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Miss USA comes home to Utah to celebrate her win — and her Venezuela roots

Noelia Voigt’s victory and her spot in the Miss Universe competition are big deals in Venezuelan culture, where beauty pageants are an obsession.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Miss USA Noelia Voigt, the first contestant from Utah to win the crown in 50 years, poses at Arempas in downtown Salt Lake City on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. The restaurant has a row of portraits of Miss Venezuela title holders who have won Miss Universe, a sign of the importance of beauty pageants in Venezuelan culture. Voigt is Venezuelan American.