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Mexico's Bullied Pageant Contestant Crowned Miss Universe
Newsmax ^
| 21 November 2025
| AP
Posted on 11/21/2025 9:52:00 AM PST by WhiteHatBobby0701
Fátima Bosch Fernández of Mexico was crowned Miss Universe 2025 on Friday, a dramatic victory for a 25-year-old at the center of the turbulent 74th staging of the popular beauty pageant in Bangkok who stood up to public bullying from one of the hosts.
The issues at this year’s event sprang from a sharp-tongued scolding of Bosch, which sparked a controversy marked by a walkout, feminist solidarity and a teary, melodramatic apology from the local organizer who set it all off.
When Bosch was announced as the winner, cheers and screams erupted from the audience, with Mexican flags waved by elated supporters.
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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: ap; associatedpress; bullies; mexico; missuniverse; telemundo
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Miss Universe 2021 (December) was the last time the pageant was televised in English.
The past four Miss Universe pageants (including this morning's) were televised in the United States exclusively in Spanish. Shows how far pageants have fallen when well known game show hosts did pageants.
To: WhiteHatBobby0701
At least it wasn’t a dude. Or was it? Pictures, please.
To: WhiteHatBobby0701
Why is the Miss Universe winner always from Earth? I suspect the voting is rigged.
To: posterchild
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posted on
11/21/2025 10:00:23 AM PST
by
RckyRaCoCo
(there are demons out there, and they look like people)
To: crusty old prospector
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posted on
11/21/2025 10:03:13 AM PST
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
To: WhiteHatBobby0701
"... a controversy marked by a walkout, feminist solidarity and a teary, melodramatic apology from the local organizer who set it all off."
So the drama... (h/t Kim Possible)
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posted on
11/21/2025 10:04:15 AM PST
by
PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too. 😁 " - Robert Conquest )
To: crusty old prospector
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posted on
11/21/2025 10:04:39 AM PST
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
That’s definitely not a boy!
To: MtnClimber
She’s a real beauty
A Mexican cutie
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posted on
11/21/2025 10:06:55 AM PST
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dfwgator
("I am Charlie Kirk!")
To: posterchild
And why doesn’t the Bolshoi ballet just hire taller wymen?
I’m getting to the bottom of this, mark my words.
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posted on
11/21/2025 10:08:33 AM PST
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
To: RckyRaCoCo
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posted on
11/21/2025 10:10:47 AM PST
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dfwgator
("I am Charlie Kirk!")
To: dfwgator
And how it got here
I haven’t a clue...
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posted on
11/21/2025 10:12:35 AM PST
by
packrat35
(“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
11/21/2025 10:13:48 AM PST
by
packrat35
(“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
To: packrat35
Nice Jimmy Buffett reference there...
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posted on
11/21/2025 10:16:36 AM PST
by
fhayek
To: WhiteHatBobby0701
I say we open up the border for one more person.
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posted on
11/21/2025 10:21:33 AM PST
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PTBAA
To: MtnClimber
Wait a minute, she looks like a biological woman, how can that be possible in this enlightened age of trangenderism? /sarcastic question
To: fhayek
Hey its 5 o’clock somewhere, just wasting away in Marquritaville eating a cheeseburger in paradise.
Hey look its fins to the left of me and fins to the right.
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posted on
11/21/2025 10:25:40 AM PST
by
packrat35
(“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
To: packrat35
“So barmaid bring a pitcher, another round of brew...”
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posted on
11/21/2025 10:27:04 AM PST
by
dfwgator
("I am Charlie Kirk!")
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
11/21/2025 10:28:28 AM PST
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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