The current Miss USA returned her crown earlier this week (and Miss Teen USA did the same temporarily), accusing the general manager of the pageant organization of creating poison in a recently reported resignation letter.
Noelia Voigt, who crowned Miss USA in September, announced her resignation on Instagram on Monday, saying she “strongly values the importance of making the decisions that are most productive for you and your intellectual health. “
Voigt’s resignation sparked speculation among Instagram users, who reported that Voigt revealed a hidden message related to a non-disclosure agreement, as the first letters of the first 11 sentences read “I am muted. “
In her resignation later in the pageant, received Thursday via NBC News, Voigt alleges a poisonous office at the Miss USA organization that “at best, it’s mismanagement and at worst, it’s bullying and harassment,” added Laylah, executive director and president. of Miss USA. Rose “often bloodlessly and unnecessarily aggressive” toward her while “constantly” threatening to withhold her pay.
After Voigt informed the pageant about an alleged incident of sexual harassment, Rose told Voigt that the Miss USA organization couldn’t “stop other people from saying things to you in public appearances,” adding that that’s “part of your role as a public figure. “Voigt says in the letter.
Several Miss USA contestants from last year’s pageant posted a joint on social media, saying that a “majority” of the contestants supported Voigt’s resolution to resign, while calling on the Miss USA organization to release Voigt from the “NDA confidentiality clause of her contract” so that she would be “free to speak about her reporting and her time” in this position.
UmaSofia Srivastava, who was named Miss Teen USA in November, wrote on Instagram on Wednesday that she would step down from her position “months after making the decision,” noting that she felt her “personal values were no longer fully aligned with the direction of the organization. “”Even if she didn’t specify it.
The Miss USA organization responded to Voigt and Srivastava’s resignations with the same statement, saying that “the well-being of our incumbents is the most sensible priority,” while adding that it is “reviewing plans for the transition from day jobs to a successor” for either. Roles.
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Claudia Engelhardt, director of social media for the Miss USA organization, announced her resignation on Saturday, saying she “disavows
Rose told USA Today on Wednesday that her purpose “has been to motivate women to create new dreams, have the courage to explore it all, and continue to maintain their integrity along the way,” adding, “I stand by the same height criteria. “and take those accusations seriously. Rose said that “the well-being of everyone connected with Miss USA is my most sensible priority. “
The resignations are the latest controversy for the Miss USA organization in the last decade. In 2022, several contestants alleged that the organization gave R’Bonney Gabriel, the first Filipino American to win the title, preferential treatment in the competition. The Miss Universe organization suspended Miss USA president Crystle Stewart after she launched an investigation into the allegations, although she later discovered the allegations were false. Sheena Monnin, Miss Pennsylvania 2012, resigned after alleging that the 2012 Miss USA pageant was rigged in her favor. by Olivia Culpo. Monnin was later ordered to pay $5 million for defamation after Miss USA denied the pageant was rigged.
Miss America, the national pageant, has also been the subject of controversy. In 2017, several very sensible executives, including CEO Sam Haskell and COO Josh Randle, among others, resigned after a series of internal emails circulated online. Emails sent to executives and workers used vulgar and offensive language to describe the candidates, adding an email calling Mallory Hagan Miss America 2013 “fat and disgusting. “
Miss USA contestants call for ‘full transparency’ amid Noelia Voigt’s departure (USA Today)
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