Williams, Carol Gorga. "Local teen wins beauty pageant", Asbury Park Press, November 11, 2013. Accessed July 20, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "In her first try competing in an American beauty pageant, 18-year-old Valentina Sanchez newly relocated to Monmouth County and a student at Manasquan High School has been crowned Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2014.... The teen, who was born in California but moved to Venezuela when she was 3, divides her time between relatives in Asbury Park and Spring Lake Heights."