25
February
2016

A tribute to Miss New Jersey Cara McCollum by SNJ Today

25 Feb 2016 | Angelopedia

SNJ Today has shared a moving memorial video created to honor the life of Cara McCollum, 24, a former Miss New Jersey who worked as a TV news anchor at SNJ Today.

SNJ,  which is a Southern New Jersey news and information source based in Millville, New Jersey,  is dedicated to providing current stories on worldwide issues. McCollum, who held the title of 2013 Miss New Jersey and competed in the Miss America competition in 2014, died of injuries sustained in a single-car crash in Pittsgrove Township, New Jersey, on February 15.

 

A tribute to Miss New Jersey Cara McCollum by SNJ Today

 

In the video, Miss New Jersey Cara McCollum waves at the audience as she walks on a runway. NJ Today refers to McCollum's impact on others' lives as "immeasurable."

"It's impossible to imagine anyone can accomplish so much in just 24 years," the video states, "but Cara McCollum wasn't just anyone."

"She was the one we went to when we were down, to help us feel better and to lift us up. She just kind of lit the place on fire," says Frank DiMauro, the CFO and COO of SNJ Today.

DiMauro says that McCollum, fresh out of Princeton University, was the missing piece in the puzzle as he built up a news team for the SNJ Today, which put out its first broadcast in June. In remembrance, the SNJ Today family put together a tribute to McCollum that they ran uninterrupted on Monday night in place of the news.

Her longtime boyfriend, Keith Jones, a news anchor at NBC 10 in Philadelphia, thanked everyone for their support during this difficult time in a Facebook post.

Funeral arrangements for McCollum have not yet been announced.

You can watch SNJ Today tribute to the beauty queen below: