Miss Teen USA 2023 UmaSofia Srivastava Steps Down Days After Miss USA

UmaSofia Srivastava is saying goodbye to her title. 

Two days after Noelia Voigt introduced she was stepping down from her function as Miss USA 2023, the 17-year-old shared her personal resignation as Miss Teen USA.

“After cautious consideration,” UmaSofia wrote in a Might eight Instagram submit, “I’ve determined to resign as I discover that my private values not absolutely align with the path of the group.”

It was a troublesome determination for the previous Miss New Jersey Teen USA, who received the crown in September.

“After months of grappling with this determination, I’ve made the selection to resign from the title of Miss Teen USA 2023,” she defined. “I’ll at all times look again on my time as Miss NJ Teen USA fondly, and the expertise of representing my state as a primary era, Mexican-Indian American on the nationwide degree was fulfilling in itself.”

UmaSofia—the primary Miss New Jersey USA to win the coveted title—admitted that whereas she did not anticipate her reign to finish like this, she’s wanting ahead to the longer term as she finishes 11th grade and applies for faculties.