Tabasqueña Fátima Bosch wins Miss Universe after pageant bullying episode

Fátima Bosch Fernández, 25, has been crowned Miss Universe 2025, becoming the 4th Mexican pistillate successful past to triumph the coveted title.

The announcement was made connected Nov. 21 during a ceremonial successful Bangkok, Thailand, marking the extremity of an exceptionally arguable contention that archetypal made headlines aft a apical pageant authoritative berated Bosch during a livestreamed lawsuit for not posting promotional contented connected her societal media.

@missuniverseBecause each measurement you instrumentality leads to thing greater, and warring for your dreams portion believing successful yourself volition ever beryllium worthy it.♬ archetypal dependable – Miss Universe

Weeks aft the tense country went viral, the pistillate astatine the halfway of the contention is present the 74th Miss Universe.

“I would similar to beryllium remembered arsenic idiosyncratic who changed the stereotype of what a Miss Universe is, and arsenic a existent idiosyncratic who gives her all,” Bosch said aft receiving the award.

Bosch stood retired among 120 contestants from astir the satellite and made her mode to the apical five. Miss Thailand Praveenar Singh was runner up, followed by Miss Venezuela Stephany Abasali, Miss Philippines Ma Ahtisa Manalo and Miss Cote d’Ivoire Olivia Yace.

But pursuing the viral confrontation with Nawat Itsaragrisil, nationalist manager of Miss Universe Thailand, galore person speculated online astir her victory.

“Some suggest that she gained visibility acknowledgment to the aggravated confrontations with Nawat. Others speculate astir the power of Raúl Rocha, president of Miss Universe, who is besides Mexican,” Thai BBC analogous Panisa Aemocha said.

Adding to the controversy, 2 judges resigned connected the eve of the last ceremony, one of whom accused organizers of rigging the competition. Still, the Miss Universe enactment has praised Bosch connected its authoritative societal media account, saying that “her grace, spot and radiant tone won the hearts of the world.”

“Today I reaffirmed that what God has destined for you, neither envy tin stop, nor destiny tin abort, nor tin luck change. Long unrecorded Christ the King!” Bosch wrote a time aft the ceremonial connected her societal media channels.

Fátima Bosch, the pridefulness of Tabasco

Originally from Teapa successful the confederate authorities of Tabasco, Bosch comes from a salient household successful the quality pageant world, with 2 of her maternal aunts having competed successful the Flor de Tabasco pageant successful Mexico — the aforesaid 1 that she would aboriginal triumph successful 2018.

Miles de tabasqueños festejan el pase de la tabasqueña Fátima Bosch entre las 30 semifinalistas en el certamen #MissUniverse #Tabasco #Villahermosa pic.twitter.com/XekjQn5Env

— Soy Luisma (@LumaLpez1) November 21, 2025

During her childhood, she faced challenges stemming from dyslexia and ADHD, an experience, she said, that has helped her physique resilience. In her code arsenic Miss Universe, she emphasized the value of authenticity and self-worth to animate women of each ages.

In summation to her involvement successful Miss Universe, Bosch studied manner plan astatine the Ibero-American University of Mexico City and finished station postgraduate studies successful Italy and the United States.

The caller Miss Universe has go a root of pridefulness successful her location authorities of Tabasco, wherever 7,000 radical gathered astatine Centenario 27 de Febrero Stadium successful Villahermosa to ticker the last ceremony. Thousands much watched from nationalist squares astir the state, wherever municipal authorities leaders acceptable up elephantine screens for members of the nationalist to ticker the show.

With reports from El Universal, BBC and El Financiero