{"id":148008,"date":"2025-11-22T11:18:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T11:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/148008\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T11:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T11:18:14","slug":"miss-mexico-wins-miss-universe-contest-after-host-insult-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/148008\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss Mexico wins Miss Universe contest after host insult drama"},"content":{"rendered":"
After Itsaragrisil called for security to intervene, Bosch staged a walkout flanked by Miss Iraq.<\/p>\n
Other beauty queens appeared to rise in solidarity with Bosch, before freezing as Itsaragrisil warned those still wanting to participate should \u201csit down\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat your director did is not respectful: he called me dumb,\u201d Bosch told reporters at the time. \u201cThe world needs to see this because we are empowered women and this is a platform for our voice.\u201d<\/p>\n
After the incident, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum called Bosch an \u201cexample of how we women should speak out\u201d in the face of aggression.<\/p>\n
Itsaragrisil later apologised.<\/p>\n
Other drama before the final round included two judges quitting this week, with one alleging the contest was rigged by a \u201csecret and illegitimate vote\u201d held without the official jury.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis vote was conducted by individuals who are not recognised members of the official judging panel,\u201d French composer Omar Harfouch wrote in a statement posted on Instagram.<\/p>\n
The competition’s top five were Olivia Yac\u00e9 (left, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire), F\u00e1tima Bosch (Mexico), Stephany Abasali (Venezuela), Ahtisa Manalo (Philippines) and Praveenar Singh (Thailand). Photo \/ Instagram \/ @missuniverse<\/p>\n
The Miss Universe Organisation has denied Harfouch\u2019s claims, stating that \u201cno impromptu jury has been created\u201d.<\/p>\n
Former professional footballer Claude Makelele also withdrew as a jurist, citing \u201cunforeseen personal reasons\u201d in a statement on social media.<\/p>\n
During the costume round on Wednesday, Miss Britain Danielle Latimer tripped and fell flat on the stage while wearing an outfit inspired by the Cockney character Eliza Doolittle.<\/p>\n
And Miss Jamaica Gabrielle Henry was hospitalised after she fell off the main stage during an evening gown showcase, Miss Universe Organisation president Raul Rocha said.<\/p>\n
Miss Universe Jamaica public relations director Shannon-Dale Reid told AFP late on Wednesday that Henry was \u201cresting under medical observation\u201d and had not suffered serious injuries.<\/p>\n
He declined to comment on Thursday about her condition and the cause of her fall.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Agence France-Presse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After Itsaragrisil called for security to intervene, Bosch staged a walkout flanked by Miss Iraq. Other beauty queens…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[74,3471,1244,99155,13116,13114,5136,18089,156,5904,4999,1364,12022,99152,57583,6820,14574,99156,111,139,69,99154,7241,13109,5433,99153,4327,23272,8982,6202],"class_list":["post-148008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-after","tag-among","tag-beauty","tag-chastised","tag-contest","tag-crowned","tag-drama","tag-dramatic","tag-entertainment","tag-final","tag-friday","tag-her","tag-host","tag-insult","tag-leadup","tag-mexico","tag-miss","tag-missteps","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-pageants","tag-publicly","tag-several","tag-stage","tag-strutting","tag-thailand","tag-universe","tag-victory","tag-wins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}