The 17-year-old UmaSofia Srivastava announced her resignation from the position citing a “no longer full alignment of personal values with the direction of the organization.”
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“I am grateful for all the support from my family, my state directors, my sister queens, and the fans who have cheered me on since I won my state title,” she wrote in an Instagram post.
“I will always look back on my time as Miss NJ Teen USA fondly, and the experience of representing my state as a first generation, Mexican-Indian American at the national level was fulfilling in itself.”
September 2023 saw her coronation.