UmaSofia Srivastava
American beauty pageant titleholder
- Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2023
- Miss Teen USA 2023
competition(s)
UmaSofia Srivastava is an American beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Teen USA 2023. She had previously been crowned Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2023. She was the first entrant from New Jersey to have been crowned Miss Teen-USA.
On May 7, 2024, she resigned her Miss Teen-USA title (one day after Miss USA 2023, Noelia Voigt, resigned), stating that her values "no longer fully align with the direction of the organization".[1][2]
Pageantry
Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2023
Srivastava won Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2023 and was crowned by outgoing titleholder Isabella Galan.[citation needed]
Miss Teen USA 2023
After winning Miss New Jersey Teen USA, Srivastava represented New Jersey at Miss Teen USA 2023 and won the nationally televised competition in Reno, Nevada on September 28, 2023.[3][4] She became the first titleholder of Indian/Mexican descent and the second consecutive titleholder of Indian descent after Faron Medhi of Nebraska won in 2022.[5][6][7][8]
References
- ^ Moses, Claire (May 8, 2024). "Miss Teen USA Resigns From Her Post, Following Miss USA". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Pilkington, Ed (May 9, 2024). "Miss Teen USA steps down two days after Miss USA resigned from her role". The Guardian. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
- ^ "Mexican-Indian high school student crowned Miss Teen USA". Tribune India.
- ^ "USA: भारतवंशी छात्रा उमा सोफिया श्रीवास्तव बनी मिस टीन यूएसए - Indian origin student Uma Sofia Srivastava becomes Miss Teen USA student of Mexican Indian high school". Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ "New Jersey's UmaSofia Srivastava Wins Miss Teen USA 2023: 'I Am So Grateful and Honored'". people.com. September 29, 2023. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
- ^ Staff Writer (October 5, 2023). "The Little Jaguar: 16-year-old UmaSofia Srivastava of New Jersey Crowned Miss Teen USA". American Kahani. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ "UmaSofia Srivastava's journey to becoming Miss Teen USA". Global Indian Youth. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ "Mexican-Indian High School Student Crowned Miss Teen USA". Free Press Journal. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
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| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Faron Medhi Nebraska | Miss Teen USA 2023 | Succeeded by TBA |
| Preceded by Isabella Galan | Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2023 | Succeeded by TBA |
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New Jersey pageant winners
- Bette Cooper (1937)
- Betty Jane Crowley (1949)
- Hela Yungst (1970)
- Suzanne Plummer (1973)
- Suzette Charles (1983)
- Alicia Luciano (2002)
- Jennifer Farrell (2003)
- Julie Robenhymer (2005)
- Amy Polumbo (2007)
- Ashleigh Udalovas (2010)
- Lindsey Petrosh (2012)
- Cierra Kaler-Jones (2014)
- Charlotte Ray (1991)
- Janaye Ingram (2004)
- Ashley Harder (2007, resigned)
- Tiffany Andrade (2008)
- Michelle Leonardo (2012)
- Derby Chukwudi (2023)
- Alyssa Campanella (2007)
- Michelle Leonardo (2008)
- Valentina Sánchez (2014)
- UmaSofia Srivastava (2023)
- Lindsey Petrosh (2006)
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