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The Miss New Jersey Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of

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in the

Miss Teen USA Miss Teen USA is a beauty pageant formerly run, since 1983, by the Miss Universe Organization for girls aged 14–19. Unlike its sister pageants Miss Universe, which currently broadcasts on Fox and Miss USA, this pageant is webcast on the Mis ...

pageant. New Jersey has had a moderated success at Miss Teen USA, with ten placements. In the first twenty years of the competition, New Jersey only recorded three placements; from 2003 they placed in four of five years. New Jersey's first top five placement came in 2003 when Jacklyn Pezzotta placed fourth runner-up, and this was bettered in 2007 when Alyssa Campanella placed 1st runner up. Three New Jersey teens (2001, 2006, and 2008) have held the

Miss New Jersey USA 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 ...

title and competed at

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Alyssa Campanella Alyssa Marie Campanella (born March 21, 1990) is an American model, blogger, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 2011. Having previously been crowned Miss California USA 2011, Campanella was the sixth woman representing Calif ...

, Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2007, competed twice for Miss New Jersey USA, but relocated to California and won

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and won the title of

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, the first former Miss New Jersey Teen USA titleholder to win

, regardless of the representing state. Isabella Galan of Wayne was crowned Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2022 on April 3, 2022 at Hilton Parsippany Hotel in Parsipanny. She will represent New Jersey for the title of Miss Teen USA 2022.

Results summary

Placements

*1st runners-up:

(2007) *4th runners-up: Jacklyn Pezzotta (2003), Valentina Sanchez (2014) *Top 10: Rosalie Cuzo (1986), Michelle Knipfelberg (1988), Rachael Carrollo (2004), Julianna White (2006) *Top 12: Kelli Paarz (1994) *Top 15/16: Savannah Schechter (2011), Christina Thompson (2013), JaeLynn Polanco (2020) New Jersey holds a record of 11 placements at Miss Teen USA.

Awards

* Miss Photogenic: Jacklyn Pezzotta (2003), Briahna Reinstein (2017), Ava Tortorici (2019) *Miss Congeniality: Savannah Schechter (2011)

Winners

;Color key ¹ Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant

References

External links

Official website
{{Miss Teen USA state

New Jersey culture Women in New Jersey