The Miss Universe 2025 competitors has been thrown into controversy after winner Victoria Theilvig stormed out of a live-streamed occasion in Bangkok, Thailand, moments after a senior pageant official publicly reprimanded Miss Mexico, Melissa Flores Bosch, for allegedly displaying “disrespect.” The stunning change unfolded throughout a sashing ceremony on the delegates’ lodge, the place Nawat Itsaragrisil, Vice President for Asia and Oceania inside the Miss Universe Group, confronted Bosch in entrance of dozens of contestants and the cameras.

Footage broadcast on the official Miss Universe Thailand Fb web page exhibits Nawat calling Bosch to face and “clarify herself” for lacking a sponsor shoot earlier within the day. When the visibly uncomfortable Miss Mexico refused to have interaction, saying she didn’t want to be “publicly reprimanded,” Nawat interrupted, referred to as her “dumb,” and instructed safety to take away her from the occasion.

As Bosch exited, a number of contestants stood up in protest, amongst them, Theilvig, who later declared she wouldn’t stay within the venue. “That is about girls’s rights,” she mentioned earlier than leaving. “We’ve respect for everybody, however this isn’t how issues will be dealt with. To trash one other lady. It’s past disrespectful. That’s why I’m taking my coat and I’m going.”

Clips of Theilvig’s walkout have gone viral, with followers and former contestants flooding social media to reward her “braveness” and “integrity.”

One viewer wrote, “The best way he belittles Miss Mexico is making my blood boil.” One other viral publish praised Melissa Flores Bosch’s composure within the face of public humiliation, writing, “They simply handled her terribly, attacked and humiliated her in entrance of everybody, and but, on the verge of tears, she gave an unbelievable speech urging girls to not let themselves be trampled on by males like him. She’s a queen.”

Others had been outraged by studies that Nawat allegedly warned contestants to remain seated in the event that they needed to stay within the competitors. “He DARED to threaten the remainder of the candidates,” one fan fumed. “Telling them in the event that they needed to proceed, they needed to keep within the room? That’s intimidation, not empowerment.”

Followers around the globe proceed to rally behind Miss Mexico, with messages of solidarity flooding remark sections and fan boards. Many are calling out what they see as an unacceptable abuse of energy inside a contest constructed on “feminine empowerment.”

“Massive no to this man!” one consumer wrote, echoing a wave of concern directed on the pageant official. One other added, “I want extra girls would have left, however they had been threatened! Venga Fátima!!!”

The sentiment was shared throughout social media, the place customers described the incident as “blatant disrespect” and praised those that stood up or walked out. “The disrespect is so loud,” one fan posted. “That’s why I perceive why she walked out.”

In a press release shared after the incident, the Miss Universe Group mentioned all occasions would proceed as deliberate:

“All scheduled occasions and actions will proceed as deliberate, reaffirming our shared purpose of delivering an distinctive celebration that displays the values of variety, empowerment, and inclusion that outline the Miss Universe legacy.”