The Miss Universe 2025 competitors was barely underway when one contestant tumbled off the stage after a single misstep.
In video shared to social media of the Nov. 19 incident, Miss Jamaica Gabrielle Henry took the stage through the preliminary night robe spherical in an orange robe and excessive heels.
Henry, 28, could be seen strolling throughout the stage and posing, however as she strikes towards the left of the stage, it seems she steps off the sting of the runway and face vegetation.
Individuals within the viewers could be seen leaping up from their seats to verify on the contestant after her fall.
In one other video posted on social media, Henry is proven being carried away on a stretcher.
Henry was rushed to the Paolo Rangsit Hospital in Thailand and isn’t affected by any life-threatening accidents, the Miss Universe Jamaica group mentioned in a statement on Instagram.
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“The Miss Universe Jamaica Group needs to advise the general public that Dr. Gabrielle Henry, Miss Universe Jamaica 2025, skilled a fall from the primary stage through the night robe spherical of the preliminary competitors forward of this weekend’s Miss Universe Finals in Thailand,” the assertion started.
“We kindly ask everybody to remain upbeat, carry her in prayer, and ship constructive ideas as she receives the mandatory medical care,” her staff continued, noting that medical professionals have been persevering with to “conduct checks to make sure her full restoration.”
Miss Universe Group president Raul Rocha additionally shared an replace on Henry after visiting her within the hospital.
“I want to share with the Miss Universe household which might be involved for the well being of our Miss Universe Jamaica that at 12:00 a.m. Bangkok time, that I’ve simply left the hospital the place she is being handled,” Rocha wrote on Instagram.
“I used to be there together with her household and her, and fortunately, there are not any damaged bones and he or she is beneath excellent care. She is going to stay beneath statement for the remainder of the evening and we are going to stay in contact together with her household to help her.”
“Our prayers exit for her immediate restoration,” he added.
Henry’s fall comes two days after Miss Universe choose Omar Harfouch resigned from the pageant’s jury days earlier than the competitors was set to start.
Harfouch alleged that the 30 finalists have been pre-selected by an “impromptu jury” and introduced his withdrawal earlier than expressing his “profound confusion and concern.”
The Miss Universe Group (MUO) issued a press release following Harfouch’s allegations in opposition to the pageant, claiming that his revealed statements “incorrectly advised that an unauthorized or impromptu jury had been fashioned and that the official judges had been excluded from the collection of finalists.”
The group additionally threatened to take authorized motion in opposition to Harfouch if he continued to affiliate himself with the pageant.
In response to the group, Harfouch went on to “formally warn all previous and present judges” that “from this second ahead, participation within the last jury of Miss Universe might legally implicate them in an act of global-scale fraud.”
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