by Mary performs
April 20, 2025
Ivy Harrington is getting ready to characterize New Jersey within the Miss USA pageant this 12 months.
HBCU basketball powerhouse Ivy Harrington was topped as Miss New Jersey. In spite of everything her work on the courtroom reworking Morgan State’s document, she has made a reputation for herself within the pageant enviornment by being topped Miss New Jersey USA 2025 on the Lodge Parsippany in North Jersey.
Harrington, 30, will go on to characterize Jersey on the 74th version of the Miss USA pageant, the place she might doubtlessly develop into the US consultant for the Miss Universe competitors if she wins.
The 5’7” Morgan State guard is initially from Neptune Township, and she or he made a reputation for herself on the courtroom for having indelible drive and a team-first mentality.
Harrington stored these attributes as she flourished after her Korgan State profession.
Harrington defined to NJ Advance Media, “Our household dynamic modified drastically after my dad died. And attempting to navigate the world throughout a world pandemic whereas grieving made it that a lot more durable.”
Only a few months after her dad died in 2019, Harrington watched two younger Black girls win pageant titles in Washington, and it induced her to start pursuing her goals of being profitable within the pageant world.
Harrington started formally competing in 2021 and persevered by a number of setbacks earlier than lastly profitable the 2025 Miss New Jersey crown.
“The pageant world is such a distinct segment area to be in. It’s a must to be mentally powerful to open your self as much as be critiqued and judged,” Harrington stated. “It may go away you very susceptible and query issues about your self that you’d by no means have considered.”
The Miss New Jersey USA competitors just isn’t the one place the place she’s discovered success.
Harrington performed 4 seasons on the HBCU throughout her Morgan State days, and she or he appeared in 114 video games from 2013 to 2017. She totaled a whole 457 profession factors in a median of 16.1 minutes per recreation. Harrington is understood for having an especially sturdy freshman 12 months season, and she or he concluded her Morgan State profession with 261 rebounds and 101 steals.
Off the pageant stage and basketball courtroom, Harrington presently works in training as a social media supervisor for the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Faculty District. She leads a mentorship program known as MVP, which stands for Most Useful Pivot, and it’s totally targeted on uplifting and guiding younger girls in sports activities.
“Whether or not or not it’s on the native, collegiate, or skilled stage, I need to educate feminine athletes to develop into the architects of their identification outdoors their athletic jersey,” Harrington stated.
“I try to take action by the workshop that I host known as MVP (Most Useful Pivot),” she instructed the outlet.
Harrington’s former Neptune Excessive Faculty principal, Tom Decker, praised Harrington.
“It’s so nice to see an alum of Neptune Excessive Faculty representing the state of New Jersey,” Decker stated earnestly. “Ivy is and has all the time been an incredible position mannequin for others, and I do know she is going to function an inspiration for these to chase their goals. We’re so proud to say that Ivy is a member of Flier Nation!”
Harrington is presently getting ready for Miss USA 2025.
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