Who Owns Miss Teen USA and Miss USA? It May Be Changing Soon
With The Resignations of Miss USA and Miss Teen USA, Who Owns the Controversial Pagaent?
"I disavow workplace toxicity and bullying of any kind," wrote the former Miss USA social media supervisor
By Brandon CharlesMay Nine 2024, Published 4:51 p.m. ET
With each Miss USA and Miss Teen USA resigning from roles about midway thru their respective runs, some other people are wondering who owns the group.
When former Miss USA Noelia Voigt and former Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava announced their leaves in particular person Instagram posts, neither went too in detail about why they left, announcing their mental health was the primary priority. But Miss USA’s social media director, Claudia Michelle, additionally announced she was once leaving her function and her resignation used to be much more vital of the group.
The Miss USA organization has been run through Laylah Rose since 2023
In her very long Instagram explanation, Claudia makes it clear she did not step away due to both reigning champion. Her caption reads, “I've sadly made the verdict of stepping down from my role as Social Media Director for Miss USA. Getting to work with @noeliavoigt and @umasofias has been such a pleasure, they are the definition of true titleholders.”
The 2d slide in her post is where she takes aim on the organization. Claudia claims she was now not paid for her first two months of labor, her paintings was meddled with, the winners have been disrespected and pressured to sign an NDA.
She writes, “I’ve first hand noticed Noelia and Uma be unable to percentage about their private advocacies on social media and be threatened through MUO “social media laws and guidelines” that I still haven't begun to look. I feel the best way current control speaks about their titleholders is unprofessional and inappropriate; I disavow workplace toxicity and bullying of any sort.”
In regards to president and CEO Laylah Rose, Claudia wrote, “This is a women's empowerment group and my hope in making this remark is to restore one of the most empowerment back to these titleholders that was once so deeply misplaced in their year.”
When requested for remark about the allegations the CEO and president instructed People, “Our all-encompassing objective at Miss USA is to have a good time and empower girls. Our individuals make a real difference in this country and all over the world. All along, my personal purpose as the top of this organization has been to encourage ladies to always create new desires, have the courage to explore it all, and proceed to maintain integrity along the best way. I grasp myself to those same top standards and I take these allegations severely.”
That observation mirrors the remark she gave Parade about after Miss Teen USA resigned. “Our all-encompassing objective at Miss USA is to have a good time and empower girls. Our contributors make a real distinction on this country and around the world. All alongside, my personal goal as the head of this group has been to inspire girls to all the time create new goals, have the courage to discover it all, and continue to keep integrity along the way in which. I grasp myself to those similar prime requirements and I take these allegations seriously."
An unnamed source told the New York Post the three women planned their resignation together and Laylah was posting to each of their social media accounts.
Laylah Rose's net worth is unknown because she's not the owner of the pagaent.
While many think the president and CEO of Miss USA Laylah is the owner of the pageant, she's not. The company that actually owns the contest and put Laylah in charge obtained the long running pageant in 2022.
The owner of Miss USA may not be owner for much longer.
Thai celebrity (she starred in the Thai version of Shark Tank and Project Runway) and transgender rights advocate Jakapong "Anne" Jakrajutatip bought the Miss USA organization for $20 million in 2022. In November 2023 JKN Global Group, she group Jakapong works for as chief executive, filed for bankruptcy. In February 2024 a former president of the Miss Universe Organisation threatened Jakapong with a defamation lawsuit.
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