Jessica Lynch Renzi held the title of Miss New York

Miss New York

The Miss New York competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New York in the Miss America pageant. Miss New York has twice won the Miss America Crown. Also, when city representatives were common at the national pageant, Bess Myerson won as Miss New York City in...

 2003 and competed in the Miss America 2004

Miss America 2004

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 pageant.

Miss New York

She competed in the Miss New York pageant as Miss New York City. She graduated from the University of Virginia

University of Virginia

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 with a B.A. in Theater. Her talent was ballet and she began her formal ballet training at the age of 10 with Ballet Memphis. She was seen in the ensemble of the world famous Radio City Music Hall

Radio City Music Hall

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Christmas Spectacluar. Her platform was "Combating Teenage Depression and Suicide" because she struggled with depression and wanted to help others going through similar experiences.

Personal Life

She is married to David Renzi with whom she has two sons. She currently teaches at the In Motion School of Dance and co-organized the Miss Northern New York 2008 pageant.