{"id":311757,"date":"2025-11-25T00:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T00:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/311757\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T00:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T00:14:10","slug":"miss-universe-provides-update-on-contestant-who-fell-from-stage-left-on-stretcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/311757\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss Universe provides update on contestant who fell from stage, left on stretcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"V5ZYDXH46ZGRXPOVKGJDJXHQTQ\">A Miss Universe contestant is recovering after she fell from the stage and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LaondaOaxaca\/status\/1991160454656229474\/video\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LaondaOaxaca\/status\/1991160454656229474\/video\/2\">was put on a stretcher. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NT6EIK4YKFD6HDR6HDGZM7TCXY\">In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRb6Q_oCMNd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRb6Q_oCMNd\/\">update provided on Monday<\/a>, Miss Universe President Raul Rocha said that despite \u201cdifficult moments and unexpected concerns,\u201d Miss Jamaica Dr. Gabrielle Henry is in good health and nearing discharge from the hospital. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"XWBY3BRFQBDOLGS4AU5HHTRDT4\">\u201cWe will continue to communicate only essential information with professionalism, sensitivity, and respect,\u201d the statement said. \u201cWhile unfounded speculation has circulated publicly, our full attention has remined on Dr. Henry\u2019s care and recovery. We are grateful that she is now close to being released from the hospital.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3A62HWAL2FC4RNCGZ3K7ZSOIOQ\">Henry, 28, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DRPnpB3AbKa\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=6e19d04c-22b1-475e-a204-0158f89fecf2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DRPnpB3AbKa\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=6e19d04c-22b1-475e-a204-0158f89fecf2\">fell off the stage<\/a> while competing in the during the event\u2019s preliminary evening gown competition. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LSOSMABX5NACDDT7G4BT7BZ5HM\">She did not break any bones, but the fall resulted in head trauma, and lacerations to her chin and foot. Concern was substantial both from the gathered crowd and online onlookers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5G7DQ6FQA5BWXI6CIGUXH7V5BY\">Henry was forced to withdraw from the competition as she was treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at a hospital in Thailand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"TCWGPWFS35CWLB64JQXRADQKRM\">Miss Universe is paying for 100 percent of the related medical expenses, Rocha said, as well as hotel accommodation, transportation and assistance to the family throughout the process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"OEYPWPQPXNCPRH5BQWTRGFFMUE\">Henry, who is from Kingston, is an ophthalmologist who is an advocate for the visually impaired. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MP37IOBY7BCADEFTM45BTKBYZM\">Her See Me Foundation provides educational and economic opportunities for people who are blind or have reduced vision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"HZHBCMXUWBCBFKJGMGNU5MMFXE\">F\u00e1tima Bosch of Mexico was crowned Miss Universe, marking the country\u2019s fourth title in the event.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Miss Universe contestant is recovering after she fell from the stage and was put on a stretcher.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[160913,88,308,10815,63471],"class_list":["post-311757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-beauty-pageant","tag-entertainment","tag-horizontal","tag-media","tag-miss-universe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}