Giada Mangino, 18, was crowned Miss Stafford last June. She then came in second in the Miss Southern Maritime’s Teen contest, held in Avalon. As first runner-up, she said, “I went on with my life,” but in January when the first-place winner had to bow out, Mangino found herself stepping into the full title she now wears on a sash.
With the regional crown comes automatic advancement to the Miss New Jersey’s Teen pageant on Saturday, June 14, mom Beckie Mangino explained.
Saturday, May 24 found the Southern Regional senior at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in…
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