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.

If you have any additional information about the titleholders below, please let us know!

1922 Rosamond Fahey (Competed at Miss America)
1923 Eileen Snyder (Competed at Miss America)
1924 Alma Jeanne Williams (Competed at Miss America)
1925 Fern Jackson (Finalist at Miss America)

1950 Marilyn Reynolds (Miss New York)
1951 Louise Orlando (Miss New York)
1961 Beverly Baker (Talent Prelim Award/Modern Dance) (Top 5)
1962 Sharon Branigan
1963 Beverly Adams

1964 Gretchen Walker Ehle
1965 Janet Aspinwall
1969 Mary Jo Sanders
1970 Carol Colby
1971 Peppe Ann Petrone
1972 Frances Myers
1973 Vicki Longley (Talent Prelim)(4th Runner Up)
1974 Linda Hlivyak
1975 Marta Szaran
1976 Mary Donaldson
1977 Julie Sebring
1978 Traci Hinton
1979 Vicki Longley
1980 Mindi Krochtengle
1981 Melanie Brunet
1982 Eileen Dianne Clark (Miss New York)
1983 Vanessa Williams (Miss New York/ Miss America)
1984 Mary Etten (finalist)
1985 Debi Cutler
1986 Terri Furr
1987 Karen Marie Nagy
1988 Debra Rene Fries
1989 Heather Kent
1990 Hilary Faith Lopata (Miss Greater Syracuse) (4th RU at Miss New York)
1991 Joanne Patricia (Miss Greater Syracuse) (3rd RU at Miss New York)
1992 Ingrid Olson (Miss New York)
1994 Marie Adornato
1996 Carrie Shuba (Miss Greater Syracuse)
1997 Shannon Moe
1998 Julie Kretzchmar
1999 Beth Ann Forader

2013 Nina Davuluri (Miss America)
2014 Adrienne Wilson
2015 Anneliese Trust
2016 Meghan Sinisi

2020-21 Taisha St Jean

2022 Serena Exantus

2023 Gayle Petri (3rd Runner Up)