MISS UNIVERSE ORGANIZATION: MOVING BACKWARDS, NOT FORWARDS
MISS UNIVERSE ORGANIZATION: MOVING BACKWARDS, NOT FORWARDS "They can compete, but they cannot win." That was the statement that shook up the whole pageant community when this was stated in a leaked video from October 2023, where the new Miss Universe owner, Anne Jakrajutatip said, "T he trans women, women with husbands, divorced women… now that we changed the age limit, they can now [participate]." Anne also stated, " This is a communication strategy because they can compete, but they cannot win." The MUO CEO responded to the leaked video, "The maliciously edited video was out of context and used to manipulate other people which led to the public confusion, misunderstanding, misinterpretation and wrong conclusion." However, Miss Universe Nepal 2023, Jane Dipika Garrett posted to her Instagram story that she knew it was "rigged." "Honey, I knew it was rigged from the moment I was on stage. I realized us 'inclusion...