April 20, 2025
Ivy Harrington is making ready to signify New Jersey within the Miss USA pageant this yr.
HBCU basketball powerhouse Ivy Harrington was topped as Miss New Jersey. In spite of everything her work on the courtroom remodeling 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 Resort Parsippany in North Jersey.
Harrington, 30, will go on to signify Jersey on the 74th version of the Miss USA pageant, the place she may probably turn 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 ladies 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 means of a number of setbacks earlier than lastly successful the 2025 Miss New Jersey crown.
“The pageant world is such a distinct segment area to be in. It’s important to be mentally robust to open your self as much as be critiqued and judged,” Harrington stated. “It could possibly depart you very susceptible and query issues about your self that you’d by no means have considered.”
The Miss New Jersey USA competitors is just not 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 mean of 16.1 minutes per sport. Harrington is thought for having a particularly robust freshman yr season, and she or he concluded her Morgan State profession with 261 rebounds and 101 steals.
Off the pageant stage and basketball courtroom, Harrington at present works in schooling 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 Invaluable Pivot, and it’s fully targeted on uplifting and guiding younger ladies in sports activities.
“Whether or not it’s on the native, collegiate, or skilled stage, I need to train feminine athletes to turn into the architects of their id exterior their athletic jersey,” Harrington stated.
“I try to take action by means of the workshop that I host known as MVP [Most Valuable Pivot],” she informed 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 a terrific 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 at present making ready for Miss USA 2025.
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