(CNN) \u2014<\/strong> Noelia Voigt of Utah was topped the brand new Miss USA in Reno, Nevada, on the fruits of the 2023 pageant on the Grand Sierra Resort on Friday evening, broadcast stay on the CW Community. Savannah Gankiewicz of Hawaii positioned as first-runner-up.<\/p>\n Voigt, 23, beat out 50 different titleholders on the pageant. Initially of the tv competitors, the sphere was narrowed to twenty finalists, and lower additional to simply 5 \u2014 Voigt, Gankiewicz, Jasmine Daniels of Pennsylvania, Lluvia Alzate of Texas and Alexis Loomans of Wisconsin \u2014 after the requisite swimwear and night robe rounds.<\/p>\n Requested what she would contribute to the Miss Universe Group as a \u201cmodel ambassador\u201d and Miss USA within the remaining Q&A spherical, Voigt touted being a \u201cbilingual Venezuelan-American,\u201d and promised she would join with various communities throughout the USA.<\/p>\n Judges included Vivica A. Fox, former \u201cActual Housewife\u201d Luann de Lesseps and sweetness vlogger Patrick Starrr.<\/p>\n The pageant aimed to supply \u201ca contemporary and progressive method to a 70-year-old custom,\u201d mentioned President and CEO of the Miss USA Group Laylah Rose in a press release launched in early September. Following a latest rule change applied by the Miss Universe Group, this 12 months\u2019s Miss USA featured the first married state titleholder<\/a> \u2014 Juliana Morehouse-Locklear of Maine. (Morehouse-Locklear, the daughter of a contestant within the 1994 Miss USA pageant, didn’t advance to the highest 20.)<\/p>\n Voigt succeeds the 2022 Miss USA, Morgan Romano of North Carolina. Romano herself took over the title from R\u2019Bonney Gabriel, of Texas, who was crowned the 2022 Miss Universe<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n