US EditionWho Is Fatima Bosch? Meet Miss Mexico Amid Miss Universe Scandal
Several contestants walked out in solidarity after the Thai director publicly insulted Miss Mexico, highlighting ongoing concerns about respect and conduct in the pageant.
- Nawat Itsaragrisil's remarks during a livestream prompted several contestants, including Miss Mexico Fátima Bosch and 2024 Miss Universe Victoria Kjær Theilvig, to walk out in protest in Bangkok, per the schedule.
- Nawat Itsaragrisil singled out Fátima Bosch for not posting promotional content and accused her of following orders from Miss Universe Mexico's national director, then called for security to remove her.
- When Bosch spoke up during the talk, Fátima Bosch, Miss Universe Mexico, protested that Itsaragrisil was not respecting her as a woman, prompting gasps and a walkout by other Miss Universe contestants captured on Miss Universe Thailand's livestream.
- Miss Universe President Raúl Rocha condemned Nawat Itsaragrisil's treatment of Bosch and urged change, while Itsaragrisil apologized in an Instagram live and said he met with the Miss Universe Organization.
- The incident intensified scrutiny of Nawat Itsaragrisil's past body-shaming complaints from 2016 and May, while Fátima Bosch and others framed themselves as empowered women.
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‘I’m not a doll’: Miss Mexico speaks out after insults from Miss Universe official
More than a dozen Miss Universe 2025 contestants staged a walkout in Bangkok after Miss Mexico — Fátima Bosch of Tabasco — was publicly insulted by a top pageant official two weeks before the Nov. 21 final in Pak Kret, Thailand. The incident occurred Tuesday at a pre-pageant event, where Nawat Itsaragrisil, national director of Miss Universe Thailand, alluded to Bosch as a “dumbhead” in a speech in front of over 70 contestants dressed in evening…
Who Is Fatima Bosch? Meet Miss Mexico Amid Miss Universe Scandal
Miss Universe Mexico Fátima Bosch found herself in the middle of multiple unexpected controversies during the lead-up to the 2025 Miss Universe beauty pageant. Bosch became the first-ever queen from the Mexican state of Tabasco to win Miss Universe Mexico in September 2025, but her crowning moment went viral for all the wrong reasons. The Miss Universe Mexico live audience booed her win and several other competitors declined to congratulate her …
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