Overview
- A videoed clash at a bands placement event in Bangkok showed Nawat Itsaragrisil publicly reprimanding Fátima Bosch over social posts, using demeaning language and calling security to remove her.
- Miss Universe Organization president Raúl Rocha condemned the conduct, curtailed Nawat’s role to limited or none, postponed the implicated event, and sent CEO Mario Búcaro and executive Ronald Day to assume operational control.
- The organization said corporate and legal actions are being prepared as investigations and administrative measures proceed toward the Nov. 21 final in Bangkok.
- Solidarity from contestants included walkouts by multiple delegates, among them reigning Miss Universe Victoria Kjær Theilvig, while former titleholders and celebrities amplified support online.
- Nawat issued tearful public apologies that often did not name Bosch, and Bosch affirmed she will remain in the competition; Miss Universo México and Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, publicly backed her.