{"id":45860,"date":"2025-11-20T10:23:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T10:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/45860\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T10:23:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T10:23:16","slug":"miss-jamaica-tumbles-off-stage-and-is-carried-away-on-stretcher-during-miss-universe-pageant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/45860\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss Jamaica tumbles off stage and is carried away on stretcher during Miss Universe pageant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shocking footage captured Miss Jamaica plummeting off the stage during the Miss Universe\u00a0preliminary evening gown round in Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Gabrielle Henry\u00a0was strutting down the Bangkok stage in a glamorous orange gown when she suddenly stepped off the edge of the dark runway and seemingly faceplanted, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/eledenmx20\/status\/1991159294323003899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1991159294323003899%7Ctwgr%5Eda2f54310c28b79ceb228654f1c9a4a974c08333%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tmz.com%2F2025%2F11%2F19%2Fmiss-jamaica-gabrielle-henry-falls-miss-universe%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">footage posted to social media. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Members of the audience could be seen immediately jumping up in their seats to check on Henry. <\/p>\n<p>Later footage <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LaondaOaxaca\/status\/1991160454656229474\/video\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">posted to social media <\/a>captured the beauty queen being carried away on a stretcher.<\/p>\n<p>Henry was rushed to Paolo Rangsit Hospital in Thailand and is not suffering from any life-threatening injuries, the Miss Universe Jamaica organization said in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRPsIavEaQT\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> a statement on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMedical professionals are attending to her care and have advised that she is not suffering from any life-threatening injuries; however, they continue to conduct tests to ensure her full recovery,\u201d the organization said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe kindly ask everyone to stay upbeat, lift her in prayer, and send positive thoughts as she receives the necessary medical care,\u201d the statement continued. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37715654\" width=\"417\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/www-instagram-com-p-drpdov-115772149.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Jamaica falling on stage.\" class=\"wp-image-37715654\" style=\"width:734px;height:auto;aspect-ratio:0.70605469;display:block\"  \/>Dr. Gabrielle Henry was rushed to Paolo Rangsit Hospital in Thailand and is not suffering from any life-threatening injuries. Meekiimodez\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Raul Rocha, owner of the Miss Universe pageant,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRPv7Q9CVUJ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">also posted an update <\/a>reassuring fans that Henry is \u201cunder good care\u201d and miraculously didn\u2019t break anything in the fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was there with her family and her, and thankfully, there are no broken bones, and she is under good care. She will remain under observation for the rest of the night, and we will remain in touch with her family and support her,\u201d Rocha wrote. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cOur prayers go out for her prompt recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, contestants competed in swimsuit rounds, a national costume competition round, and the evening gown round in hopes of advancing to the finals. <\/p>\n<p>Henry is an ophthalmologist and the founder of the See Me Foundation, a charity advocating for the visually impaired across Jamaica. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37715656\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/miss-universe-jamaica-gabrielle-alexis-115768735.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Universe Jamaica, Gabrielle Alexis Henry, showcases her evening gown during the 74th Miss Universe Preliminary competition.\" class=\"wp-image-37715656\"  \/>Her Instagram stories posted before her treacherous fall showed her getting glammed up before taking the stage. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Her Instagram stories posted before her treacherous fall showed her getting glammed up before taking the stage.<\/p>\n<p>She was slated to compete at the 47th annual Miss Universe pageant on Friday \u2014 which has already been embroiled in scandal. <\/p>\n<p>Miss Universe judge <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/18\/entertainment\/miss-universe-judge-resigns-ahead-of-pageant\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Omar Harfouch abruptly resigned<\/a> from the pageant\u2019s official jury just days before this year\u2019s competition kicked off. <\/p>\n<p>Harfouch alleged that an \u201cimpromptu jury\u201d with personal ties to participating contestants had already chosen which contestants would move forward out of the 136 women competing.<\/p>\n<p>Miss Universe executive<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/07\/entertainment\/miss-universe-exec-nawat-itsaragrisil-dismissed-from-pageant\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Nawat Itsaragrisil was also dismissed <\/a>from this year\u2019s pageant following his shocking confrontation with Miss Mexico F\u00e1tima Bosch, which led to a dozen other Miss Universe participants\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/05\/entertainment\/miss-universe-contestants-walk-out-on-executive-nawat-itsaragrisil-after-public-berating-of-miss-mexico-fatima-bosch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">walking out of a pre-pageant event<\/a>\u00a0in solidarity with her.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shocking footage captured Miss Jamaica plummeting off the stage during the Miss Universe\u00a0preliminary evening gown round in Thailand.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9351,157,7379,10695,9,11,10,9202,1688,1076],"class_list":{"0":"post-45860","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-beauty-pageants","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-jamaica","11":"tag-miss-universe","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-headlines","14":"tag-new-york-news","15":"tag-thailand","16":"tag-viral-videos","17":"tag-world-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}