Ashley Harder (born July 29, 1986) is a former beauty queen from New Jersey. Ashley had held the title of Miss New Jersey USA and was to compete for the

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title in 2007 before she resigned due to her pregnancy. She works for

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, a CW TV affiliate in Philadelphia as one of the 3 hosts of the show "The CW Crew" according to the WPSG website. Harder won the

Miss New Jersey USA The Miss New Jersey USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state, 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 ...

2007 title in the state pageant held in Parsippany, New Jersey on 15 October 2006. This was the first pageant she has competed in, and she beat two former

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titleholders and one former

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titleholder to win the crown. Harder was to have competed in the nationally televised

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pageant, broadcast live from the

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on March 23, 2007. Harder grew up in the Marlton section of

Evesham Township, New Jersey Evesham Township is a township in Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a suburb of Philadelphia. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the township's population was 46,826, an increase of 1,288 from the 2010 census count of 45,538, ...

and is a graduate of

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in Cherry Hill who spent much of her high school years modelling and acting, including shoots for Versace, Pepsi and various bridal magazines. She currently works for CW Philly 57, where she was hired in December 2005 to do on-air work and appearances with Justin Dugan and Sean Scott, who make up the station crew. She has also briefly worked as a door girl for New York club "The Green Room". Harder was crowned by outgoing titleholder and friend Jessica Boyington of Sicklerville. Her "sister" 2007 titleholder was

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. Harder resigned her crown in January 2007 when she became pregnant (

contest rules prohibit participants from being pregnant or ever having given birth). Her title was assumed by the first runner-up, Erin Abrahamson. Ashley gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Ava Marie on the morning of Sunday, July 29, 2007, which is also the day of Ashley's 21st birthday

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External links

Miss New Jersey USA official websiteMiss USA official website
1986 births Living people Camden Catholic High School alumni Miss USA 2007 delegates People from Evesham Township, New Jersey {{US-pageant-bio-stub