Miss Universe 2025
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Miss Mexico was crowned Miss Universe in Thailand on Friday, achieving victory despite facing significant embarrassment, including a highly public walkout after she was criticised heavily by one of the beauty pageant's organisers.
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Making the final stage alongside Miss Mexico were contestants from the Ivory Coast, the Philippines, Thailand and Venezuela.
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Selected from more than 120 women vying for the title in a contest considered one of the "big four" of global beauty pageants.
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The newly crowned winner told a press conference on Friday that she would like to be remembered as "a Miss Universe that wasn't afraid to be herself" and "a person that changed, a little bit, the prototype of what is a Miss Universe".
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Bosch staged a dramatic walkout this month from a meeting where she was lambasted by Miss Universe Thailand director Nawat Itsaragrisil.
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Meanwhile, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum had called Bosch an "example of how we women should speak out" in the face of aggression after the incident with Nawat.
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Mexico’s Fatima Bosch, Thailand’s Praveenar Singh and Venezuela’s Stephany Abasali stand together as they wait for the final results.
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Fatima Bosch of Mexico reacts next to other contestants after being crowned Miss Universe 2025 during the 74th Miss Universe pageant in Bangkok.
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Fatima Bosch of Mexico reacts as she is crowned Miss Universe 2025 during the 74th Miss Universe pageant in Bangkok, Thailand.
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While India’s Manika Vishwakarma impressed with her elegance and poise, she narrowly missed out on a Top 12 spot at the Miss Universe pageant.