Each year one girl will walk away with a local crown, compete at Miss New York (possibly win!), and at the end of her year- she will pass the crown on to the next girl. But these amazing, smart, beautiful, and talented women should not be forgotten. They are an important part of the Miss New York legacy.

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1921 Virginia Lee (Competed at Miss America) [Picture]
1922 Dorothy Knapp (Competed at Miss America)
1923 Peggy Shevlin (Competed at Miss America)
1925 Beatrice Roberts (Finalist at Miss America)
1927 Freida Louise Mierse (Semi-Finalist at Miss America)
1933 Elsie Donath (Withdrew prior to competing)
1937 Grace Travis (Semi-Finalist at Miss America)
1941 Grace DeWitt (Semi-Finalist at Miss America)
1942 Annyse Sherman (Finalist at Miss America)
1943 Milena Miller (3rd RU at Miss America)
1944 Betty Jo Dazey (Semi-Finalist at Miss America)
1945 Bess Myerson (Miss America) [Picture]
1946 Eileen Henry (Semi-Finalist at Miss America) [picture]
1947 Raven Malone (Semi-Finalist at Miss America)
1948 Connie Inge Ronde (Competed at Miss America)
1949 Loreen Osgood (Semi-Finalist at Miss America) [Picture] [Press Release]
1950 Phyllis Battleson (Semi-Finalist at Miss America) [Picture] [Picture 2] [Press Release] [Press Release 2]
1951 Sandy Scott (Competed at Miss America)
1952 Joan Kayne (Finalist at Miss America)
1953 Joan Kaible (1st RU at Miss America)
1954 Heather Taferner (Competed at Miss America)
1955 Diana Deutsch (Competed at Miss America)
1956 Lael Jackson (Competed at Miss America)
1957 Astrid Papamichael (Competed at Miss America)
1958 Bette June Piller (Competed at Miss America) [Picture]
1959 Elizabeth Holmes (Competed at Miss America)
1960 Sherrylyn Patecell (Competed at Miss America) [Picture]
1961 Maryann Hillyer (Competed at Miss America)
1962 Margaret Mary Warncke (Competed at Miss America)
1963 Marsha Metrinko (Competed at Miss America)

1996 Shea Sullivan
1996 Rachel Marie Binder (Miss Greater New York City)
2001 Andrea Plummer (Miss New York)
2002 Tiffany Walker (Miss New York)
2003 Jessica Lynch (Miss New York)
2004 Maia Evwaraye-Griiffin [Picture]
2005 Kandice Pelletier (Miss Great New York City) (Miss New York)
2007 Ashley Arcement (Miss Greater New York City)
2007 Erica Lynn Harris
2010 Keelie Sheridan (Miss Greater New York City)
2011 Hannah Wright [Headshot]
2012 Mallory Hagan (Miss America 2013)
2013 Acacia Courtney (Top 5)
2014 Kira Kazantsev (Miss America 2015)

2017 Stephanie Meadowcroft (Miss Greater NYC)
2020-21 Taryn Delanie Smith (Miss City of New York) (First Runner Up)

2022 Catherine Lilly (Miss City of New York)