Heavy lies the crown.
Leaders of the Miss Universe Organization allegedly blamed Miss Jamaica Gabrielle Henry after she suffered a scary fall from the beauty pageant stage last week.
Miss Haiti Melissa Sapini opened up about the startling incident and how leadership responded during a chat with People published on Wednesday.
“I don’t know that they handled that correctly,” Sapini, 22, told the outlet. “The first thing [the pageant staff member] said was it’s because she wasn’t paying attention.”
“After he said that, then he was like, ‘Of course, safety is our number one priority,’ this, that,” Miss Haiti added. “But it’s like, ‘Are you serious?’ That was really scary.”
The Post has reached out to the Miss Universe Organization for comment.
Henry, 28, had tumbled off the runway a

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