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scholarship competition. In the fall of 2018, the Miss America Organization terminated the Miss New York organization's license as well as licenses from

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. In March 2019, the license was awarded to Sloane Lewis and Jamie Hickman, along with a board of directors consisting of 13 members. Taryn Delanie Smith of

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was crowned Miss New York 2022 on May 29, 2022 at the Paramount Theatre in

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. She competed for the title of

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in December 2022 where she placed 1st runner-up.

Gallery of titleholders

Miss New York has won the Miss America crown seven times (and is the first state to produce winners three years in a row): *

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Miss America, competed as Miss New York City) * Tawny Godin (1976) *

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Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss New York titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.

Placements

* Miss Americas:

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), Tawny Godin (

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( 2014), Kira Kazantsev (

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( 2019) * 1st runners-up: Virginia Lee (1921), Dorothy Knapp (1922) Ethelda Kenvin (1923), Florence Meyer (1933), Joan Kaible (1954), Marisol Montalvo (1992), Taryn Delanie Smith (2023) * 2nd runners-up: Heather Eulalie Walker (1923),

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(2012), Camille Sims (2017) * 3rd runners-up: Lillian O'Donnell (1941), Milena Mae Miller (1943), Leigh-Taylor Smith (2009), Sydney Park (2022) * 4th runners-up: Alice Beatrice Roberts (tie) (1924), Sonja Anderson (1977), Andrea Plummer (2002) * Top 10: Margie Booth (1924), Edith Higgins (1925), Fern Jackson (1925), Alice Beatrice Roberts (1925), Annyse Sherman (1942), Joan Kayne (1953), Bonnie Jo Marquis (1960), Patricia Burmeister (1969), Linda Trybus (1970), Katherine Karlsrud (1971), Kelli Krull (1980), Cheryl Flanagan (1981), Suzanne Alexander (1982), Mary-Ann Farrell (1985), Helen Goldsby (1996), Tiffany Walker (2003),

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(2005) * Top 12: Renee Vera Hall (1935), Betty Jo Dazey (1944), Claire Buffie (2011) * Top 15: Catherine Kennedy (1926), Ruth K. Patterson (1926), Dorothea B. Ditner (1927), Freida Louise Mierse (1927), Elissa Winston (1938), Barbara Beech (1938), Clare E. Foley (1939), Grace DeWitt (1941), Raven Malone (1947), Connie Inge Ronde (1948), Loreen Osgood (1949), Lauren Molella (2020) * Top 16: Helen Fleiss (1937), Grace Travis (1937), Evelyn Raye (1937), Violet Mellar (1946), Eileen Henry (1946), Phyllis Battleson (1951)

Awards

Preliminary awards

* Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness:

(1945), Bonnie Jo Marquis (1960),

(1984), Tiffany Walker (2003), Leigh-Taylor Smith (2009), Alyse Zwick (2010),

(2012) * Preliminary Talent: Grace Travis (1937), Marion Moselle (1942),

(1945) (tie), Joan Kayne (1953), Heather Taferner (1955) (tie), Sonja Anderson (1977), Kelli Krull (1980), Cheryl Flanagan (1981), Suzanne Alexander (1982),

(1984), Mary-Ann Farrell (1985), Marisol Montalvo (1992), Helen Goldsby (1996), Sydney Park (2022)

Non-finalist awards

* Non-finalist Talent: Barbara Gloede (1964), Marsha Metrinko (1964), Julie Just (1965), Kari Pedersen (1968), Eileen Clark (1983), Jill Privateer (1986), Mia Seminoff (1989), Lisa Marie Molella (1990), Ingrid Olsen (1993), Brandi Burkhardt (2000), Bethlene Pancoast (2007)

Other awards

* Miss Congeniality: Violet Mellar (1946), Susan Jane Talbert (1961) * Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Katherine Karlsrud (1971) *

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: Claire Buffie (2011) * Charles & Theresa Brown Scholarship: Kira Kazantsev (2015) * Evening Dress Award Runner-up: Eileen Snyder (1923) * Intercity Beauty Award Third Prize: Dorothy Hughes (1922) * Professional Beauty Award: Virginia Lee (1921),

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(1922) * Professional Beauty Award Second Prize: Pauline Virginia Dakla (1922) * Quality of Life Award Finalists:

(2012) * Roller Chair Parade Fifth Prize: Ethelda Kenvin (1923) * STEM Scholarship Award 2nd runners-up: Lauren Molella (2020)

Winners

Notes

References

External links

Miss New York official website

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