{"id":2240828,"date":"2024-05-09T10:54:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T14:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miss-usa-and-miss-teen-usa-resign-their-titles-within-two-days-of-each-other-amid-reports-of-toxic-atmosphere\/"},"modified":"2024-05-09T10:56:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T14:56:02","slug":"miss-usa-and-miss-teen-usa-resign-their-titles-within-two-days-of-each-other-amid-reports-of-toxic-atmosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miss-usa-and-miss-teen-usa-resign-their-titles-within-two-days-of-each-other-amid-reports-of-toxic-atmosphere\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss USA and Miss Teen USA Step Down Days Apart Due to Reported &#8216;Toxic Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmiss-usa-and-miss-teen-usa-resign-their-titles-within-two-days-of-each-other-amid-reports-of-toxic-atmosphere%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2240828&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Miss USA and Miss Teen USA\u200c resignations, amidst claims of a &#8216;toxic atmosphere,&#8217; raised concerns. \u200dCoordination of resignations was alleged, prompting questions about the organization&#8217;s leadership. Details remain sparse and anonymously \u2062sourced. Issues of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/months-after-closing-beaches-newsom-smugly-suggests-people-hit-the-sand-for-their-mental-health\/\" title=\"Months After Closing Beaches, Newsom Smugly Suggests People Hit the Sand for Their Mental Health\">mental health<\/a> and workplace toxicity were cited. Calls\u2064 for intervention at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-abysmal-failure-at-the-strategic-level-gen-kellogg-slams-bidens-handling-of-afghanistan\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: \u2018Abysmal Failure At The Strategic Level\u2019 \u2014 Gen. Kellogg Slams Biden\u2019s Handling Of Afghanistan\">leadership level<\/a> emerged amid ongoing discussions\u200c on the pageant\u2064 environment.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/%20\"><span>George C. Upper III<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 9, 2024 at 7:37am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>On Friday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/somethings-brewing-dan-scavino-posts-series-of-tweets-after-raucous-oval-office-meeting-trump-is-ready-to-take-action\/\" title=\"SOMETHING\u2019S BREWING! Dan Scavino Posts Series of Tweets After Raucous Oval Office Meeting \u2013 Trump Is Ready to Take Action\">social media director<\/a> for the Miss USA organization, Claudia Michelle, stepped down, announcing her decision in a post to Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Three days later, the reigning Miss USA, Noelia Voigt, also posted on Instagram that she had resigned from the title of Miss USA 2023, citing her mental health.<\/p>\n<p>Two days after that, UmaSofia Srivastava, who had been crowned Miss Teen USA 2023, also announced on Instagram that she was giving up her title.<\/p>\n<p>What, one might ask, is going on at Miss USA?<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/08\/lifestyle\/miss-usa-miss-teen-usa-quit-after-pageant-bullying-source\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>, a source who knows all three said they had coordinated their resignations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decision was not easy. Noelia and UmaSofia are extremely dedicated people who worked incredibly hard for the pageant. The decisions were not taken lightly. They all decided to do this together,\u201d the insider reportedly told the Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are afraid of speaking out more at this time because of the organization,\u201d the anonymous source added. \u201cThey don\u2019t want this to have any lasting harmful effect on their futures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Details about what, specifically, was at the root of the problem at Miss USA were somewhat sparse, and almost universally sourced anonymously, making their verification all but impossible.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle, however, hinted at serious dysfunction at the highest levels of the organization.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Does it surprise you to hear of a &#8220;toxic atmosphere&#8221; at Miss USA?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Michelle, who said in her post that she had not signed a non-disclosure agreement as had Voigt and Srivastava and was therefore more free to speak openly, wrote of Voigt that she\u2019d seen a \u201cdecline in her mental health\u201d while working closely with her at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gun-loving-22-year-old-sang-star-spangled-banner-trump-rally-crowned-miss-usa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the organization<\/a>, and that she\u2019d also \u201cseen firsthand the disrespect towards Uma and her family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said both title-holders had been \u201cthreatened\u201d by the organization\u2019s \u201csocial media rules and guidelines\u201d \u2014 rules and guidelines that Michelle herself, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-us-countries-claim-social-media-contributing-dangerous-way-thinking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> director for Miss USA, hadn\u2019t even seen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel the way current management speaks about their titleholders is unprofessional and inappropriate; I disavow workplace toxicity and bullying of any kind,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis toxic atmosphere is a serious concern,\u201d a source close to the situation reportedly confirmed to the Post. \u201cThere is an urgent need for intervention at the leadership level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can read their statements regarding their resignations below.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C6hYijkv5w7\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C6oIKIYLDGG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3667673\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3667673\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3667673\">Statement on Instagram from UmaSofia Srivastava regarding her resignation as Miss Teen USA 2023. (Instagram screen shot)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHow have we not prioritized mental health among title holders in light of what happened to Cheslie Kryst?\u201d Dani Walker, a former Miss Montana and pageant coach, asked in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R5sFubSDlB4&#038;t=36s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube video<\/a> posted Wednesday, speaking of a former Miss USA who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/30-year-old-former-miss-usa-winner-plunges-death-manhattan-apartment-building\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">committed suicide<\/a> in 2022. \u201cFor me there is no valid excuse as to why Noelia should be resigning because of her mental health.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44802\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44802\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44802\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44802\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44802\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>George Upper is the former Editor-in-Chief of The Western Journal and was a weekly co-host of &#8220;WJ Live,&#8221; powered by The Western Journal. He is currently a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. A former U.S. Army special operator, teacher and consultant, he is a lifetime member of the NRA and an active volunteer leader in his church. Born in Foxborough, Massachusetts, he has lived most of his life in central North Carolina.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  George Upper, is the former editor-in-chief of The Western Journal and is now a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. He currently serves as the connections pastor at Awestruck Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is a former U.S. Army special operator, teacher, manager and consultant. Born in Massachusetts, he graduated from Foxborough High School before joining the Army and spending most of the next three years at Fort Bragg. He holds bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees in English as well as a Master&#8217;s in Business Administration, all from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He and his wife life only a short drive from his three children, their spouses and his grandchildren. He is a lifetime member of the NRA and in his spare time he shoots, reads a lot of Lawrence Block and John D. MacDonald, and watches Bruce Campbell movies. He is a fan of individual freedom, Tommy Bahama, fine-point G-2 pens and the Oxford comma. <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Foxborough, Massachusetts <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<p>  Honors\/Awards <\/p>\n<p>  Beta Gamma Sigma <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  B.A., English, UNCG; M.A., English, UNCG; MBA, UNCG <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  North Carolina <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Faith, Business, Leadership and Management, Military, Politics <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, Claudia Michelle, the social media director of Miss USA, resigned in an Instagram post. 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