{{Short description|Beauty pageant competition}} {{for|the state pageant affiliated with Miss America|Miss New York}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{Infobox organization |name = Miss New York USA |image = |image_border = |image_size = |caption = |map = |map_size = |map_caption = |formation = 1952 |type = Beauty pageant |headquarters = Clermont |location = Florida |membership = Miss USA |language = English |leader_title = |leader_name = |key_people = Deborah Miller<br>Cindy Provost |num_staff = |budget = |website = [http://www.missnewyorkusa.com/ Official website] }} The '''Miss New York USA''' competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the State of New York in the Miss USA pageant. It is directed by D&D Productions.
The current titleholder is Christiana DiNardo of Rochester who was crowned on August 17, 2025, at the Hilton Albany in Albany. She will represent New York at Miss USA 2025.
==Background== New York is one of the most successful states at Miss USA, and is ranked third in terms of number and value of placement across all the years of competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pageant-almanac.com/miss-usa/ranking/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826193257/http://www.pageant-almanac.com/miss-usa/ranking/|title=Pageant Almanac Miss USA Ranking|publisher=Pageant Almanac|archive-date=August 26, 2009|url-status=usurped|access-date=July 20, 2019}}</ref> New York's strongest run was an unbroken string of placements from 1957 to 1966. The state also had a streak of three consecutive first runner-up placements from 1972 to 1974. In 1954, Karin Hultman was second runner-up to Miriam Stevenson of South Carolina. She later moved up to be first runner-up, as Ellen Whitehead from Virginia was dethroned due to underage (she was sixteen). Stevenson would eventually become Miss Universe 1954, but there was no rule in 1954 that if the Miss USA titleholder won Miss Universe, the first runner-up would become Miss USA. Hultman went on to represent United States at Miss World 1954, in which she also came first runner-up.
New York has the third (equal) highest number of Miss USA victories. They also have the third highest number of semi-finalist (or better) placings (thirty-three).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pageant-almanac.com/miss-usa/who-has-the-most.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215040651/http://www.pageant-almanac.com/miss-usa/who-has-the-most.php|title=Pageant Almanac Miss USA Who Has the Most?|publisher=Pageant Almanac|archive-date=December 15, 2009|url-status=usurped|access-date=July 20, 2019}}</ref>
Seven Miss New York USAs have competed at Miss Teen USA, including one who went on to win the Miss USA crown: Kimberly Pressler and the other inherited the Miss USA title: Shanna Moakler. Of these, only five held the title Miss New York Teen USA; one represented Rhode Island (Moakler) and one New Hampshire (Maureen Murray). Only one Miss New York USA has competed at Miss America.
==Gallery of titleholders== <gallery mode="packed" heights="180px" style="text-align:left"> File:Jackie Loughery American Airlines press photo (cropped).jpg|Jackie Loughery, Miss New York USA 1952, and Miss USA 1952 File:Tyger Friel, Miss USA 1979.jpg|Mary Therese Friel, Miss New York USA 1979, and Miss USA 1979 File:Jennifer Gareis.jpg|Jennifer Gareis, Miss New York USA 1994 File:Shanna Moakler 2010.jpg|Shanna Moakler, Miss New York USA 1995. She later assumed the Miss USA 1995 title after Chelsi Smith won Miss Universe 1995 File:Jaclyn Nesheiwat with sister.jpg|Miss New York USA 2004 Jaclyn Nesheiwat (left) visited U.S. troops in Iraq in March 2004. While in Baghdad, she met her sister, Army Capt. Julie Nesheiwat (right) File:Thatiana Diaz.jpg|Thatiana Diaz, Miss New York USA 2015 </gallery>
==Results summary== ===Placements in Miss USA=== *'''Miss USAs:''' Jackie Loughery (1952), Mary Therese Friel (1979), Kimberly Pressler (1999) *'''1st runner-up:''' Karin Hultman (1954), Mary Rodites (1960), Alberta Phillips (1972), Susan Carlson (1973), Barbara Cooper (1974), Shanna Moakler (1995){{efn|name=Moakler|Shanna Moakler was 1st runner-up at Miss USA, but succeeded the Miss USA title when Chelsi Smith became Miss Universe.}} *'''2nd runner-up:''' Renee Roy (1954) *'''3rd runner-up:''' Alexa Currey (1961) *'''4th runner-up:''' Arlene Nesbitt (1959) *'''Top 6:''' Jennifer Gareis (1994) *'''Top 10'''/'''11'''/'''12:''' Janet Kadlecik (1955), Patricia O'Kane (1955), Virginia Fox (1958), Jeanne "Jeannie" Quinn (1963), Debra "Debbie" Maurice (1980), Jennifer Mikelinich (1983), Maureen Murray (1991), Wendy Mock (1993), Carrie Tucker (2000), Karla Cavalli (2002), Meaghan Jarensky (2005), Hannah Lopa (2017), Andreia Gibau (2020) *'''Top 15'''/'''16'''/'''20:''' Reta Knapp (1953), Sanita Pelkey (1957), Sherralyn Patecell (1962), Dorothy Langhans (1964), Gloria Jon (1965), Nancy Self (1966), June West (1968), Rosemary Hradek (1969), Christina Tefft (1970), Amber Collins (2011), Thatiana Diaz (2015), Marizza Delgado (2024)
'''New York''' holds a record of 38 placements at Miss USA.
====Awards==== *'''Miss Photogenic:''' Barbara Cooper (1974) *'''Best State Costume:''' Nancy Self (1966)
==Winners== ;Color key {{plainlist| * {{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} Declared as Winner * {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=darkgray}} Ended as runner-up or finalist * {{Color box|#FFFACD|border=darkgray}} Ended as one of the semifinalists }}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;" |- ! width=5% | Year ! width=20%| Name ! width=10%| Hometown ! width=3%|Age{{efn|Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant}} ! width=12%| Local title ! width=14%| Placement at Miss USA ! width=17%| Special awards at Miss USA ! width=31%| Notes |- | 2025 | Christiana DiNardo | Rochester | 27 | Miss Rochester | | | |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 2024 | Marizza Delgado | New York City | 24 | Miss Brooklyn Bridge | Top 20 | | * Previously Miss Earth New York 2022 (Top 20 at Miss Earth USA 2022) |- | 2023 | Rachelle Di Stasio | New York City | 26 | Miss Empire State | | | |- | 2022 | Heather Nunez | New York City | 26 | Miss Sugar Hill | | | |- | 2021 | Briana Siaca | Brentwood | 27 | Miss Brentwood | | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 2020 | Andreia Gibau | Manhattan | 24 | Miss Soho | Top 10 | | *Born in Cape Verde *Previously Miss Teen Earth United States 2016 *Previously Miss Earth United States 2017 **Top 16 at Miss Earth 2017 *Longest-reigning Miss New York USA at {{age in years, months and days|2020|1|19|2021|8|20}} |- | 2019 | Florinda Kajtazi{{cn|date=November 2022}} | Yonkers | 27 | | | | |- | 2018 | Génesis Camila Suero Suero Matos | Brooklyn | 25 | | | | *Born in the Dominican Republic *Later competed at Miss Dominican Republic 2019 representing Barahona, finished in top 15 |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 2017 | Hannah Lopa | Spencerport | 24 | | Top 10 | | Currently a MotoAmerica sports reporter at beIN Sports |- | 2016 | Serena Bucaj | Suffern | 22 | | | | |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 2015 | Thatiana Diaz | Queens | 22 | | Top 15 | | *Competed at Miss Dominican Republic 2014, placing in the top 10 *Previously Miss New York Teen USA 2010 **Top 15 at Miss Teen USA 2010 |- | 2014 | Candace Marie Kuykendall | Rochester | 24 | | | | *Competed in the pageant as Candace Kendall *Previously Miss New York Teen USA 2006 |- | 2013 | Joanne Nosuchinsky | Hell's Kitchen | 24 | Miss Hell's Kitchen | | | Currently works as an actor based in New York; permanent panelist on Fox News Channel's ''Red Eye'' and panelist on ''The Greg Gutfeld Show''. |- | 2012 | Johanna Sambucini | Brooklyn | 24 | Miss City of Dreams | | | *Born in Dominican Republic *Previously Miss Comunidad Dominicana En EEUU World 2011 |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 2011 | Amber Marie Collins | Manhattan | 26 | | Top 16 | | |- | 2010 | Davina Marie Reeves | New York City | 26 | | | | |- | 2009 | Tracey Chang | New York City | 25 | | | | Born in China |- | 2008 | Danielle Roundtree | New York City | 18 | | | | Also a contestant on season 8 of ''American Idol'', cut in the Hollywood rounds |- | 2007 | Gloria Sophia Almonte | Bronx | 23 | | | | *Previously Miss New York Teen USA 2001 **1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA 2001 *Semifinalist at Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2009 |- | 2006 | Adriana Sabrina Diaz | Bronx | 21 | | | | *Previously Miss New York Teen USA 2003 *Currently works in CBS News |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 2005 | Meaghan Jarensky | Bronx | 26 | | Top 10 (8th) | | *Later Mrs. New York America 2010 under her married name, Meaghan Castaldi.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tftj.com/db/delegates.htm/33/Mrs/2010 |title=2010 Mrs America |access-date=July 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120004329/http://www.tftj.com/db/delegates.htm/33/Mrs/2010 |archive-date=January 20, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *Was contestant on ''Fear Factor'' in 2005 on the Miss USA episode #5.29 (3rd place) |- | 2004 | Jaclyn Nesheiwat | New York City | 23 | | | | * Later Mrs. Florida America 2008 and first runner-up to Mrs. America 2008 under her married name, Jaclyn Stapp<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tftj.com/db/delegates.htm/33/Mrs/2008 |title=2008 Mrs America |access-date=July 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214015108/http://www.tftj.com/db/delegates.htm/33/Mrs/2008 |archive-date=December 14, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | 2003 | Nadia Behette | Bay Ridge | 25 | | | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 2002 | Karla Cavalli | Mineola | 25 | | Top 12 (12th) | | |- | 2001 | Lisa E. Pavlakis | Islip | 22 | | | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 2000 | Carrie Tucker | Nesconset | 25 | | Top 10 (8th) | | |- | rowspan=2|'''1999''' | Melissa Huggins | | | | colspan="2" align="center"|''did not compete'' | Successor to crown |- |-style="background-color:GOLD;" |'''Kimberly Ann Pressler''' |Franklinville | 21 | |'''Miss USA 1999''' | | *Previously Miss New York Teen USA 1994 *Non-finalist at Miss Universe 1999 |- | 1998 | Susan Wisdom | Smithtown | 24 | | | | |- | 1997 | Ramona Rueter | Rochester | 26 | | | | |- | 1996 | Keelin Curnuck | Levittown | 23 | | | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 1995 | Shanna Lynn Moakler | New York City | 19 | | 1st runner-up | | Became Miss USA 1995 after Chelsi Smith won Miss Universe 1995 *Previously Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1992 **Semi-finalist at Miss Teen USA 1992 *Miss Teen All American 1993 as Miss Rhode Island *''Playboy'' Playmate and actress *Current director of Nevada and Utah pageants |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 1994 | Jennifer Lynne Gareis<ref>{{cite news |date=30 January 1994 |title=LOCAL & STATE: And turn and kick |pages=3A |work=Victoria Advocate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/victoria-advocate-1994-miss-usa-clipping/126204401/ |access-date=13 March 2026 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | New York City | 23 | | Top 6 Finalist (6th) | | *Second runner-up at Miss Pennsylvania USA 1992<ref>{{cite news |date=11 March 1991 |title=FIRST: Lansdale woman places fifth for Miss Pennsylvania U.S.A. |pages=B4 |work=The Morning Call |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-1991-pennsylvania-resul/119887334/ |access-date=13 March 2026 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> *Later a soap opera actress, best known for her roles on ''The Young and the Restless'' (Grace Turner) and ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (Donna Logan) |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1993 | Wendy Marie Mock | Levittown | 21 | | Semi-finalist (12th) | | |- | 1992 | Christine Elizabeth Beachak | Peekskill | | | | | Represented New York in Miss Oktoberfest 1993, did not place |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1991 | Maureen Ann Murray | New York City | 24 | | Semi-finalist (7th) | | * 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 |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1983 | Jennifer Anne Mikelinich | Huntington | | Miss Huntington Station | Semi-finalist (12th) | | |- | 1982 | Annemarie Henderson | Monroe | | | | | |- | 1981 | Deborah Ann Fountain | Bronx | 25 | | | | *Previously Miss North Carolina World 1979 **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<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04E2D61438F937A15756C0A967948260|title=Headliners; Truth in Packaging|date=1981-05-24|access-date=2007-01-06|work=New York Times}}</ref> |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1980 | Debra "Debbie" Sue Maurice | New York City | 21 | Miss Gotham | Top 12<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goggin |first1=Terry |date=16 May 1980 |title=South Carolina coed is new Miss USA |pages=9 |work=Hattiesburg American |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hattiesburg-american-the-new-miss-usa-s/128638833/ |access-date=9 October 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | | * Previously Miss Massachusetts World 1978 ** 1st runner-up in Miss World America 1978 |- |-style="background-color:GOLD;" | '''1979''' | '''Mary Therese Friel''' | Rochester | | | '''Miss USA 1979''' | | * Semifinalist at Miss Universe 1979 |- | 1978 | Darlene Javits | Plainview | | | | Best State Costume – 2nd Place<ref>{{cite news |date=26 April 1978 |title=People: WINNERS TAKE A BOW |pages=4a |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-1978-miss-usa-c/127591634/ |access-date=13 March 2026 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | |- | 1977 | Debbie Martin | New York City | | | | | |- | 1976 | Carol Doerr | New York City | | | | | |- | 1975 | Sonja Beverly Anderson | New York City | | | | | * Later Miss New York 1976 |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 1974 | Barbara Gail Cooper | Brooklyn | | | 1st runner-up | Miss Photogenic | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 1973 | Susan Elizabeth Carlson | Schenectady | 18 | | 1st runner-up | | *Later Miss Tennessee World and represented Tennessee in Miss World USA 1975 *Later Miss International USA 1976 **3rd runner up at Miss International 1976 |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 1972 | Alberta Phillips | Westbury | | | 1st runner-up | | |- | 1971 | Barbara Lopez | Yorktown Heights | | | | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1970 | Christina Tefft | New York City | | | Semi-finalist (11th) | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1969 | Rosemary Hradek | West Hempstead | | | Semi-finalist (10th) | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1968 | June West | New York City | | | Semi-finalist (9th) | | |- | 1967 | Wendy Cox | Bronxville | | | | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1966 | Nancy Self | New York City | | | Semi-Finalist (8th) | Best State Costume. | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1965 | Gloria Jon | New York City | | | Semi-finalist (8th) | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1964 | Dorothy Langhans | Wantagh | | | Semi-finalist (9th) | | * Later Miss New York World ** 4th runner up at Miss USA World 1965 |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1963 | Jeanne Marie "Jeannie" Quinn<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 July 1963 |title=MISS U.S.A. AND 14 RUNNERS-UP |pages=20 |work=Iowa City Press-Citizen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/iowa-city-press-citizen-1963-miss-usa-cl/121399153/ |access-date=8 October 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | East Meadow | 19 | | Top 15 | | *Later Miss USA World 1964 **Semifinalist at Miss World 1964 *1st runner up at Miss American Beauty 1964 *Title for USA representative at Miss International pageant |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1962 | Sherralyn Patecell | Flushing | | | Semi-finalist | | |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 1961 | Alexandra Stuard "Alexa" Currey | New York City | | | 3rd runner-up | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 1960 | Mary Rodites<ref>{{cite news |date=2 July 1960 |title=AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL |pages=4 |work=Philadelphia Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/philadelphia-daily-news-miss-usa-1960-pr/117072617/ |access-date=9 October 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | Port Jefferson | 19 | | 1st runner-up | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | 1959 | Arlene Nesbitt | New York City | | | 4th runner-up | | 2nd runner-up in the 1960 Miss Sun Fun USA Pageant |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1958 | Virginia Fox | New York City | | | Semi-finalist (9th) | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1957 | Sanita Pelkey | New York City | | | Semi-finalist (12th) | | |- | 1956 | Kay Douglas | New York City | | | | | |- |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | rowspan=2|1955 | Janet Kadlecik | New York City | | | Semi-finalist (8th) | | |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | Patricia Ann O'Kane | New York City | | | Top 15 | | * She represented {{flag|New York City}} and finished in the Top 15. |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | rowspan=2|1954 | Karin Hultman | New York City | | | 1st runner-up | | *Later 1st runner-up after original 1st runner-up was dethroned *Later Miss World United States 1954 **1st runner up at Miss World 1954 |-style="background-color:#FFFF66;" | Renee Roy | New York City | | | 2nd runner-up | | * She represented {{flag|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 |-style="background-color:#FFFACD;" | 1953 | Reta Knapp | New York City | | | Semi-finalist (16th) | | |- |-style="background-color:GOLD;" | '''1952''' | '''Jacqueleen "Jackie" Virginia Loughery''' | Brooklyn | | | '''Miss USA 1952''' | | * Semifinalist at Miss Universe 1952 |} {{notelist}}
==Notes== {{notelist}} Pageant Hosts 2020: Augusto Valverde (television host from Global Child) & Hanna Lopa
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.missnewyorkusa.com/ Official site of Miss New York USA] *Miss New York USA 2004 Jaclyn Nesheiwat on Wikimedia Commons {{State pageantry|State=New York}} {{New York (state) pageant winners}} {{Miss USA state}}
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