The president of Miss Universe is looking to jump ship.

Raul Rocha, the co-owner and president of the Miss Universe Organization, said Monday he was “looking for someone to pass it on to” amid a series of controversies surrounding the international competition.

“This is like a test, like a relay race. Who do I pass it along to?” he said in a Spanish-language interview with Mexican journalist Adela Micha.

Rocha, a Mexican business mogul who acquired Miss Universe in January 2024, said that he wanted to sell his 50 percent stake because he was “fed up” with the responsibilities that come with being “the owner, the proprietor, the president” of the organization.

“I’m so fed up with all the talk. I don’t lend myself to that kind of thing,” Rocha told Micha. “They want to come and tell you

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