मिस यूनिवर्स-2025 फिनाले: राजस्थान की मणिका विश्वकर्मा रेस में; फिक्सिंग, आयोजकों-कंटेस्टेंट्स के अफेयर के आरोप से विवाद, 3 जजों का इस्तीफा, 3 बार जीता भारत

The finale of Miss Universe 2025 is taking place today at Impact Challenger Hall, Pak Kret, Thailand. This year Manika Vishwakarma of Rajasthan is representing India. If Manika wins, India will win the Miss Universe title for the fourth time. Earlier, Sushmita Sen in 1994, Lara Dutta in 2000 and Harnaaz Sandhu in 2021 have won this title.

This year the Miss Universe contest has been in controversy for many reasons. A few days before the finale, Miss Universe Executive Director Navat Itsaragrisil called Miss Mexico an idiot from the stage, after which all the contestants left the event. Before the finale, 3 out of 8 judges resigned and accused the organizers of Miss Universe of having romantic relations with the contestants and selecting the top-30 in an unofficial manner.

Before the finale, read everything you need to know about India’s Manika Vishwakarma, the history and controversies of Miss Universe –

Miss Jamaica fell from the stage a day before the finale

The Miss Universe Preliminary Competition took place on 19 November. Miss Jamaica Dr. Gabrielle Henry was walking the ramp when she suddenly fell down from the stage. He was immediately taken to hospital, although doctors said there was no threat to his life.

Miss Universe 2025 contest is in controversy

Controversy- 1: Thai police raided for promoting betting app

On November 3, an investigation was conducted by the Thai police in the hotel where all the pageant contestants were staying. Police had received a complaint that contestants were being made to record a promotional video of an online betting app in the hotel. Whereas betting is illegal in Thailand. After receiving the complaint, promotional posters of the betting app were found in the police investigation.

In this case, Miss Universe Thailand director Nawat Itsaragrisil and Miss Universe Organization co-founder Raul Rocha were called for questioning.

Nawat clarified that his team has nothing to do with this activity. The app is one of the sponsors of the Miss Universe Organization. At present the matter is under investigation.

Controversy- 2: Miss Universe Thailand director misbehaved with Miss Mexico

During the sash ceremony on 4 November 2025, Miss Universe Thailand Director Nawat Itsaragrisil called Miss Mexico Fatima Bosch a dumbhead for not participating in promotional events. When Miss Mexico protested, Navat called security and tried to throw her out of the hall. Seeing this, all the contestants present there started leaving the ceremony.

The video of the ceremony went viral on social media and questions were raised about the misbehavior being meted out to the contestants in the competition. As the controversy escalated, Miss Universe co-founder Raul Rocha released a video strongly criticizing Navat’s actions and ordered the ceremony to be stopped. He also announced the exclusion of Nawat from official activities.

Miss Universe co-founder Raul Rocha giving clarification after the controversy.

After the controversy, Navat officially apologized to all the contestants during the welcoming ceremony and clarified that he had not used the word dumb.

Controversy- 3: Dinner in Thailand cancelled.

The Miss Universe Thailand team had announced a special dinner and talk show. However, the Miss Universe Organization claimed that this was being done without their approval and was a violation of their rights.

Thailand’s Miss Universe team responded by saying that the event was being held under the rights of the host country (Thailand), everything was in accordance with the rules, and that they had also consulted lawyers to take legal action if necessary. However, as the controversy escalated, the program was canceled on 6 November.

Controversy- 4: Before the finale, the judges resigned after making serious allegations against the organizer.

French-Lebanese pianist and composer Omar Harfoush was part of the 8-member judging panel. He resigned from the judging panel just three days before the finale. He claimed that a “secret committee” selected the top 30 finalists in its own way in place of the official judges. He said that some people in this committee had personal relations with those contestants and the real judges were not present in that meeting.

On this, Miss Universe Organization denied Harfoosh’s allegations and said that there was no such committee, all the selections were done as per their set rules.

Additionally, French football manager Claude Makelele and former player Princess Camilla also decided to withdraw from the jury, citing “personal reasons”. After these resignations, the organization has made changes in the jury panel.

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Armie Cusella’s photo taken during the crowning.

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Picture of the mess that happened during the Miss Universe 2015 crowning.