New York’s Local Legacy goes back to the original Americas Bathing Beauty in 1921 competition. During this time ladies from across the region would represent their hometowns instead of their states. As the Miss America pageant grew, the each state began to hold preliminary competitions to choose the state representative.

Click the local title below to browse the extensive lists for each.

Color Code: | Lavender indicates title has won Miss New York | Blue indicated title has won Miss America

| Miss Adirondack | Miss AIS | Miss Albany | Miss Amherst | Miss Apple Festival | Miss Apple Valley | Miss Auburn | Miss Baldwinsville | Miss Batavia | Miss Bay Ridge | Miss Beacon | Miss Big Apple | Miss Binghamton* | Miss Bluebird | Miss Buffalo * | Miss Brighton Beach | Miss Broadway | Miss Bronx | Miss Brooklyn * | Miss Broome County | Miss Capital Region | Miss Cattaraugus County | Miss Catskill Mountains | Miss Central Adirondacks | Miss Central New York * | Miss Chautauqua | Miss Cheektowaga | Miss Chemung Valley | Miss Colonial | Miss Coney Island | Miss Copper City | Miss Cortland | Miss Cosmopolitan | Miss Crown City | Miss Dunkirk Fredonia | Miss Dutchess County * | Miss East Aurora | Miss Eastern New York | Miss Elmira | Miss Elmont * | Miss Empire Rose * | Miss Empire Star | Miss Empire State | Miss Endicott | Miss Erie Canal | Miss Erie County | Miss Erie County East | Miss Evans | Miss Excelsior | Miss Finger Lakes | Miss Five Boroughs * | Miss Flower City | Miss Fonda Fair | Miss Forest Queen | Miss Fredonia State | Miss Fulton County * | Miss Genesee Valley | Miss Geneseo State | Miss Geneva | Miss Greater Gotham | Miss Greater New York * | Miss Greater Niagara | Miss Greater Rochester | Miss Greene County | Miss Hampton Bays | Miss Heartland | Miss Heart of New York * | Miss Horseheads | Miss Hudson Valley | Miss Huntington * | Miss Jamestown | Miss Jubilee | Miss Ken-Ton | Miss Kenmore | Miss Kings County | Miss Kingston | Miss Lancaster | Miss Lewis County | Miss Liberty | Miss Lockport | Miss Long Beach | Miss Long Island | Miss Manhattan * | Miss Metropolitan * | Miss Modern Times | Miss Mohawk Valley | Miss Montgomery County | Miss Mt. Vernon | Miss Nassau County | Miss New Rochelle | Miss Newburgh | Miss New York City ** | New York State Fair | Miss Niagara | Miss Niagara County | Miss Niagara Falls | Miss Niagara Frontier | Miss North Country | Miss Northeastern NY | Miss Northern Erie County | Miss Northern New York | Miss Northern Star | Miss Northern Tier | Miss Oneida County | Miss Oneonta | Miss Onondaga County | Miss Orange County | Orleans County | Miss Oswego County | Miss Peekskill | Miss Pittsfield | Miss Poughkeepsie | Miss Pride in the Empire | Miss Pride of New York * | Miss Queens | Miss Rensselaer | Miss Revere | Miss Richmond County | Miss Riverside | Miss Rochester | Miss Rome | Miss Salt City | Miss Saratoga Springs * | Miss Saugerties | Miss Schenectady | Miss Schoharie County | Miss Seneca Falls | Miss Seven Valleys | Miss South Beach | Miss Southeast New York * | Miss Southern Erie County | Miss Southern New York | Miss Southwestern New York | Miss Southern Tier | Miss Spirit of New York | Miss Staten Island * | Miss Suffolk County | Miss Sullivan County | Miss Syracuse ** | Miss Thousand Islands | Miss 3 Sisters |Miss Times Square | Miss Tonawandas | Miss Taughannock Falls | Miss Tri County | Miss Triple Cities | Miss Troy | Miss Twin Cities | Miss Ulster County | Miss Upstate New York *| Miss Utica * | Miss Verrazano | Miss Wall Street | Miss Watertown | Miss Westchester County * | Miss Western New York | Miss Wheatfield | Miss Woodstock | Miss Yonkers | Miss York County