OCEAN CITY – Miss Seashore Line Brenna Weick, 22, of Mantua won the title of Miss New Jersey 2016 June 18 at Ocean City Music Pier.
According to a report on NJ.com, Weick will advance to the Miss America Pageant which will be held in Atlantic City in September.
As Miss New Jersey, Weick, a graduate of High Point University in North Carolina, will be able to promote her platform, A World of Difference-Navigating the Cyber Sphere, to raise awareness about the dangers of cyberbullying. Singing was her talent.
The Cara McCollum Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Miss Cape May County Devon Vanderslice, 23, of Ocean City, according to the report.
McCollum, Miss New Jersey 2013, succumbed to her injuries a week after a car crash Feb. 15. Following the final night of competition, a slideshow played remembering her.
First runner up to Miss New Jersey was Miss Central Coast, Olivia Michael, of Tenafly; Second runner up was Miss Avalon, Kaitlyn Shoeffel, of Egg Harbor Township; Third runner up was Miss Monmouth County, Amanda Ross, of Galloway; and fourth runner up was Miss Cape May County, Devon Vanderslice, of Ocean City.
Other finalists included Miss Atlantic Shores, Alyssa Sullivan, of Cape May; Miss Bergen County, Jessica Milne, of New Milford; Miss Southern Counties, Ayla Gentiletti, of Vineland; Miss Cape Shores, Kelcie Klaus, of Berlin Township; Miss Somerset County, Kyra Seeley, of Middlesex and Miss South Jersey, Julia Magill, of West Deptford.
Cape May County – Why don't we have a local TV station in South Jersey? We had channel 40 in Linwood and that's gone. Maybe because it highlighted real news at times!! With all due respect to the Cape May…
