Miss Spain Andrea Valero walks on stage with other contestants during the 2025 Miss Universe national costume presentation in Nonthaburi, north of Bangkok, on November 19, 2025. Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP/Getty Images

A new Miss Universe will be named in Friday’s finale in Bangkok, and for organizers, the culmination of the competition could come as a relief.

The 74th edition of this year’s pageant has been mired by scandal, including allegations of rigging and a mass walkout by contestants over a Thai pageant director’s berating of a beauty queen.

Miss Universe is widely known as the “Super Bowl” of beauty pageants and draws millions of viewers each year. Delegates for each country are selected via local pageants that license local rights from the Miss Universe Organization.

Thailand,

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