Peekskill, NY Plays Host to 55th Annual Miss New York Competition

The 2019 Miss New York and Miss New York’s Outstanding Teen Competitions will be held at the historic Paramount Hudson Valley Theater in Peekskill, NY in June, 2019.

For the first time ever, the 55th annual Miss New York Scholarship Organization announced that the 2019 Miss New York Competition will be held at 7PM on June 8, 2019 at Paramount Hudson Valley Theater in Peekskill, NY. The finals will be preceded by two preliminary nights of competition at the Paramount Theater beginning at 7PM.

Last September, the Miss New York Organization made history when the state winner from New York was crowned Miss America 2018 claiming New York’s 7th Miss America – an iconic moment for the organization as they now hold the record for the most Miss Americas of any other state. We are absolutely thrilled to have the Miss New York Competition in the city of Peekskill.

“The community members, business owners, and city officials have been such a joy and pleasure to work with over the last few months, as we ironed out the competition details,” said Mack Hopper, Chairman of the Miss New York Board of Directors, “We look forward to building on this partnership with the community and making Peekskill the official home of the Miss New York Competition for years to come.”

In the last six years, the competition has been in various parts of the state including Staten Island and Buffalo, where four of the last seven Miss New Yorks were crowned who then became Miss America. In June 2018, Nia Franklin from Brooklyn won the competition and three months later claimed the coveted title of Miss America and $50,000 scholarship with her opera singing and “New York grit”.

Her first runner-up, Rahmeka Cox, assumed the title of Miss New York 2019 when Franklin took on the role of Miss America. Since then Cox has advocated for kidney transplants by sharing her family’s personal story with the matter and promoting her social impact initiative It Only Takes One.

“The City of Peekskill is ready to welcome the Miss New York Organization with open arms," said Deborah Milone, President of the Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce. "We are so excited to be the host home of the 55th anniversary celebration of the competition and hope to be for future competitions. We have several businesses and community leaders who are providing sponsorships and volunteering their time to help make the event a success. It has been our pleasure to assist a program that empowers young woman and provides scholarship money."

"The Peekskill Business Improvement District is delighted to have our thriving downtown play host to the Miss New York Organization, their outstanding contestants, and their supportive families,” said Bill Powers, Executive Director of the Peekskill BID. “The competition allows us to showcase Peekskill's vibrant, diverse community and all it has to offer from fine dining to art, from history to entertainment. We hope the organizers have found their new permanent home for the annual competition here in Peekskill, NY.”

Both Franklin and Cox will be featured at Miss New York finals, along with several other former titleholders, and will be available for autographs at the downtown Peekskill gazebo on June 8, 2019 from 12:30PM – 2:00 PM, with the reigning Miss New York’s Outstanding Teen, Cayla Kumar, and the 39 candidates vying for the titles of Miss New York 2019 and Miss New York’s Outstanding Teen 2019.

Miss New York 2019 will receive a $10,000 scholarship, advance to the 2020 Miss America Competition, and spend a year of service dedicated to the state of New York and advocating for her personal social impactful initiative.

Follow the Miss New York Organization on Instagram: @MissNewYorkOrg, or by visiting the website: www.Miss-NewYork.org.

For more information on Downtown Peekskill, visit www.discoverpeekskill.com