Meaghan Jarensky Barakett is an advocate of young women, a humanist, a yogi, and a model. Jarensky is a former Miss New York USA and represented the state in the 2005
Miss USA Pageant, the last time New York placed in the top 10 finalists. She is also a former Mrs. New York America and represented the state in the 2010
Mrs. America Pageant
Mrs. America Pageant is a beauty competition that was established to honor married women throughout the United States of America. Each of the contestants representing the 50 states and the District of Columbia ranges in age from their 20s to 50s ...
. Jarensky is the founder and President of One Girl Inc, a 501c3 non-profit dedicated to providing leadership training to young women to help them effectively serve their communities.
Pageants
Jarensky won the
Miss New York USA 2005 title. It was her first attempt at the title, and she was crowned by outgoing titleholder Jaclyn Nesheiwat Stapp. Her sister titleholder was Natascha Bessez,
Miss New York Teen USA
The Miss New York Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New York in the Miss Teen USA pageant. It is directed by D&D Productions. In 1983, New York became the 1st state ever that won the Miss T ...
2005.
Jarensky represented
New York in the
Miss USA 2005
Miss USA 2005 was the 54th Miss USA pageant, held in Baltimore, Maryland on April 11, 2005. It was won by Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina.
Fifty-one state titleholders competed for the title of Miss USA in the Hippodrome Theatre on April 11, ...
Pageant held in
Baltimore, Maryland
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in April, 2005. She placed in the top ten of the nationally televised pageant, which was the first placement by a delegate from New York since 2002. Jarensky's silver Grecian-inspired evening gown by fashion designer
Marc Bouwer was given a lot of attention during the pageant, because of its styling, which was highly unusual for a gown worn in a pageant. During the Top 10 swimsuit competition, Jarensky almost tripped on the sarong worn by
Miss California USA
Miss California USA is the beauty pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner. The pageant is directed by Crown Diva Productions.
California's most ...
Brittany Hogan who threw it on the ground while she competed in the swimsuit competition.
Prior to the pageant, Jarensky appeared on a special Miss USA episode of ''
Fear Factor'' with five other Miss USA 2005 delegates.
On July 10, 2010, Jarensky won the Mrs. New York America 2010 pageant under her then married name, Meaghan Castaldi. She competed in the
Mrs. America 2010 pageant, which was held in September 2010 in Tucson, Arizona. She won the Whimsical Costume award.
Education
Jarensky is a graduate of
Absegami High School, has earned a BA in international marketing from
Pace University
Pace University is a private university with its main campus in New York City and secondary campuses in Westchester County, New York. It was established in 1906 by the brothers Homer St. Clair Pace and Charles A. Pace as a business school. Pace ...
, holds a certificate from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, is certified by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners as a Holistic Health Counselor, holds multiple certifications in yoga and meditation, and recently completed a Masters in Non-Profit Leadership at
Fordham University.
Legislation
In December 2014 she was impersonated on
match.com
Match is an online dating service with web sites serving over 50 countries in twelve languages. Its headquarters are in Dallas, Texas. The company has offices in Dallas, West Hollywood, San Francisco, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, and Beijing. Match is ...
, and subpoenaed the website for the perpetrator's identity. She used this experience to draft a bill along with New York State Senator Kevin Parker, calling for passage of New York State Senate Bill S5871-A, the E-ImPersonation Prevention Act. This would create an anti-cyberbullying law which would criminalize online impersonation with the intent to harm.
References
External links
NY TimesCBSFOX 5 archived fro
the originalon February 2, 2017, at the
Wayback Machine
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ABC 7One Girl Inc.* http://www.inplainsite.nyc
Miss New York USA official website(Internet Archive Cache)
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdgtuEYg9qA
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Living people
Miss USA 2005 delegates
People from New York (state)
Pace University alumni
Mrs. America (contest) delegates
1978 births
Absegami High School alumni