EDISON, NJ (TIP): 19-year old Indian American, Chhavi Verg, became Miss New Jersey USA 2017on Oct 16th 2016. Chhavi was one of the youngest among more than 80 contestants competing for this title. She will now be representing the state of New Jersey at the Miss USA pageant in 2017.

Chhavi is in her second year at Rutgers University. She is currently studying business. At her university, Chhavi is a marketing assistant director in the Rutgers University Programming Association (RUPA) and is involved in Women’s BUILD, a group that helps prepare women leaders in business.

Outside of school, Chhavi enjoys dancing and is a big proponent of health and wellbeing. She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer and completed her Arangetram in 2013. Chhavi believes that one of the most important things in life is good health and became a personal trainer to help others become healthier not just physically, but also mentally. She created her own website (https://chhavivfitness.com) to reach a wider audience and continue spreading the love of fitness to others.

Chhavi is multi-lingual and can speak English, Hindi, Spanish and Mandarin.

She is from Edison NJ, her father Ravi Verg and mother MeeraVerg both are in business. She has a brother Parth, who is in High School.

Her quotes of life are “Success is a team effort” and “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground”