This year's Miss Universe competition, held in Bangkok, was marred by a series of dramatic incidents, from a contestant's livestreamed walkout to a now former judge's allegations of rigging.

Despite walking out of a Miss Universe event in protest, Fátima Bosch of Mexico was the crowned winner of the competition on Nov. 21, putting an end to the scandal-plagued pageant. From Miss Jamaica's scary fall and why two judges resigned,

Organizers of the beauty pageant, which is wrapping up in Bangkok, denied allegations by one of the judges that the top 30 contestants had been preselected in a “secret vote.”

Former Miss Universe judge, Omar Harfouch, who resigned just days before this year's final, is speaking out about the competition's alleged 'secret committees and rigged votes.'

Miss Mexico's sparkly Miss Universe win is coming with some serious side eye ... 'cause after her own scandal shook the pageant, people are claiming the crown was handed to her as damage control, not as the result of a hard-earned victory.

In its 74-year history, the Miss Universe pageant has faced numerous scandals, from women losing their crowns to the wrong winner being named onstage.

Gabrielle Henry, aka Miss Jamaica, was missing from the end of the 2025 Miss Universe pageant, after an earlier incident sent her to the hospital.