Hopatcong

Esther Moore	Mount Holly	Miss Mount Holly

Ann Harvey	Newark	Miss Newark

Norine Hughes	Glen Ridge	Miss New Jersey

Elizabeth Koehler	Penns Grove	Miss Penns Grove	Vocal Medley, "Without a Song" & "Roll Out of Bed with a Smile"	Top 12

Othelia March	Riverside	Miss Riverside

Ann Halko	West Orange	Miss West Orange

Thelma Fouks	Woodbury	Miss Woodbury

1934	No national pageant was held

1933	Gertrude Christman	15	Top 18

1928-1932	No national pageants were held

1927	Helen Mankus	Miss Elizabeth	Multiple New Jersey representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Eunice Geiser	Miss Jersey City

Carolyn Pierson	Miss Newark	Top 15

Harriet Rita Shelby	Miss Passaic

Sue Hoch	Miss Union City

1926	Mary Mavretic	Miss Brigantine Beach	Multiple New Jersey representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Name not known	Miss Canarsie

Lucy Taylor	Miss Elizabeth

Anita Limbacker	Miss Hoboken

Mildred Morlock	Miss Newark	Top 15

Evelynne Jeanne Crowell	Miss Orange	Top 15

Elizabeth Welch	Miss Union City

Kathleen Coyle	Miss Wildwood Gables

1925	Frances M. Glowaski	Miss Jersey City	Top 15	Multiple New Jersey representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Helen Corcoran	Miss Newark	Top 15

1924	Edith Wright	Miss Bradley Beach	Multiple New Jersey representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Emily Borbach	Miss Cape May	Top 10

Helen Mankus	Miss Elizabeth

Alice Kind	Miss Hammonton

Emerita Monsch	Miss Hoboken	Top 10

Bonnie Blair	Miss Jersey City

Name not known	Miss Kearny

Miss Long Beach

Myrtle Marshall	Miss Margate City

Edith Becker	Miss Newark	Top 15

Gertrude McDonnell	Miss Pleasantville

Ethel Sipps	Miss Somers Point

1923	Sarah Delp	Miss Bridgeton	Multiple New Jersey representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Mildred McCann	Miss Cape May

Florence Nurock	Miss Greater Camden

Alena Hicks	Miss Long Branch

Grace E. Taylor	Miss Ocean City

Alberta Smith	Miss Pleasantville

Elsie Banholzer	Miss Somersault Point

Alma Dominica Cecone	Miss Trenton

Mary Elizabeth Edwards	Miss Vineland	Top 23

Eleanor Adis	Miss Wildwood

1922	Sarah Alice Bell	Miss Bridgeton	Multiple New Jersey representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Eleanor Lindley	Miss Greater Camden

Marion Steelman	Miss Ocean City

Endia Fisk	Miss Trenton	N/A

Mary Elizabeth Edwards	Miss Vineland

1921	Kathryn Gearon	Miss Camden	1st runner-up	Multiple New Jersey representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant

Margaret Bates	Miss Newark	2nd runner-up

Hazel Harris	Miss Ocean City	3rd runner-up

Sentence(s)

Jaime Gialloreto of Woolwich Township was crowned Miss New Jersey 2018.

final_sentence: Jaime Gialloreto of Woolwich Township was crowned Miss New Jersey 2018.