Overview
- During a livestreamed sashing in Bangkok, Thai executive Nawat Itsaragrisil confronted Miss Mexico, Fátima Bosch, over a missed sponsor event.
- Footage captured him calling her “dumb,” instructing security to remove her, and later inviting contestants back “except Mexico,” saying she was “talking too much.”
- Bosch posted a TikTok calling the treatment disrespectful, and several delegates walked out, including reigning Miss Universe Victoria Kjær Theilvig, who framed the protest as about women’s rights.
- Clips spread rapidly across TikTok, Instagram, and X, with hashtags such as #StandWithMexico and #JusticeForFatima trending.
- The Miss Universe Organization said it will dispatch a high-level delegation to Thailand and that events will proceed as planned ahead of the November 21 pageant, while Miss Universe México publicly backed Bosch.