Overview
- Melanie Shiraz shared a side‑by‑side clip on November 14 comparing official footage with the viral video and wrote, “The truth always speaks for itself.”
- She previously denied giving a hostile look, saying she was simply glancing toward other contestants entering the stage at the Miss Universe event in Thailand.
- The Miss Universe Organization has labeled the circulating claim “false and misleading,” pushing back on the social‑media narrative.
- The brief original clip prompted waves of politically charged comments on Shiraz’s accounts, including messages like “Free Palestine” and references such as “Miss Genocide.”
- Nadeen Ayoub is the first Miss Palestine to compete in the pageant, which has faced separate controversies in Bangkok, with the final scheduled for November 21.