“As the daughter of a migrant worker, a proud Afro-Latina woman, and a US Army officer, I am living the American dream,” she said at the parade.
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A new Miss United States has been crowned.
On Sunday, August 4, Michigan’s Alma Cooper announced the 2024 winner while competing at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles. Connor Perry of Kentucky was the festival’s first runner-up and Danika Christopherson of Oklahoma was the runner-up.
Following her victory, the 22-year-old US Army officer will compete in Miss Universe in November.
“As the daughter of a migrant worker, a proud Afro-Latina woman and a United States Army officer, I am living the American dream,” she said at a panel consultation on Sunday. Questions and answers with the judges, according to CNN. “If there is something that my life and my mother have taught me, it is that cases never define your destiny: you can achieve good fortune through not easy excellence.
Cooper was crowned Miss United States 2023, Savannah Gankiewicz, after Noelia Voigt announced her resignation in May. The first Venezuelan-American woman to win the contest ended up writing a long post on Instagram explaining why she was giving up her crown.
“In life, I highly value the importance of making decisions that are good for you and your intellectual health,” he began. “As individuals, we grow by experiencing other things in life that lead us to be more informed about ourselves.
“My adventure as Miss USA has been incredibly meaningful, proudly representing Utah, and later the United States in Miss Universe. Unfortunately, I have made the very complicated resolution to give up the name Miss USA 2023. “
“I never imagined the adventure that the dream of my formative years would take me with,” Voigt continued. “Determination and consistent hard work have gotten me to where I am today, and I hope that over seven years of competing in pageantry and sharing my adventure with all of you, it is “something that inspires you to never give up. ” in your dreams, whatever they may be. ”
However, their runner-up, Gankiewicz, sparked a backlash after accepting the name. “For my fellow Miss USA sisters, I think it’s very important that we are united for the long term of the organization and the new elegance of 2024 and beyond,” Gankiewicz said. , which has kept the name for 3 months, he said in a message on social networks.
Days after Voigt’s post, Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava also announced her resignation, citing intellectual health reasons.
His Instagram post explained that his “personal values no longer align with the direction of the organization. ”
“After months of suffering with this decision, I have made the decision to relinquish the name Miss Teen USA 2023,” she wrote. “I am grateful for all the support from my family, my state directors, my queen sisters, and the enthusiasts who have cheered me on since I earned my state’s name. “
She added, “I will fondly remember my time as Miss NJ Teen USA, and the experience of representing my state as the first generation of Mexican Americans nationally was rewarding in itself. »
After the resignation of Srivastava, finalist of the 2023 pageant, Stephanie Skinner declined the name Miss Teen USA.
“In light of recent events, I have to reject the name Miss Teen USA,” the 19-year-old wrote on Instagram. “It is not a simple resolution. I hope that my selection is respectable because it is a resolution that I never asked to make.
The controversy within the organization arises from how it has treated the winners. The mothers of the renounced winners, Jackeline Voigt and Barbara Srivastava, claimed in an interview with Good Morning America that the Miss USA Organization mistreated their daughters. “Their dream assignment turned out to be a nightmare,” Srivastava said, adding, “They were abused, abused, harassed and cornered. “
Gankiewicz later said in an interview with Fox that he disagreed with those claims, adding that he still had nothing to say about Miss USA. “Now that I have been Miss USA for almost 3 months, I can now say that this is all false. The organization is amazing,” Gankiewicz said. “It’s so crazy to me that a user can enjoy this experience and make up all these crazy lies. “
Voigt responded to the interview on his Instagram Stories on Saturday, Aug. 3, where he wrote, “I am firmly convinced that it is beside the point to comment on situations that we were not a part of and that we do not, in fact, have the full story of. “
“If the goal is to empower women, why do we want to invalidate their emotions and their reports and question the character of those who. . . Have you moved and lost your dream or your career?
This year’s Miss Teen USA winner, Addie Carver, a 17-year-old cheerleader, dance teacher and choreographer from Mississippi.
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