Miss Universe Beauty Pageant Winner: Mexican Woman Previously Called "Dumbass" (7 Photos + 2 Videos)
25-year-old Fatima Bosch from Mexico was crowned Miss Universe 2025. During the ceremony, she received the crown from Victoria Kjær Teilvig of Denmark, last year's winner. 
The ceremony took place in the Thai city of Pakket. 
Fatima's victory was especially significant amid the scandal surrounding Miss Universe organizer Navat Itsaragrisil, who called her a "dumbass" during an event for missing a sponsor's photo shoot.
The Mexican woman responded that the organizer didn't respect her as a woman, after which Itzaragrisil called security to escort her out of the room. Several other contestants left the room in solidarity with Fatima.
After the incident, the offender apologized to the girl, but a bad taste remained. Fatima openly stated that no woman should allow others to silence her.
Her victory delighted Mexicans and those who supported her during the bullying.
Besides the Mexican, Pravinar Singh of Thailand (1st runner-up), Stephanie Abasali of Venezuela (2nd runner-up), Ahtisa Manalo of the Philippines (3rd runner-up), and Olivia Yatse of Côte d'Ivoire (4th runner-up) also took worthy places in the Miss Universe 2025 finals. Runner-up).
Anastasia Venza at the Miss Universe 2025 pageant
A total of 120 girls from all over the world took part in the pageant. Thirty beauties competed for the victory in the final.
In addition to the scandal involving the Thai director, the Miss Universe 2025 pageant was marred by other problems – several contestants, including the Hungarian representative, suffered food poisoning and missed important events.
Furthermore, just a few days before the final, two judges unexpectedly left the pageant, with one accusing the organizers of rigging the results.
Composer Omar Harfouch announced on social media that he had resigned from the eight-member jury and claimed that a secret jury had selected the top 30 contestants in advance of the final.
"I could not stand in front of the audience and television cameras pretending to legitimize a vote I never participated in," Harfouche said in a statement.
"The Miss Universe Organization stated that Harfouche's allegations 'distort' the judging process.
The Miss Universe Organization categorically states that no secret jury was created, that no external group was authorized to evaluate delegates or select finalists, and that all pageant judging continues to follow established, transparent, and controlled competition protocols," the organization said in a statement.
