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 is the first entrant from New Jersey to have been crowned Miss Teen USA.
UmaSofia Srivastava | |
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| Born | |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2023 Miss Teen USA 2023 |
| Hair color | Black[citation needed] |
| Eye color | Brown[citation needed] |
| Major competition(s) | Miss Teen USA 2023 (Winner) |
Pageantry edit
Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2023 edit
Srivastava won Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2023 and was crowned by outgoing titleholder Isabella Galan.[citation needed]
Miss Teen USA 2023 edit
After winning Miss New Jersey Teen USA, she represented New Jersey at Miss Teen USA 2023 and won the nationally televised competition in Reno, Nevada on September 28, 2023.[1][2] She became the first titleholder of Indian-Mexican descent and the second consecutive titleholder of Indian descent after Faron Medhi in 2022.[3][4][5][6]
References edit
- ^ "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.