More chaos behind the scenes of Miss USA pageant, days before new beauty queen is crowned
nypost.comleaving some scrambling to plan for their title holders, a source close to the Miss USA pageant told The Post. “State directors finally got information on Thursday or Friday.
They were pretty upset because it was so late and they had no information for their title holders,” the source told The Post, explaining how that left them two weeks to handle itineraries, travel arrangements and wardrobe requirements.“Logistics are going to be difficult — Laylah [Rose] is off her rocker,” a state director, who requested anonymity to protect the privacy of their title holders, told The Post of the Miss USA Organization’s beleagueredpresident. “She doesn’t communicate. “It definitely has the potential to be a mess,” the state director said, noting that the organization only “recently” put down a deposit on the Peacock Theater.
While contestants heading to Hollywood are excited at the prospect of winning the crown, some are also said to be nervous about an allegedly toxic workplace culture exposed with the shocking resignation of former title holders.
Miss USA Noelia Voigt, 24, stepped down in May, citing mental health challenges seven months into her reign.In her resignation letter posted to Instagram, Voigt capitalized the first letter of each sentence to spell out the coded message “I AM SILENCED” — on purpose, sources confirmed. “Never compromise your physical and mental well-being.
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