Former Miss USA Noelia Voight reprimanded the Miss Universe Group government who known as one magnificence queen a “dummy” throughout a fiery change, forcing a number of contestants to stroll out of the occasion.
“I stand in full solidarity with Fátima Bosch, Viktoria Kjær Theilvig, and the entire unbelievable ladies who walked out yesterday in protest of the unacceptable therapy that occurred on the Miss Universe 2025 Orientation in Thailand,” Voight wrote on Instagram Wednesday evening.
“Once I awakened yesterday morning and noticed the video circulating throughout the web displaying what occurred, I used to be shocked, disgusted, disillusioned, and genuinely horrified,” she wrote.
Bosch, who's representing Mexico at this 12 months's world competitors, was singled out by Nawat Itsaragrisil, an government director at MUO, earlier than the annual sashing ceremony on Tuesday.
The occasion, live-streamed on the Miss Universe Thailand Fb web page, captured Itsaragrisil calling out Bosch for not collaborating in a sponsorship shoot, claiming she wasn't sensible for listening to her nation's director.
“Mexico, the place are you? He requested, prompting Bosch to out herself. “I heard you're not going to help every thing about Thailand. Is that true?”
The tense change lasted for 4 minutes earlier than Itsaragrisil known as Bosch a “dummy,” sparking fury from the ladies.
“I nonetheless hold speaking to all people, why you continue to stand as much as speak to me,” Itsaragrisil questioned Bosch.
“As a result of I've a voice,” she stated. “You aren't respecting me as a girl.”
Itsaragrisil known as for safety to take Bosch out of the room as the remainder of the contestants bemoaned the choice.
Voight, 26, claimed the viral second was much like the way in which she was handled throughout her pageant profession.
“As somebody who served as Miss USA 2023 and later made the choice to step away from my title, I perceive what it appears like when your voice is dismissed and your dignity is demeaned,” she stated.
“There is no such thing as a place for energy with out humility in a platform that claims to uplift ladies. There is no such thing as a place for intimidation or ego tripping disguised as ‘management,' or for utilizing titles and levels to instill concern and disgrace as an alternative of empower,” she added. “And there's completely no place for treating human beings particularly these representing their nations with bravery and grace-with something lower than dignity, respect, and fairness.”
Voight represented the US on the Miss Universe 2023 pageant earlier than she shockingly stepped down from her reign after simply seven months, citing her psychological well being.
It was later revealed she relinquished her crown alongside Miss Teen USA 2023 UmaSofia Srivastava over “dangerous office situations” and a “poisonous environment” created by the then Miss USA bosses.
“What occurred yesterday when Nawat Itsaragrisil publicly berated and known as Miss Universe Mexico, Fátima Bosch, ‘dumb,' tried to intimidate contestants with threats of safety and exclusion from the pageant in the event that they left the room, and compelled a gaggle of younger ladies to decide on: keep and be humiliated, or stroll out and be punished-is profoundly flawed,” Voight wrote.
A majority of Miss Universe contestants, led by Theilvig, the present Miss Universe and Danish magnificence queen, walked out of the ballroom following Itsaragrisil's feedback.
The controversial government threatened the sweetness queens with disqualification in the event that they left.
He later apologized for making individuals who noticed the video “uncomfortable.”
“To Nawat (and to anybody else who thinks this type of habits is suitable): Don't be sorry merely since you acquired caught,” Voight stated. “The world witnessed the way you deal with contestants in entrance of lots of. One can solely think about what you've stated in non-public whenever you believed nobody was watching and nobody would maintain you accountable.”
Voight applauded Bosch and Theilvig for main the cost in opposing Itsaragrisil's humiliation.
“To Fátima, thanks. Your energy, your bravery, your unwavering stance- ‘As a result of I've a voice' gave me chills and jogged my memory why I walked away from one thing that was hurting me,” Voight praised. “The way in which you stood up for your self and for the opposite ladies in that room, and in addition past, is historic. You're already sporting a crown of empowerment, and the world sees it.
“To Viktoria, and to each contestant who adopted in solidarity: you all set an unbelievable commonplace. If you stood, you stated one thing louder than phrases: We is not going to be silenced. We is not going to be humiliated. We is not going to be dehumanized. We is not going to be disrespected,” the previous Miss Utah winner stated.
