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.

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 of Ivory Coast who came fifth.

The bad vibes at the event sprang from a sharp-tongued scolding of the Mexican contestant, Bosch, which sparked a controversy marked by a walkout, feminist solidarity and a teary, melodramatic apology from the local organiser who set it all off.

At the livestreamed sashing ceremony for vi

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