# Miss New York World

The Miss New York World competition is a beauty pageant that selects the representative for New York State in the Miss World America pageant.
The current Miss New York World is Ashley Wells of Long Island, NY. Wells was selected to become Miss New York World on July 17, 2023. The previous Miss New York World, Alissa Anderegg, was crowned Miss World America 2020 on October 16, 2020.

## Winners
### Color key

* Declared as Winner/Ended as Miss World America
* Ended as runner-up
* Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
* Ended as special awards winner
* Ended as Miss USA
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Placement at Miss World America | Special awards at Miss World America | Notes |
| 2023 | Ashley Wells | Westbury, Long Island | 26 | Top 20 | Top 10 Beauty with a Purpose Winner, Top 5 Talent | Previously Miss Black Washington USA 2023 |
| 2022 | No Representative | No Representative | No Representative | No Representative | No Representative | No Representative |
| 2021 | No Representative | No Representative | No Representative | No Representative | No Representative | No Representative |
| 2020 | Alissa Anderegg | New York City | 26 | Miss World America 2020 | Beauty with a Purpose Winner, Top 10 Talent, Top 10 Beautiful Me | |
| 2019 | Kiana Gonzalez | New York City | 24 | Top 10 | | |
| 2018 | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete | Did not compete |
| 2017 | Abena Appiah | New York City | 24 | Top 16 | | Previously Top Model Ghana 2013 and Miss Universe Ghana 2014. Later Miss Earth Ghana 2019 and Top 20 semi-finalist at Miss Earth 2019. Later Miss Grand USA 2020 and Miss Grand International 2020. |
| 2017 | Marjana Chowdhury | New York City | 23 | Top 16 | | Previously Miss Bangladesh USA 2016 Later Miss Asia-Pacific Bangladesh 2017 and Top 20 semi-finalist at Miss Asia Pacific International 2018. Later Miss Alaska World 2019 and top 25 semi-finalist at Miss World America 2019. |
| 2017 | Leila Kraja | New York City | 24 | | | |
| 2017 | Michaela Rose Kenny | Geneva | 23 | | | Previously Miss New York World 2016 and was supposed to compete at Miss World America 2016 but withdrew before the finals. |
| 2017 | Razana Angel | New York City | 26 | | | |
| 2016 | Michaela Rose Kenny | Geneva | 22 | Did not compete | Did not compete | Withdrew before the finals. |
| 2015 | Katherine Cooksey | New York City | 25 | Top 22 | | |
| Miss New York United States 2014 |||||||
| 2014 | Julia La Roche | | | | | |
| Miss New York World |||||||
| 2013 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. |
| 2012 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. |
| 2011 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. |
| 2010 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. |
| 2009 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. |
| 2008 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. |
| 2007 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. |
| 2006 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013. |
| 2005 | No known representatives from New York between 2003 and 2005. | No known representatives from New York between 2003 and 2005. | No known representatives from New York between 2003 and 2005. | No known representatives from New York between 2003 and 2005. | No known representatives from New York between 2003 and 2005. | No known representatives from New York between 2003 and 2005. |
| 2004 | No known representatives from New York between 2003 and 2005. | No known representatives from New York between 2003 and 2005. | No known representatives from New York between 2003 and 2005. | No known representatives from New York between 2003 and 2005. | No known representatives from New York between 2003 and 2005. | No known representatives from New York between 2003 and 2005. |
| 2003 | No known representatives from New York between 2003 and 2005. | No known representatives from New York between 2003 and 2005. | No known representatives from New York between 2003 and 2005. | No known representatives from New York between 2003 and 2005. | No known representatives from New York between 2003 and 2005. | No known representatives from New York between 2003 and 2005. |
| 2002 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. |
| 2001 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. |
| 2000 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. |
| 1999 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. |
| 1998 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. |
| 1997 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. |
| 1996 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. |
| 1995 | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. | No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002. |
| 1994 | Fionna Kennedy | | | | | |
| 1993 | Renne Robertson | | | | | |
| 1992 | Heather Quarles | | | Top 10 | | |
| Miss New York USA 1981-1991 |||||||
| 1991 | Maureen Murray | New York City | 24 | Top 11 | | Previously Miss New Hampshire Teen USA 1983 |
| 1990 | Patricia Murphy | Pearl River | | | | |
| 1989 | Jennifer Fisher | Rochester | | | | |
| 1988 | Linnea Mancini | Carmel | 24 | | | Went on to become the Pageant Director for The CW reality show Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants |
| 1987 | Constance McCullough | New York City | | | | |
| 1986 | Beth Laufer | West Islip | | | | |
| 1985 | Lovey King | Yonkers | | | | |
| 1984 | Caroline Flury | West Seneca | | | | Miss Oktoberfest 1983 as Miss Buffalo |
| 1983 | Jennifer Mikelinich | Huntington | | Top 12 | | |
| 1982 | Annemarie Henderson | Monroe | | | | |
| 1981 | Deborah Fountain | Bronx | | | | Previously Miss North Carolina World 1979 and Top 8 finalist in Miss World America 1979. Was not allowed to compete at Miss USA after she was caught padding her swimsuit during the preliminary competition. |
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| 1980 | Patty Blanchfield | | | | | |
| 1979 | Shelly Broadwell | | | | | |
| 1978 | Kathleen Peartree | | | Top 8 | | |
| 1977 | Kathleen Downey | | | | | |
| 1976 | Anneliese Ettrich | | | | | |
| 1975 | Hildegard Holig | | | | | |
| 1974 | Debra Ann Purritano | | | | | |
| 1973 | Vanessa J. Santo | | | | | |
| 1972 | Michelle Renee Franqui | | | | Miss Congeniality | |
| 1971 | Susan Elizabeth Dishaw | | | Top 7 | | |
| 1970 | Peggy Molitor | | | | | |
| 1969 | Gloria E. Graham | | | | | |
| 1968 | Eve Ramirez | | | | | |
| 1967 | Patricia Louise McKeegan | | | | | Competed as New York State. |
| 1967 | Madeline Young | New York City | | Top 15 | | Competed as New York City, New York. |
| 1967 | Nancy Jo Brossman | | | | | Competed as Long Island, New York. |
| 1966 | Sherry Lyn Armbruster | | | | | Competed as New York State. |
| 1966 | Carol Collins | New York City | | | | Competed as New York City, New York. |
| 1966 | Linda Cumbo | Brooklyn | | | | Competed as Brooklyn, New York. |
| 1965 | Dorothy Langhans | Wantagh | | 4th Runner-up | | Competed as New York State. Previously Miss New York USA 1964 and Top 15 semi-finalist at Miss USA 1964 |
| 1965 | Maureen Nichols | New York City | | | | Competed as New York City, New York. |
| 1965 | Priscilla Mullin | | | | | Competed as Long Island, New York. |
| 1964 | Jeanne Marie Quinn | East Meadow | 20 | Miss USA World 1964 | | Competed as New York State. Top 16 semi-finalist at Miss World 1964. Previously Miss New York USA 1963 and top 15 semi-finalist at Miss USA 1963. Previously Miss New York American Beauty 1964 (Miss New York U.S. International 1964) and 1st Runner-up at Miss American Beauty 1964 (Miss U.S. International 1964) |
| 1964 | Ruth Stein | New York City | | Top 7 | | Competed as New York City, New York. |
| 1963 | Elyse K. Mars | | | | | Competed as New York State. |
| 1963 | Michele Bettina Metrinko | New York City Washington, D.C. | 18 | Miss USA World 1963 | | Competed as New York City, New York. Top 14 semi-finalist Miss World 1963. Previously Miss District of Columbia USA 1963 and 1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1963. Her sister Marsha Metrinko also competed at Miss USA 1963 as Miss Maryland and in Miss America 1963 as Miss New York City. Candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2010 U.S. House of Rep. election in Delaware for Delaware's at-large congressional district under her married name Michele Rollins. |
| 1962 | Pat Franklin | | | 2nd Runner-up | | Competed as New York State. |
| 1962 | Mimi Miller | New York City | | | | Competed as New York City, New York. |
| 1961 | Janet Boring | Williston Park | 18 | 1st Runner-up | | Competed as New York State. |
| 1961 | Marilyn Chase | New York City | | | | Competed as New York City, New York. |
| 1960 | Arlene Nesbitt | | | | | Competed as New York State. |
| 1960 | Annette Driggers | New York City Freeport | 15 | Miss United States World 1960 (dethroned) | | Competed as New York City, New York. Driggers was later dethroned, 15 days into her reign, after being disqualified from the Miss World Competition for being underage after being caught lying about her age when it was found out that she was actually 15 years old instead of 20 like she had said earlier. She also had been married a year prior to her reign but it didn't last long. |
| 1959 | No known representatives from New York in 1959. | No known representatives from New York in 1959. | No known representatives from New York in 1959. | No known representatives from New York in 1959. | No known representatives from New York in 1959. | No known representatives from New York in 1959. |
| 1958 | Nancy Anne Corcoran | New York City | 23 | Miss United States World 1958 | | Unplaced at Miss World 1958. |
| Miss New York USA 1953-1957 |||||||
| 1957 | Sanita Pelkey | New York City | | Top 15 | | |
| 1956 | Kay Douglas | New York City | | | | |
| 1955 | Janet Kadlecik | New York City | | Top 15 | | |
| 1955 | Patricia O'Kane | New York City | | Top 15 | | She represented New York City and finished in the Top 15. |
| 1954 | Karin Hultman | New York City Brighton | | Miss World USA 1954 | | Later Miss World USA 1954 after original winner was dethroned 1st Runner-up at Miss World 1954 |
| 1954 | Renee Roy | New York City | | 2nd Runner-up | | She represented New York City and finished as 3rd Runner-up, but later 2nd Runner-up after the original 2nd moved one place up taking the place of the 1st Runner-up |
| 1953 | Reta Knapp | New York City | | Top 20 | | |
| Miss New York World |||||||
| 1952 | Tally Richards | New York City | 24 | Miss World United States 1952 | | 4th Runner-up at Miss World 1952. |
| 1951 | No known representatives from New York in 1951. | No known representatives from New York in 1951. | No known representatives from New York in 1951. | No known representatives from New York in 1951. | No known representatives from New York in 1951. | No known representatives from New York in 1951. |

### Notes to table

* ↑ Age at the time of the Miss World America pageant