Hawaii native Savannah Gankiewicz topped Miss USA after the earlier winner resigned
Savannah Gankiewicz of Hawaii was topped Miss USA 2023 on Wednesday, greater than every week after the earlier titleholder resigned citing her psychological well being.
Gankiewicz, a mannequin who leads a feminine empowerment nonprofit, will maintain the title till August — the rest of the pagaent’s time period, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported.
“I’m able to make a optimistic affect with this group that I maintain expensive to my coronary heart,” stated Gankiewicz, of Maui, throughout a ceremony on the Alohilani Resort Waikiki Seaside.
As the primary runner-up, Gankiewicz was introduced because the substitute for former Miss USA 2023 Noelia Voigt, who stepped apart Could 6. In an announcement, Voigt thanked her followers and wrote, “By no means compromise your bodily and psychological well-being.”
Voigt, a former Miss Utah, was topped in September 2023.
Miss Teen USA, UmaSofia Srivastava, additionally resigned her title inside days of Voigt’s resignation in a shock to the Miss Universe Group, which runs each pageants.
Srivastava, the previous Miss New Jersey Teen USA, wrote in an announcement that her private values now not totally align with the path of the group.”
