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| Formation | 1983 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Newark |
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| Membership | Miss Teen USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | Deborah Miller Cindy Provost |
| Website | Official website |
TheMiss New Jersey Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state ofNew Jersey in theMiss Teen USA pageant.
New Jersey has had moderate success at Miss Teen USA, with twelve placements. In the first twenty years of the competition, New Jersey only recorded three placements; from 2003 they placed in four of five years. New Jersey's first top five placement came in 2003 when Jacklyn Pezzotta placed fourth runner-up, and this was bettered in 2007 when Alyssa Campanella placed 1st runner up.
Three New Jersey teens (2001, 2006, and 2008) have held theMiss New Jersey USA title and competed atMiss USA.Alyssa Campanella, Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2007, competed twice for Miss New Jersey USA, but relocated to California and wonMiss California USA and won the title ofMiss USA 2011, the first former Miss New Jersey Teen USA titleholder to winMiss USA, regardless of the representing state.
Oceane Qian-Feuillat ofJersey City was crowned Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2025 on April 6, 2025 atHilton Parsippany Hotel inParsipanny. She represented New Jersey atMiss Teen USA 2025.
New Jersey holds a record of 12 placements at Miss Teen USA.
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Local title | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
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| 2025 | Oceane Qian-Feuillat | Jersey City | 19 | Miss Garden State Teen | Top 10 | ||
| 2024 | Julia Livolsi | Glen Rock | 18 | Miss Glen Rock Teen | |||
| 2023 | Julia Carrano | Manahawkin | 19 | did not compete |
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| UmaSofia Srivastava | Morris Plains | 15 | Miss Morris County Teen | Miss Teen USA 2023 | Best State Costume | ||
| 2022 | Isabella Galan | Wayne | 17 | ||||
| 2021 | Delaney Musgrave | Lawrenceville | 18 | Eligible as a student ofLawrenceville School at the time of crowning | |||
| 2020 | JaeLynn Polanco | Bergenfield | 16 | Top 16 | |||
| 2019 | Ava Tortorici | Montclair | 18 | ||||
| 2018 | Diana Smerina | Freehold | 16 | ||||
| 2017 | Briahna Reinstein | Englishtown | 16 | Miss Photogenic | |||
| 2016 | Gina Mellish | Oceanport | 16 |
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| 2015 | Jacqueline Giancola | East Brunswick | 17 | ||||
| 2014 | Valentina Sánchez | Spring Lake Heights | 18 | 4th runner-up |
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| 2013 | Christina Thompson | Holmdel | 16 | Top 16 |
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| 2012 | Kendal Barrett | Montclair | 15 | ||||
| 2011 | Savannah Schechter[1] | Far Hills | 17 | Top 15 | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 2010 | Erica Szymanski | Mt. Laurel | 17 | ||||
| 2009 | Alexa Brunetti | Brigantine | 18 | ||||
| 2008 | Michelle Leonardo | Tinton Falls | 17 |
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| 2007 | Alyssa Campanella | Manalapan | 17 | 1st runner-up |
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| 2006 | Julianna "Julie" White | Haddon Township | 17 | Top 10 |
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| 2005 | Regina Villano | Tabernacle | 18 | Host of Solo Generation & Linerocket Live. Actress on All my Children & Guiding Light, Appeared on Reality Show " True Beauty " season 2 | |||
| 2004 | Rachael Carrollo | Wantage | 17 | Top 10 | |||
| 2003 | Jacklyn Pezzotta | Little Egg Harbor | 17 | 4th runner-up | Miss Photogenic | 2nd runner-up toMiss New Jersey USA 2007 & 2008 | |
| 2002 | Sheri Drach | National Park | 15 | Contestant atNational Sweetheart 2006 | |||
| 2001 | Erin Abrahamson | Essex Fells | 17 | 1st runner-up atMiss New Jersey USA 2007 and assumed the title after the original winner Ashley Harder disqualified due to pageant rules, later crowned Miss New Jersey USA 2007 & Mrs. New Jersey 2015 | |||
| 2000 | Ulrica Udani | Marmora | 18 | ||||
| 1999 | Nicole Marie Golas | Deptford Township | 19 | ||||
| 1998 | Melissa Dungao | Princeton | 17 | ||||
| 1997 | Lauren Petty | Point Pleasant | 19 | ||||
| 1996 | Jessica Ponzo | Williamstown | 15 | Youngest Contestant atMiss Teen USA 1996 | |||
| 1995 | Joyce Houseknecht | Deptford | 18 | Actress Katrina Law | |||
| 1994 | Kelli Paarz | Linwood | 18 | Semi-finalist | Sister of Kerri Paarz, Miss New Jersey Teen USA 1991,
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| 1993 | Heather Brenner | Absecon | 19 | ||||
| 1992 | Lori Schmidt | Haledon | 16 | ||||
| 1991 | Kerri Paarz | Linwood | 17 | Sister of Kelli Paarz, Miss New Jersey Teen USA 1994 | |||
| 1990 | Jennifer Giordano | Bedminster | 17 | ||||
| 1989 | Yvonne Christiano | Parsippany | 18 | ||||
| 1988 | Michelle Knipfelberg | Edison | 18 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1987 | Tara Eldridge | Voorhees | 18 | ||||
| 1986 | Rosalie Cuzo | Colts Neck | 17 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1985 | Sharon Turner | Beachwood | 17 | ||||
| 1984 | Tracy Grennon | Wyckoff | 18 | ||||
| 1983 | Sheri Drummond | Lake Hiawatha | 18 | ||||
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant