• The Miss Universe 2025 finals are over a week away, but the pageant has been plagued by scandal. • Contestants walked out after a Miss Universe director appeared to call Miss Mexico a "dumbhead." • Miss Chile apologized after posting a TikTok that showed her pretending to snort powder.

Miss Universe, the biggest pageant in the world, has found itself plagued with scandal again…and again…and again.

There's been a surprise leadership change, a Miss Universe director yelling at a contestant on camera, racist remarks from a former winner — and that was just in the past week.

All the bad press has brought renewed international attention to a brand that came under fire just last year after former CEO Anne Jakrajutatip appeared to laugh at contestants' photos on Instagram Live and praise

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