Nawat called her following small. Filipinos took Angelica Lopez from 70K to 102K in about a day. A third straight Miss Grand crown for the Philippines is the harder test.
On September 18, Miss Universe published two statements that cannot both be true. The first, posted in the name of JKN Universe LLC, the company that does business as the Miss Universe Organization, said delegates from Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, and Singapore would not be eligible for the 75th Miss Universe pageant in Puerto Rico. Their national franchise agreements, it said, were void ab initio, a legal term meaning invalid from the moment they were signed. The second came from Miss Universe Eastern, or MU East, a division of the same organization, and it appeared on the official Miss Universe website the same day. MU East said it had not reviewed or approved the exclusion, and that valid contracts could not be cancelled through “a one-sided public statement.” Two months before the pageant’s 75th edition, six national delegates are waiting to find out which half of a divided company gets the final word. A Crown Owned in Halves The split starts with ownership. Thailand’s JKN Global Group bought the Miss Universe brand in 2022. …
The coronation of Fátima Bosch of Mexico as Miss Universe 2025 in Bangkok was supposed to be a night of celebration. Instead, it became the center of a firestorm — judge resignations, allegations of manipulation, online wars between fandoms, and criminal investigations swirling around the organization’s top leadership. By the next morning, the question wasn’t “Who won?” — it was “Can Miss Universe still be trusted?” The allegations: rigged, manipulated, and mishandled Fans worldwide have been unusually unified in one sentiment: “Something didn’t feel right.” Among the biggest reasons: • Judges resigning before the finale, with at least one cryptically hinting at process issues. • On-stage and backstage altercations circulating on social media. • Delegation walkouts and complaints about inconsistent treatment. • Leadership miscommunication, livestream rants, and contradictory official statements. These were not small hiccups — they were structural cracks. And they pointed to one name repeatedly: Raul Rocha. Raul Rocha: the controversy magnet at the center of it all Even before the coronation, Raul Rocha, co-owner and president of the Miss Universe Organization, was …
