Julianna White

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 Gina Mellish in 2020, placing Top 10.

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

Celinda Ortega of Fair Lawn was crowned Miss New Jersey USA 2021 on August 1, 2021 at Hilton Parsippany Hotel in Parsipanny. She will represent New Jersey for the title of Miss USA 2021.

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  Kaity Rodriguez, Miss New Jersey USA 2009

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  Chenoa Greene, Miss New Jersey USA 2010

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  Julianna White, Miss New Jersey USA 2011

Placements

• 1st runners-up: Charlotte Ray (1991), Chhavi Verg (2017)
• 2nd runners-up: Deborah Lee Husti (1989), Karin Hartz (1990), Tiffany Andrade (2008)
• Top 6: Amy Fissel (1993)
• Top 10/12: Ruth Jane Hampton (1952), Cathy Russell (1975), Juanita McCarty (1977), Jennifer Makris (1997), Michelle Leonardo (2012), Alexa Noone (2018), Gina Mellish (2020)
• Top 15/20: Evelyn Orowitz (1954), Dolores Winfield (1956), Sandy Chudy (1960), Diane Gierson (1961), Barbara Richartz (1964), Emily Shah (2014)

New Jersey holds a record of 19 placements at Miss USA.

Awards

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

Color key

Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant