Savannah Gankiewicz, 28, said the backlash “breaks her heart” in a speech Friday while visiting the Lahaina wildfire victims. “I don’t know if you’ve seen on social media, but since I’ ...

"I am determined to lead by example and empower the class of 2024 and beyond," Gankiewicz said at the ceremony in her native state of Hawaii Miss Hawaii USA Savannah Gankiewicz has been crowned ...

"My decision to accept the Miss USA crown was not one that was made lightly," Savannah Gankiewicz said in a statement Danielle Jennings is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE, covering stories in Human ...

"I'm so glad that the former title holder is getting ... help," Gankiewicz tells PEOPLE after Voigt cited mental health reasons for stepping down While speaking exclusively to PEOPLE at the GRAMMY ...

Savannah Gankiewicz of Hawaii was crowned Miss USA 2023, more than a week after the previous titleholder resigned for mental health reasons. Born and raised on the island of Maui, Gankiewicz is a ...

Miss USA Savannah Gankiewicz said she has received death threats and hateful messages since taking the crown in the wake of Noelia Voigt’s shocking resignation and allegations against the ...

Savannah Mar’i Gankiewicz, the current holder of the Miss Hawaii USA title is the first winner from Maui in more than 20 years, following Trini Kaopuiki in 1999 and Christy Leonard in 2001.

Miss USA Savannah Gankiewicz is opening up about the scandal that rocked the beauty pageant world. In May, Miss USA Noelia Voigt and Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava, who were both crowned in ...

Savannah Gankiewicz accepted the Miss USA 2023 crown in May after a shocking resignation — now, three months later, she's preparing to crown her successor “I can't speak on their experience, but I can ...

Less than two weeks after former Miss USA Noelia Voigt resigned, Miss Hawaii Savannah Gankiewicz has officially taken the title. The model and activist was crowned Wednesday in a ceremony ...

Gankiewicz tells PEOPLE she's hoping to 'uplift' the organization after both Voigt and former Miss Teen USA 2023 UmaSofia Srivastava stepped down Sarah Morris/Getty; Slaven Vlasic/Getty Savannah ...

“The Miss USA Organization is thrilled to announce that Miss Hawaii USA Savannah Gankiewicz is Miss USA 2023," the organization wrote in a statement on social media posted Thursday, May 9 ...