OMG, Miss Teen USA Resigns TWO DAYS After Miss USA! What Is Going On?!
08.05.2024 - 22:41
/ perezhilton.com
What. Is. Happening?!?
Just two days after the new Miss USA Noelia Voigt resigned from her role — citing mental health reasons — another pageant winner has followed suit. Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava has just announced she’s also giving up her crown! Huh?!
The 17-year-old took to her Instagram to share the shocking news with fans on Wednesday, revealing she’s been “grappling with this decision” for “months”! She thanked all her friends and family for the support that helped her achieve this dream, sharing:
Her “personal values”… Yikes… That’s a huge clue that there’s some drama behind the scenes! Well, that and the fact Noelia’s statement included a hidden message that read, “I am silenced.” Crazy!
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UmaSofia then switched focus from pageantry altogether, saying the advocacy she did with various organizations and through her “multi-lingual children’s book The White Jaguar” have always been her “TRUE purpose”! Huh. She said:
In her caption, she added:
Innerestingly, Noelia showed her support by commenting:
Check out UmaSofia’s full statement HERE. The Miss Teen USA social media account reacted to the news — but they gave basically the same generic statement they did with Noelia. See (below):
What do these two have in common? Is there some thread here? Both Miss USA winners made history with UmaSofia being the first Mexican-Indian contestant to win Miss New Jersey Teen USA. Voigt was the first Venezuelan-American woman to win Miss USA. Hmm…
Their sudden departures come amid a ton of upheaval for the organization. Back in 2022, Miss USA contestants claimed the pageant had been rigged. And before that in 2021, vice president of Miss USA, Max Sebrechts,