Gabrielle Alexis Henry, the reigning Miss Universe Jamaica, fell badly during the Miss Universe 2025 competition. She is back on track to head home for her recovery. The event took place on November 19, 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand during the early evening gown competition preliminaries. During her performance walk, Henry fell through an unmarked opening on the stage, leading to severe injuries.
Upon his arrival, medical personnel affirmed Henry had suffered an intracranial hemorrhage. He was badly injured with facial lacerations and other serious life-threatening injuries. After the accident, she will be flown right to a trauma center that’s better equipped to handle her ongoing care and recovery. The Miss Universe Organization shared that Henry will be back to Jamaica very soon. Though he will be well cared for with a full medical escort team, escorte de soins.
Henry’s fall has been met with international acclaim and highlighted controversy inside the Miss Universe family. Leadership moved quickly to retaliate after reports circulated that the organization had started to blame her for the incident. The Miss Universe Organization declared these reports as “entirely inaccurate,” emphasizing that “the Miss Universe Organization has never attributed blame to Dr. Henry and confirms that those suggestions are unfounded and do not reflect the facts.”
In order to ensure accountability and prevent this from happening again, her family called for action and change. They asserted that a viral video snippet of Henry’s tumble was misleadingly edited and mischaracterized her remarks. They expressed gratitude for the support they have received, saying, “Dr. Henry and her family extend their heartfelt thanks to the people of Jamaica, the Miss Universe community, and supporters worldwide for the overwhelming outpouring of love, prayers, and encouragement.”
Besides the drama leading up to Henry’s fall from grace, the Miss Universe 2025 pageant has had its share of turbulence. Omar Harfouch, one of the judges at the annual event, resigned just days before the final competition. He stated that the process of choosing the finalists was corrupt. He alleged that 30 finalists had already been decided in advance in an opaque vote. The Miss Universe Organization has firmly denied these allegations, stating, “no impromptu jury has been created… no external group has been authorized to evaluate delegates or select finalists” and that all evaluations follow established protocols.
This year’s competition has been even more controversial and criticized, with many groups urging the competition to make the selection process more transparent. Previous Miss Universe winner Fatima Bosch spoke about the incident in an interview with “Good Morning America,” saying, “The lights that came to us make everything darker — like you can see us, but we couldn’t see.”
Gabrielle Henry, who is a qualified ophthalmologist and founder of the See Me Foundation—a charity dedicated to supporting visually impaired individuals in Jamaica—has received unwavering support from fans and fellow contestants around the world following her fall.
