On October 31, 2004, Regina Villano’s dream came true. She was crowned Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2005 at the Hilton Parsippany Hotel in Parsippany New Jersey.

Regina is the 17 year old daughter of Patricia and Paul Villano. She has one sister and four brothers, and resides in Tabernacle, New Jersey. Regina attends Shawnee High School where she is in her senior year. She is an honor student, a member of the National Honor Society. Regina has also been a member of the Drama Club, school musical, Yearbook Club, and Spirit Week Committee since she was a freshman.

Regina has been modeling since the age of ten and has modeled for companies varying from Target, Lord & Taylor, Timex Watches, and Calvin Klein. She is also very active in her community. She has volunteered for organizations such as The American Cancer Society, The Lupus Foundation, The Heart Association, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation for many years.

This summer, she took a pre-college course in musical theatre at New York University which was a great experience from which she feels she greatly benefited. Right now she is training to become an EMT for her local rescue squad and she can’t wait to get out there and start saving lives!

Regina plans on attending Montclair State University and major in Musical Theater, with the hopes of one day becoming a singer, actress, with a little film directing on the side.

Make sure to tune into NBC in August 2005 to watch Regina compete for the title of Miss Teen USA 2005! .