Lindsey Ann Petrosh (born January 14, 1989) is an American
beauty pageant
A beauty pageant is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include inner beauty, with criteria covering judging of personality, intelligence, ...
titleholder from
Egg Harbor City, New Jersey
Egg Harbor City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city's population was 4,396, an increase of 153 from the 2010 Census.[Miss New Jersey
The Miss New Jersey competition is an annual pageant held to select the representative for the state of New Jersey in the Miss America pageant.
Two Miss New Jersey winners have gone on to hold the title of Miss America: Bette Cooper who won in ...]
2012.
Early life and education
Petrosh was born in
Egg Harbor City
Egg Harbor City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city's population was 4,396, an increase of 153 from the 2010 Census.[New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...]
. She graduated in 2007 from Saint Joseph High School.
She received bachelor's and master's degrees from
Rowan University
Rowan University is a public research university in Glassboro, New Jersey, with a medical campus in Stratford and medical and academic campuses in Camden. It was founded in 1923 as Glassboro Normal School on a site donated by 107 residents.
...
.
Pageant career
Petrosh participated in her first pageant at age 16.
At age 17, she won the title of
Miss New Jersey's Outstanding Teen
The Miss New Jersey's Outstanding Teen competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of New Jersey in the Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant.
Maria Lynn Sooy of Ocean View was crowned Miss New Jersey's Outst ...
in 2006. She subsequently competed in the
Miss America's Outstanding Teen
Miss America's Outstanding Teen is an American scholarship pageant. It is the sister program to the Miss America Organization, and it aims to "promote scholastic achievement, creative accomplishment, healthy living and community involvement for ...
pageant in 2007.
Petrosh won the title of Miss New Jersey on June 16, 2012.
It was her second attempt at the crown;
she had also competed in 2010.
Her competition talent was a vocal performance of “
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
The "Battle Hymn of the Republic", also known as "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory" or "Glory, Glory Hallelujah" outside of the United States, is a popular American patriotic song written by the abolitionist writer Julia Ward Howe.
Howe wrote her l ...
.”
References
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1989 births
American beauty pageant winners
Living people
Miss America 2013 delegates
People from Egg Harbor City, New Jersey
Rowan University alumni
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