Days after their daughters’ decisions to relinquish their pageant titles, the mothers of former Miss USA Noelia Voigt and Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava are revealing more about their experiences.

“The job of their dreams turned out to be a nightmare,” Barbara Srivastava, the mother of UmaSofia, said during a Tuesday interview with Good Morning America. “We could not continue this charade. The girls decided to step down and give [up] their dream of a lifetime: a crown, a national title. Why would two girls decide to give that up?”