Lindsey Petrosh of Egg Harbor City won the title Saturday night at the Ocean City Music Pier, beating out 24 other contestants. The first runner-up was 19-year-old Kaitlyn Schoeffel of Egg Harbor Township.
The 23-year-old Petrosh, a graduate student at Rowan University, sang a rousing version of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" in the talent competition. Her platform was support of volunteerism.
Petrosh won a $10,000 scholarship and will compete in the Miss America Pageant, which will be held in Las Vegas in January.
She succeeds last year's winner, Katharyn Nicolle of Wenonah.
