Jabili Kandula of Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States was crowned Miss New Jersey USA 2024 at the Hilton Parsippany in Parsippany-Troy Hills, Morris County, New Jersey on June 23, 2024. She competed against 124 other candidates.
On August 4, 2024, Kandula represented New Jersey at Miss USA 2024 and competed against 50 other candidates at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was unplaced.
Seven moths later, Kandula went back to the Hilton Parsippany and crowned Ivy Harrington as the next Miss New Jersey USA. New Jersey will be represented at Miss USA 2025 by the latter, who is a native of Red Bank, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Harrington competed at Miss New Jersey USA 2024. She was third runner-up to Kandula.
Currently, New Jersey has 20 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 2023 when Derby Chukwudi finished in the Top 20.
Miss New Jersey USA 2025
| beauty pageant: Miss New Jersey USA national membership: Miss USA |
| edition: 74th date: April 6, 2025 venue: Hilton Parsippany, Parsippany-Troy Hills, Morris County, New Jersey, United States candidates: 108 |
| host: Andreia Gibau |
JUDGES
- Catarina Girardi
- Daniel Gagnon
- Jose Ariel Diaz
- Robert Hogan
- Sabrina Victor
- Sierra Wright
FINALISTS
| PLACEMENT | NAME |
| Top 18 | Cameron Leary Cheska Angeles Diantha Williams Elizabeth Sevigny Hargun Sachar Jacqueline Pagano Kalliope Zervas Kianna Harris Natalie Schumann Natalya Atakhanian Rashmi Naik Savannah Gajda Vivian Touch |
| Top 5 | Alyssa Jordan Jones Alyssa Miles Ivy Harrington Jenna Abdelqader Katarina Lengyel |
WINNERS
| PLACEMENT | 2025 | 2024 |
| 4th runner-up | Alyssa Miles Marlton | Jenna Abdelqader Elmwood Park |
| 3rd runner-up | Alyssa Jones Absecon | Ivy Harrington Neptune |
| 2nd runner-up | Jenna Abdelqader Elmwood Park | Rashmi Naik Princeton |
| 1st runner-up | Katarina Lengyel Middletown | Lili Meloul Closter |
| Miss New Jersey USA | Ivy Harrington Neptune | Jabili Kandula Hoboken |
CONAN Daily 
Katarina Lengyel finished as first runner-up again. She was 1ru back in 2023. She will be a winner eventually.
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