Miss Universe's New Owner Accused of Rigging Pageant for Miss USA - TMZ

Miss Universe New Owner Accused of Rigging ... Pageant for Miss USA

1/15/2023 2:19 PM PT

No Steve Harvey, but inactive a batch of contention -- the caller proprietor of Miss Universe has been accused of rigging the pageant for Miss USA ... contempt immoderate different wide favorites.

Anne Jakrajutatip -- who's the main of JKN Global Group, which owns some Miss Universe and Miss USA -- is being called retired by dissatisfied fans online, who consciousness similar the information that she virtually controls some competitions is simply a small fishy ... not to notation wherever this was held.

For starters, Miss Universe was hosted successful New Orleans -- airing connected Roku -- and immoderate assertion the hole was successful from the get-go to marque definite R'Bonney Gabriel was crowned by the show's ending ... which did, successful fact, happen. The runner-up was Miss Venezuela, Amanda Dudamel.

Dudamel impressed passim the broadcast, particularly with her heartfelt answers connected definite questions. Her outfits were besides little ridiculed than the ones Gabriel wore, peculiarly successful the costume class ... erstwhile she walked onstage with a WILD satellite landing getup.

All this aside, galore are pointing to what seems to beryllium an evident struggle of involvement from Jakrajutatip and co. Her corp bought Miss Universe this past autumn for a reported $20 million, and with it came the rights to Miss USA ... which falls nether the aforesaid umbrella.

Even earlier this pageant, determination were already gripes astir however Gabriel came to beryllium Miss USA successful the archetypal spot ... dating backmost to October, erstwhile JKN Global came onboard arsenic the caller shot-callers. Some person claimed determination was favoritism afoot successful that contention arsenic good ... and there've adjacent been suspensions successful the apical ranks arsenic a effect of investigations into it.

Of course, different curve shot present is the information Jakrajutatip is transgender -- thing that caught the attraction of galore erstwhile she delivered a almighty code astatine 1 constituent successful the broadcast ... wherever she said Miss Universe was present owned by women, for women.

Bottom enactment ... Miss Universe is inactive arsenic melodramatic arsenic ever, with oregon without immoderate faux pas.