Fatima Bosch Fernandez (25) was crowned the winner after the competition took the world by storm, after the beauty queen stood up to the host for bullying.<\/p>\n
Second place was given to Praveenar Singh (29), of Thailand, while Stephany Abasali of Venezuela came third. Ahtisa Manalo (28), of the Philippines, came fourth and Olivia Yace (29), from the Ivory Coast, was fifth.<\/p>\n
The controversy began after the host scolded Miss Mexico earlier in the competition, calling her \u201cdumb\u201d, instigating a walkout in solidarity by the other beauty queens.<\/p>\n
The incident took place at the live streamed sashing ceremony for the 130 contestants on November 4, when Thai national director Nawat Itsaragrisil berated Ms Bosch Fernandez for allegedly not posting enough promotional content.<\/p>\n
When she stepped up to defend herself, Mr Nawat called security, prompting Ms Bosch Fernandez to walk out of the room herself.<\/p>\n
She was swiftly joined by several others in a display of solidarity, including the 2024 Miss Universe, Victoria Kj\u00e6r Theilvig of Denmark.<\/p>\n
What your director did is not respectful: he called me dumb<\/p>\n
Speaking to Thai reporters, Ms Bosch Fernandez said: \u201cWhat your director did is not respectful: he called me dumb. If it takes away your dignity, you need to go.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Nawat\u2019s conduct was condemned as \u201cpublic aggression\u201d and \u201cserious abuse\u201d by the president of the Miss Universe Organisation, Raul Rocha Cantu.<\/p>\n
Mr Cantu was even joined by Mexico\u2019s first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum, at a press conference in Mexico City, saying she wanted to give \u201crecognition\u201d to Ms Bosch Fernandez for voicing her position in a \u201cdignified\u201d way. \u201cIt seems to me that it is an example of how women should raise our voices,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Ms Sheinbaum recalled being told in the past that \u201cwomen look more beautiful when they keep quiet\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe women look more beautiful when we raise our voice and participate, because that has to do with the recognition of our rights,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Ms Nawat later issued a melodramatic apology for his actions \u2013 while still appearing defiant about his behaviour.<\/p>\n
During the ceremony, he addressed the controversy and said: \u201cIf anyone [was] affected and not comfortable, it happened, I am so sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n
He then turned to the contestants and said: \u201cIt\u2019s passed. OK? Are you happy?\u201d<\/p>\n
It was also reported that two judges quit this year\u2019s competition due to allegations that the contest was rigged \u2013 a claim which was denied by the organisation.<\/p>\n
Thai police have also been involved in investigating the competition, on the grounds that online casinos were allegedly being promoted illegally as part of the event\u2019s publicity.<\/p>\n
Before claiming the Miss Universe 2025 title, Ms Bosch Fernandez said she studied fashion in Mexico and \u00adItaly, focusing on creating sustainable designs and discarded materials. <\/p>\n
Other causes close to he heart include mental health issues, environmental activism, and supporting migrants and children with illnesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fatima Bosch Fernandez (25) was crowned the winner after the competition took the world by storm, after the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60,898],"class_list":{"0":"post-154008","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-latest-news-ticker"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}