The Miss Universe 2025 competition has taken another dramatic turn after one of the judges for this year’s pageant abruptly quit three days before the event this week, alleging that the 30 finalists were pre-selected by an “impromptu jury.”

On Tuesday, Omar Harfouch shared the news to his Instagram stories, announcing his withdrawal and expressing his “profound confusion and concern” about the 30 finalists.

“As I Jury member of Miss Universe, I wish to express my profound confusion and concern after discovering, via social media, that an impromptu jury has been formed to select the 30 finalists from among the 136 participating countries, without the presence of any of the real 8 members of the jury, including me, and that the results of this selection are currently being kept secret,

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