Mexico's Fatima Bosch celebrated her crowning as Miss Universe following a dramatic 2025 event. Photo: AP PHOTO

Fatima Bosch Fernandez of Mexico has been crowned Miss Universe 2025, a dramatic victory for a 25-year-old at the centre of the turbulent 74th staging of the beauty pageant in Bangkok who stood up to public bullying from one of the hosts.

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The first runner-up was 29-year old Praveenar Singh of Thailand and 25-year-old Stephany Adriana Abasali Nasser of Venezuela placed third.

Rounding up the finishers were Ahtisa Manalo, 28, of the Philippines, and 27-year-old Olivia Yace

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