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The Miss Universe Organization is under fire for the pageant winner it picked over the weekend. But the org is responding with as much strength as its social media critics are dishing out!!!
ICYMI, Miss USA champ and Texas native R’Bonney Gabriel was crowned Miss Universe 2022 on Saturday evening at the organization’s much-anticipated pageant in New Orleans, Louisiana. Venezuela’s Amanda Dudamel and Dominican Republic’s Andreina Martinez took home second and third place, respectively. But almost immediately after Gabriel’s win, fans started grumbling that something must have been amiss!
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For one, many fans on social media pointed out how the new owner of Miss Universe, JKN Global Group owner Anne Jakrajutatip, is also the owner of the Miss USA pageant. Thus, fans claimed, the arrangement represents a conflict of interest for the two orgs, and Gabriel’s win was unfair.
Other fans on Twitter noted how the 28-year-old Gabriel went over her allotted time while answering finalists’ questions during the show. Critics online slammed R’Bonney for going past the bell timer while speaking during the event. And when she won it all anyways, fans started wondering whether it was rigged in her favor even in spite of the timing mistake!
If you missed it on Saturday night, you can watch that final question flub (below):
The conspiracies were flying all over social media after that!!
Even Cardi B commented on the pageant! She first tweeted this (below) on Saturday night as the finalists were announced:
Then, less than an hour later, R’Bonney was crowned the champ.
Cardi followed it up with her own clear show of disbelief over the Texan’s Miss
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A new Miss Universe was crowned in New Orleans, Louisiana from the 84 beauty queens that entered the pageant. Harnaaz Sandhu, the representative from India and the titleholder from the previous year, crowned R’Bonney Gabriel of USA as the new Miss Universe.