Miss New Jersey USA 2021 Celinda Ortega, 27, of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, United States will crown her successor at Hilton Parsippany Hotel in Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey on April 3, 2022. It is the 71st 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.

New Jersey currently has 19 Miss USA placements including the first runner-up finishes of Charlotte Ray in 1991 and Chhavi Verg in 2017. The most recent one was in 2020 when Gina Mellish finished in the Top 10.

Ortega was crowned Miss New Jersey USA 2021 at Hilton Parsippany Hotel on August 1, 2021. Alexandra Lakhman was first runner-up while Mayelin de la Cruz, Jessica Ervey and Kailyn McBride were the respective second, third and fourth runners-up.

There are 62 women competing for the Miss New Jersey USA 2022 crown. Here is the list of candidates:

1. Jenna Abdelqader
2. Katherine Abreu
3. Tiffany Acosta
4. Sanjana Akula
5. Dina Ayman
6. A’neria Bailey
7. Ashley Bailey
8. Chloe Bavaro
9. Catherine Bialkowski
10. Danielle Bjorlo
11. Mallory Bliss
12. Kaitlyn Bocelle
13. Qiarah Bella Booker
14. Nathalie Borque
15. Detrah Bowman
16. Jess Breitfeller
17. Ayesha Butt
18. Sadelle Carey
19. Daisy Castillo
20. Naomie Charles
21. Daniella Colon
22. Christina Conti
23. Zakeerah Cooper
24. Alyssa Costner
25. Camille Cueto
26. Dulce Cueva
27. Jean Cunningham
28. Anna-Maria de Oliveira
29. Victoria Den Bleyker
30. Riddhi Dhanik
31. Michela Digesu
32. Dominique Diggs
33. Jaimee Diogo
34. Tessa Dolce
35. Sonali Doshi
36. Victoria Draper
37. Ava Duhrkopp
38. Lauren Ashley Dunham
39. Guilia Dunn
40. Tiajah Elliott
41. Desiree Ellison
42. Claudia Michelle Engelhardt
43. Mirella Fefer
44. Meg Foley
45. Julia Friedhoff
46. Katlyn Galkowski-Coira
47. Corie Funk
48. Megan Geller
49. Bianca Genay
50. Ashley Gerszewski
51. Jade Glab
52. Selene Guner
53. Birdget Guziewicz
54. Olivia Hajdu-Nemeth
55. Ivy Harrington
56. London Harris
57. Julia Haubert
58. Stephanie Hijar
59. Shege Hoti
60. Lindsay Hulle
61. Kristen Hunt
62. Christal Hussain