Miss Universe Mexico director arrested in Thailand
According to Hola!, Mr. Jorge Figueroa - National Director of Miss Universe Mexico - was arrested in Thailand following accusations from Mr. Nawat Itsaragrisil, representative of the Miss Universe 2025 host organization, regarding the promotion of gambling applications.
Mr. Nawat had previously taken legal action to clarify the operations of the gambling app, which is licensed in the Philippines and is the official travel partner of Miss Universe under an agreement with the Miss Universe Organization (MUO) in New York (USA). However, promoting gambling platforms is prohibited in Thailand.
Jorge Figueroa - National Director of Miss Universe Mexico (left) and representative of Mexico at Miss Universe 2025 (Photo: MU).
The President of the Miss Grand International Organization filed a complaint requesting the arrest of several individuals, including Mr. Figueroa. He also informed the Mexican representative that the National Director had been deported from Thailand.
Actress Martha Cristiana, former director of Miss Universe Mexico, confirmed the incident. Although MUO and the Mexican team have not made an official comment, local sources said that Mr. Figueroa and his team of makeup artists have been released.
Previously, on November 4, Mr. Nawat and the Mexican representative had a conflict at the sash awarding ceremony. The incident caused Mr. Raúl Rocha - President of MUO - and Mr. Nawat to continuously fight on social networks. Businessman Raúl Rocha affirmed that he would file a lawsuit.
In parallel with this noise, in Thailand, Mr. Raúl Rocha was also invited to work to clarify payments related to the contest. According to Thairath, the Mexican businessman is holding 50% of MUO shares, while there are rumors that the remaining 50% of shares held by JKN Global (the company that owns the Miss Universe contest) has been transferred to a Thai-American investor.
Miss Universe contestant gets food poisoning
Sanly Liu - Indonesia's representative at Miss Universe 2025 (Photo: MU).
On November 13, Sanly Liu - representative of Indonesia - said that she and several other contestants suffered food poisoning during the competition.
“I just got food poisoning, but luckily the medical team responded very quickly. I had to cancel my schedule as soon as I had symptoms and felt very sad because I couldn’t attend events,” she shared.
Sanly added that some contestants had to be hospitalized. This information quickly attracted attention, raising concerns about the organizing committee's logistics.
The Miss Universe 2025 pageant took place in Thailand from November 2 to November 21 with 123 contestants. Right from the start, the pageant was mired in controversy over its organization, raising concerns about the quality of the event.
Miss Universe 2025 contestants are in Pattaya participating in the contest's activities (Photo: MUT).
Vietnamese representative maintains stable performance
After activities in Bangkok and Phuket, the contestants moved to Pattaya to participate in the final events before the final. On November 14, the beauties will enter the swimsuit competition - an activity that requires audience fees.
Nguyen Huong Giang - representative of Vietnam - made a good impression thanks to her confidence and professionalism. She is in the group of contestants with high votes in categories such as: Beyond The Crown (Meaningful Social Project), Most Beautiful People (Inspiring Beauty), People's Choice (Most Favorite Contestant).
Huong Giang is the only transgender contestant and also one of the oldest contestants in the contest. She is also the first transgender representative of Vietnam and Asia in a Miss Universe season.
Huong Giang is performing quite well at the Miss Universe 2025 contest (Photo: MUV).
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