Reigning Teen Queen Isabella Galan Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2022 has just crown her successor, The Winner Against 79 Contestants, UmaSofia Srivastava as Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2023 at the end of Grand Finale in Parsippany on Sun, Mar 19, 2023 which commenced at 2:00 PM EDT. Note Miss NJUSA '23 Pageant is a separate one here and will just follow at 5:00 PM.

Newly Crowned UmaSofia Srivastava Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2023 is the 41ST Miss Teen USA 2023 Contestant and will represent her NJ State at the upcoming Miss Teen USA 2023 Pageant where reigning queen Faron Medhi Miss Teen USA 2022 will crown her successor at the end of Grand Finale in the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. The New Teen Queen UmaSofia Srivastava is The First Miss New Jersey Teen USA in Anne JKN's Universe Era.

UmaSofia Srivastava returned this year again to compete & bring Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2023 Crown crown home...n She did it..She won the State Crown.
She is 1st Runner-up Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2022 and Amazing Blogger at That's Fan Behavior (www.thatsfanbehavior.com), Feshman Parsippany Hills High School 2025, Actor, Singer and Model from Morris Plains, NJ.

UmaSofia Srivastava is the first Mexican-Indian Miss New Jersey Teen USA and hopes to become a UN ambassador. She works with the Lotus Petal Foundation to help underprivileged children in India receive a well rounded education, proper nutrition and healthcare. UmaSofia also collected over 1000 books for the Bridge of Books Foundation to donate to inner-city kids in New Jersey.

She authored and illustrated her book, The White Jaguar, to inspire people of all ages to embrace what makes them unique. Throughout the book there are four languages: English, Spanish, Hindi, and French – all of which she speaks.

UmaSofia is a pianist and runs her own blog, That’s Fan Behavior, where she writes about her experience as a woman of color and current events. UmaSofia is the co-founder of the Diversity & Inclusion campaign at her school, a Kind Campaign leader, and also participates in Mock Trial and Model UN.

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i’m so beyond grateful to be Miss Teen New Jersey’s first runner up in my first ever pageant!!! i couldn’t believe that i made semi finalists, and then top 5 and finally second place! this has definitely been the best experience i’ve had in my past 14 years of life and I owe it to everyone who has helped me along the way, my parents, my family, my friends (who were all like my big sisters), my hair and makeup queens, and the wonderful judges! The friends and the memory of this is already more than i could ever ask for. i wish the best of luck to @delaneymusgrave, @celindaortega, and of course @isabella.galan 

 

 

 

 

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So excited be competing at Miss NJ Teen USA 2023! It is an honor to return to share my passion for education for all through @lotuspetalfoundation and my blog Fan Behavior! I am proud to be representing my Mexican and Indian heritage (little me is too)🤍 See you soon NJ!

photo: @jessiepalumbo
hair: @iamzullay
makeup: @angelicamuanj