Miss New Jersey USA 2020 Gina Mellish, 21, of Oceanport, New Jersey, United States will crown her successor at the Hilton Parsippany Hotel in Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey on August 1, 2021. It will be the 70th edition of the state-level beauty pageant that selects New Jersey’s candidate for Miss USA, which selects the Miss Universe candidate of the U.S.

Currently, New Jersey has 19 Miss USA placements. In 2020, Mellish finished in the Top 20.

New Jersey has yet to win a Miss USA crown. Representing the state, Charlotte Ray and Chhavi Verg were Miss USA first runner-up in 1991 and 2017, respectively.

A total of 126 women will compete for the Miss New Jersey USA 2021 crown on August 1, 2021. Here are the candidates:

1. Jenna Abdelqader
2. Fredjina Adolphe
3. Zena Aldabagh
4. Jacqueline Algarra
5. Rosa Alvarez
6. Zobia Alvi
7. Tonianne Artificio
8. Sellasy Badasu
9. Amulya Balakrishnan
10. Teni Bello
11. Sarah Bhargava
12. Jessiva Breitfeller
13. Danielle Bjorlo
14. Taylor Rae Boylan
15. Alexis Bravo
16. Lucy Brice
17. Moniquia Brown
18. Lauryn Buencamino
19. Renieal Campbell
20. Denisha Canady
21. Naomie Charles
22. Derby Chukwudi
23. Claudia Connolly
24. Sarah Conroy
25. Christina Conti
26. Alison Corriere
27. Alexis Costello
28. Staysha Cruz
29. Adriana Dalleman
30. Mayelin de la Cruz
31. Anna-Maria de Oliveira
32. Elizabeth Dimmerman
33. Summer Dorando
34. Gabrielle Dwyer
35. Ancy Edappara
36. Jennifer Elliott
37. Tiajah Elliott
38. Rachel Eng
39. Jessica Ervey
40. Patricia Espiritu
41. Alana Fattori
42. Mirella Fefer
43. Samantha Fisher
44. Aljahtiya Fox
45. Corie Funk
46. Gianna Furfari
47. Romina Gafur
48. Fenny Gandhi
49. Reina Globis
50. Jhamirah Gordon
51. Rishann Grant
52. Jillian Haggerty
53. Donyelle Hayes
54. Jessie Holmes
55. Julianna Hood
56. Shege Hoti
57. Kristen Hunt
58. Cynthia Iloebunam
59. Saniya Jackson
60. Sheryl Jose
61. Hope Kiehl
62. Cassidy Kokra
63. Jabili Kandula
64. Alyssa Kessel
65. Francine Kootcher
66. Kristen Kowalski
67. Kristina Krivicic
68. Alexandra Lakhman
69. Ellen Jean Lee
70. Taylor Lee
71. Angela Leto
72. Lauren Liedel
73. Britney Lopez Collado
74. Sabrina Lopresti
75. Nicole Lucatorto
76. Kimanii Mahan
77. Amirah Majied
78. Silver Marbiah
79. Sophia Malmgren
80. Kailyn McBride
81. Nicole Meza
82. Samantha Minion
83. Jessica Missel
84. Rashmi Naik
85. Alexandra Nazimek
86. Alexandra Nelson
87. Anglesea Newman
88. Jasmine Newton
89. Kristina Occhipinti
90. Christina Oh
91. Alyson Okie
92. Celinda Ortega
93. Vritti Patel
94. Niani Patterson
95. Alexyss Panfile
96. Shreeya Patel
97. Maryjane Perez Fitzgerald
98. Chenoah Porter-Blount
99. Brianne Remy
100. Jocelyn Reuben
101. Bryahna Rivera
102. Maniya Ross
103. Ashley Rouse
104. Ruth Sazoff
105. Sofia Schiavo
106. Tiffany Scott
107. Priya Shah
108. Rameshwaree Sharma
109. Jelia Singleton
110. Alexis Shearer
111. Raquel Simon
112. Natalie Slawuta
113. Melissa Smith
114. Nisha St. Louis
115. Bria Stembridge
116. Erica Sunstein
117. Tonilynn Taranto
118. Pamela Taylor
119. Bethany Toole
120. Laura Torres
121. Lindsay Trotter
122. Diamond White
123. Victoria Wilson
124. Jennifer Woods
125. Phoebe Yankowski
126. Cierra Young

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