1st runner-up 2025
Semi-finalist 2024
1st runner-up 2023
A native of Middletown, Katarina Lengyel is Miss New Jersey USA 2026 and will represent New Jersey at Miss USA 2026 in Miami. Katarina is a graduate of University of South Florida with a Bachelor’s degree in accounting and a minor in dance. She created the Inspire Dance Team, a program for individuals who love to dance but may find it difficult to keep up in a traditional class, to bridge the gap she saw in arts programming for people with disabilities
The on-stage moments, the tension of the final two and the glory of the crowning, here are Katarina’s state pageant photos.
Lights, camera, action! Professional photoshoots are one of the perks that comes from winning a title.
Katarina was first runner-up to Derby Chukwudi at Miss New Jersey USA 2023 and to Ivy Harrington last year. She was also a semi-finalist in 2024.
