[3] In November 2009, she placed first runner-up to Jennifer Scacco for the Miss Staten Island 2010 title and won a $2,000 scholarship.

[19] Macchia later accepted an invitation to participate in the National Sweetheart 2014 pageant at the Sweet Corn Festival in Hoopeston, Illinois.

[22] Macchia won the competition on Saturday, June 6, 2015, when she received her crown from outgoing Miss New York titleholder Jillian Tapper.

[2] Macchia was New York's representative at the Miss America 2016 pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in September 2015.

[22] Macchia is a 2013 magna cum laude graduate of Wagner College, earning a bachelor of science degree in arts administration and marketing.

[22] While a student at Wagner College, Macchia became a member of the Alpha Omicron Pi international women's fraternity.