The Miss USA Organization’s CEO has responded to allegations of sexual harassment, abuse, and poisonous working conditions that were made after the titleholders of Miss USA and Miss Teen USA both resigned.
In a statement obtained by The Times on Friday, CEO Laylah Rose wrote,” We are quite disappointed to hear the new misleading claims made by individuals speaking on behalf of our former titleholder.
” The allegations of sexual harassment, dangerous culture and abuse are not true. To be clear, such behaviour is not accepted, and we can tell you that if such conduct actually occurred, we would take quick steps to protect our titleholder and offer access to appropriate resources”, Rose’s speech said.
Her opening text rebutted the assertions made by the original titleholders and their mothers earlier this month.
Noelia Voigt, 24, a former Miss USA, made her departure via Instagram on May 6. In a leaked resignation letter, the 2024 titleholder accused the Miss USA Organization of having a” dangerous work environment” where she experienced “at best … poor managing and, at worst … abuse and abuse”. According to , CNN, which obtained the letter, the pageant queen accused Rose of” slandering” her and calling her “mentally ill” in conversations with people outside of the organization. She even said Rose was “aggressive” and threatened to withdraw her income.
Individually, former Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava, 17, who announced her departure time after Voigt, also said that her private ideals” no longer fully align with the way” of the business.
Both women claimed their mothers spoke to” Good Morning America” on May 14 on their behalf because they had signed nondisclosure agreements with the Miss USA Organization and were limited in what they could include in their public statements.
” The career of their dreams turned out to be a problem”, Barbara Srivastava said. ” We may not continue this farce. The girls decided to step down and give]up ] their dream of a lifetime — a crown, a national title. Why did two women choose to abandon that?
Additionally, Jackeline Voigt described a position where she claimed her child was sexually harassed while attending an official Miss USA show and that she had not been provided with adequate security to protect her. Rose reportedly told her that being harassed is “part of the position.”
Rose made the appearance that Voigt was to blame for the problems, saying in her statement that” the claims of a lack of support for the previous titleholder are likewise fake.”
” [W]e kept up with us about events and processes and gave us access to all of the service required, a lot of which our titleholder ignored or left underused,” she said.
Rose also claimed that the show wife was abusing her legal obligations.
We also scheduled a number of activities ( always with a companion ), to which Rose was invited to speak and show her “passion” tasks, many of which our titleholder canceled at the last moment and without cause,” Rose’s statement read.
Voigt hit back Thursday against Rose’s “unequivocally inaccurate” claims, writing on , Instagram , that she is” constrained” by a nondisclosure agreement and strongly encouraged Rose to waive it.
I strongly disagree that Laylah Roses ‘ [sic ] assertions in her most recent statement, which contradict my experience after three weeks of unanswered resignation notification, are unequivocally inaccurate.
Srivastava has not responded to Rose’s speech.
After Voigt’s departure, her Miss USA 2024 name was passed to the sprinter- up,  , Savannah Gankiewicz of Hawaii. The position of Miss Teen USA remains unfilled.
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