Kaity Rodriguez

Biography

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 Ivy Harrington in 2025, placing as 1st runners-up. Five Miss New Jersey USA titleholders have held the Miss New Jersey Teen USA title and two have competed at Miss America. Katarina Lengyel of Middletown was crowned Miss New Jersey USA 2026 on July 26, 2026 at the Hilton Parsippany in Parsippany-Troy Hills. She will represent New Jersey at Miss USA 2026.

== Gallery of titleholders ==

== Results summary ==

=== Placements === 1st runners-up: Charlotte Ray (1991), Chhavi Verg (2017), Ivy Harrington (2025) 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), Sandra "Sandy" Chudy (1960), Diane Gierson (1961), Barbara Richartz (1964), Emily Shah (2014), Derby Chukwudi (2023) New Jersey holds a record of 21 placements at Miss USA.

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

== Winners == Color key

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