Former Miss USA Noelia Voigt is asking for her NDA to be lifted after a statement issued by the organization's leader accused her of making "false allegations." On Thursday, the 24-year-old pageant queen took to her Instagram to respond to CEO Laylah Rose, who earlier in the day put out a statement addressing the state of the institution after weeks of controversy and the resignations of both Noelia and the former Miss Teen USA, UmaSofia Srivastava . "I am constrained by a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) and would like to emphatically assert that, following the unauthorized circulation of my resignation letter, Laylah Roses' assertions in her recent statement that contradict my experience after three weeks of unanswered resignation notification are unequivocally inaccurate," Noelia wrote in her post on Instagram.
"I strongly encourage her to waive our NDA to enable me to speak." The post came hours after Rose released an "open letter" in which she broadly disputed claims circulating around Noelia's decision to step down. "We are very disappointed to hear the recent false allegations made by individuals speaking on behalf of our former titleholder.
We cannot and will not address every falsehood, but I will address a few here," the Miss USA CEO began her post. "The allegations of sexual harassment, toxic environment and bullying are not true." Rose continued, "To be clear, such behavior is not accepted, and we can assure you that if such behavior ever occurred, we would take imm.