13 things about Miss New York USA 2025 Marizza Delgado

Marizza Delgado represented New York, United States in the 73rd edition of Miss USA. It was won by Alma Cooper of Michigan, USA.

BIOGRAPHY

Delgado is a Filipino-American data scientist, model and beauty queen born in San Jose, California, USA. Her father is from Cavite, Philippines and her mother is from Pampanga, Philippines.

From California, Delgado moved to New York to pursue a career in fashion and data science. She is an alumna of Mission College in Santa Clara, California and the University of California, Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, California.

On October 20, 2024, Delgado turned 26. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. From 2016 to 2018, she attended Mission College where she earned an associate’s degree in computer science.
2. In 2017, she was a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) coordination intern at YWCA USA in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
3. She won Miss Pacific Coast Teen USA 2017.
4. From 2019 to 2021, she attended the University of California, Santa Cruz where she earned a bachelor’s degree in technology and information management.
5. She was an intern at Queenly in San Francisco, California in 2020 and at GLAMNETIC in Los Angeles, California in 2021.
6. From 2021 to 2023, she was a ONE Management model in New York City, New York and a data scientist at Etsy in Brooklyn, New York City.
7. She was a Miss Earth USA 2022 semifinalist.
8. She was Miss New York USA 2022 third runner-up.
9. From 2023 to 2025, she was a student of the Georgia Institute of Technology.
10. She was Miss New York USA 2023 third runner-up.
11. In 2024, she became an employee of Rent The Runway in Brooklyn.
12. She won Miss New York USA 2024.
13. She was a Miss USA 2024 semifinalist.

TIMELINE

Delgado is the first Miss New York USA of Filipino descent. She is 5’9″ tall and she speaks English and Filipino.

2010s

• In September 2016, she joined Stars Management in San Francisco Bay Area as a model.
• From January 2017 to June 2017, she was a YWCA USA intern.

2020

• In March 2020, she joined Queenly in San Francisco as a data science and business intelligence intern.
• In January 2021, her internship at Queenly in San Francisco ended and she joined ONE Management was a model.
• On January 17, 2021, she represented New York at Miss Earth USA 2021 at the Linda Chapin Theater located in the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida
• From January 2021 to March 2021, she was a data science intern at GLAMNETIC in Los Angeles.
• In June 2021, she graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
• In August 2021, she joined Etsy as a data scientist.
• On January 8, 2022, she represented New York at Miss Earth USA 2022 and competed against 50 other candidates at the Linda Chapin Theater of the Orange County Convention Center in Orland, Florida, USA. She finished in the Top 20.
• On June 4, 2022, she competed against 175 other Miss New York USA 2022 candidates at the Seneca Niagara Resort and Casino in Niagara Falls, New York. She was third runner-up to Heather Nunez.
• In August 2023, she entered the Georgia Institute of Technology.
• On August 6, 2023, she competed against 184 other Miss New York USA 2023 candidates. She was third runner-up to Rachelle di Stasio.
• In November 2023, she left ONE Management.
• In December 2023, she left Etsy.
• In June 2024, she joined Rent The Runway as a data scientist.
• On June 30, 2024, she competed against 169 other Miss New York USA 2024 at the Hilton Albany in Albany, New York and won the title.
• On August 4, 2024, she represented New York at Miss USA 2024 and competed against 50 other candidates at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. She finished in the Top 20.
• In May 2025, she graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a master’s degree in analytics.
• On August 17, 2025, she will crown her successor Miss New York USA 2025 in Albany.