Miss USA CEO Laylah Rose issued a public response to the recent accusations of a toxic environment, bullying and sexual harassment made against the organization following the recent resignations of Miss USA Noelia Voigt and Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava earlier this month.

"We are very disappointed to hear the recent false allegations made by individuals speaking on behalf of our former titleholder," Rose said in a statement obtained by ABC 7 on Friday (May 31). "The allegations of sexual harassment, toxic environment and bullying are not true. To be clear, such behavior is not accepted, and we can assure you that if such behavior ever occurred, we would take immediate steps to protect our titleholder and provide access to appropriate resources," Rose's statement continued.

Voigt, 24, who represented Utah while winning the Miss USA 2023 crown at the pageant held in September, placed in the top 20 in the Miss Universe 2023 pageant in November and is the first Venezuelan-American woman to win the Miss USA crown in the pageant's history, announced her sudden resignation, becoming the first Miss USA to voluntarily step down in the pageant's 72-year history, on May 6. The 24-year-old specifically mentioned Srivastava, who later announced her own resignation from the Miss Teen USA title on May 8, while expressing gratitude for support in her statement.

Several users acknowledged that the first letter in the first 10 of 11 sentences of the statement shared by Voigt spelled out the phrase "I AM SILENCED."