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Miss USA Controversy Deepens

May 15, 2024
Miss USA Noelia Voigt and Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava, who are both half-Latina, resigned amid accusations of the pageant’s “toxic” environment and cryptic social media messages.
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Last week, Venezuelan-American Miss USA Noelia Voigt, 24, announced on Instagram that she would be stepping down from her role. Voigt said she was resigning her title to focus on her “mental health.” Days...
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So Miss Usa and Miss Teen USA actually resigned last week.
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And I mean, I hear that there's a lot of shit
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and sketchy shit going on behind the scenes at this time,
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Miss USA says she resigned to focus on her mental health.
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And Miss T USA says she resigned because the competition no longer
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aligned with her personal values.
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But fans noticed the first letter of the 1st 11 sentences in
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Miss Usa statement spelled out I am silenced.
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So there's something going on and she can't really speak on it
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but she's using cryptic messages like you said.
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Exactly. But it's because they have an ND A.
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So it's like there's no other way for them to speak but
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with these posts that dang,
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that's crazy. And this story is unfolding right now.
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So this is happening right now.
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So it's just, it's like a big deal.
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And a voice resignation letter said that Miss Usa,
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the whole pageant competition had a toxic work environment of bullying and
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harassment and even pageant officials called her mentally ill.
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They didn't provide, you know,
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security and transportation and lodging as they had promised,
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Miss Usa says this led to her being sexually harassed in a
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vehicle on her way to a parade.
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Plus a former worker for the pageant says they actually witnessed disrespect
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toward Miss J USA and her family.
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So other sources seeing this stuff going on too.
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But again, they can't really speak on it,
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like, as openly because of the nd A.
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So again, cryptic messages on IG and the sources,
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this source is that it's all a mess.
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Yes. exactly. And people are like,
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literally, like being obsessed with the story.
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They want to know like what's going on,
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like what's going on behind the scenes?
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What is it that you can't speak of for Miss USA and
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and both Miss Senior USA to drop out something's happening,
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something's going on, but we'll keep you guys posted.