Miss Utah USA 2023 is Noelia Voigt


Noelia Voigt bested 19 other competitors to win Miss Utah USA 2023 on Saturday, July 8 at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center (Jeanne Wagner Theater) in Salt Lake City.

The 23-year-old Venezuelan-American interior designer and author representing Park City will now prepare to represent Utah at Miss USA 2023 in Reno, Nevada this fall.

Her runners-up were Mariluz Cook of Salt Lake (first), Hannah Wagner of Greater Salt Lake (second), Kit Widmyer of Nothern Utah (third), Kennedi Sanders of Iron County (fourth), and Collin Vijenandan of South Jordan (fifth).

"God’s timing is always right. I still can’t believe that I am Miss Utah USA 2023 and will be competing at Miss USA later this year," she shared online.

"I took the biggest risk of my life thus far by moving across the country to chase this dream of mine and it paid off in the best way," she added.

No stranger to pageantry, the new Miss Utah USA previously held the titles Miss Teen Florida United States 2018, Miss Collegiate Alabama 2020, and Miss Connecticut Collegiate America 2021. She participated twice in Miss Alabama USA and finished first runner-up in 2022 and 2023.

Saturday's competition also concluded with another winner, Miss Utah Teen USA 2023 Anjolie Karmen who will now go on to compete in the Miss Teen USA 2023 pageant.

The teen's runners-up were Jocelyn Osmond, Emelia Sunday, Brooke Beeson-Hughes, Mitch Rabi, Samira Nicole Sosa, and Madison Cameron.

Last year's titleholders Maddie Jonely and Maizy Abbot crowned their respective successors at the end of the glittering event.

Meet the new Miss Utah USA:

Photos: Dream Valley Pro / Miss Utah USA, Georgina Vaughan / Noelia Voigt / Instagram

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