{"id":51011,"date":"2023-01-17T04:39:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T04:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/17\/miss-universe-organization-responds-to-absurd-claims-competition-was-rigged-in-favor-of-miss-usa\/"},"modified":"2023-01-17T04:39:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T04:39:06","slug":"miss-universe-organization-responds-to-absurd-claims-competition-was-rigged-in-favor-of-miss-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/17\/miss-universe-organization-responds-to-absurd-claims-competition-was-rigged-in-favor-of-miss-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss Universe Organization Responds To &#8216;Absurd&#8217; Claims Competition Was &#8216;Rigged&#8217; In Favor Of Miss USA!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Miss Universe Organization<\/strong> is beneath fireplace for the pageant winner it picked over the weekend. But the org is responding with as a lot energy as its social media critics are allotting!!!<\/p>\n<p>ICYMI,\u00a0<strong>Miss USA<\/strong> champ and Texas native\u00a0<strong>R\u2019Bonney Gabriel<\/strong> was topped\u00a0<strong>Miss Universe 2022<\/strong> on Saturday night on the group\u2019s much-anticipated pageant in New Orleans, Louisiana. Venezuela\u2019s <strong>Amanda Dudamel<\/strong> and Dominican Republic\u2019s <strong>Andreina Martinez<\/strong> took house second and third place, respectively. But virtually instantly after Gabriel\u2019s win, followers began grumbling that one thing should have been amiss!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/amanda-seyfried-reason-missing-golden-globes-win-new-musical-twitter-reactions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Related: Twitter Cannot Handle Amanda Seyfried\u2019s Reason For Missing Her Golden Globes Win!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For one, many followers on social media identified how the brand new proprietor of Miss Universe,\u00a0<strong>JKN Global Group<\/strong>\u00a0proprietor\u00a0<strong>Anne Jakrajutatip<\/strong>, is\u00a0<em>additionally<\/em> the proprietor of the Miss USA pageant. Thus, followers claimed, the association represents a battle of curiosity for the 2 orgs, and Gabriel\u2019s win was unfair.<\/p>\n<p>Other followers on\u00a0<strong>Twitter<\/strong> famous how the 28-year-old Gabriel went over her allotted time whereas answering finalists\u2019 questions through the present. Critics on-line slammed R\u2019Bonney for going previous the bell timer whereas talking through the occasion. And when she received all of it anyhow, followers began questioning whether or not it was rigged in her favor even despite the timing mistake!<\/p>\n<p>If you missed it on Saturday evening, you may watch that closing query flub (under):<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"fXn7Kyt39Lc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"71st MISS UNIVERSE - Final Questions! | Miss Universe\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fXn7Kyt39Lc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The conspiracies had been flying throughout social media after that!!<\/p>\n<p>Even\u00a0<strong>Cardi B<\/strong> commented on the pageant! She first tweeted this (under) on Saturday evening because the finalists had been introduced:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Miss Dominican Republic \u2026.GOD PLEASEE !!!!!????????????????<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cardi B (@iamcardib) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamcardib\/status\/1614465028417294336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Then, lower than an hour later, R\u2019Bonney was topped the champ.<\/p>\n<p>Cardi adopted it up along with her personal clear present of disbelief over the Texan\u2019s Miss Universe crown:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">How ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G2JIQ17DxS\">pic.twitter.com\/G2JIQ17DxS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cardi B (@iamcardib) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamcardib\/status\/1614473314906542081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And she wasn\u2019t the one one!!\u00a0All day on Sunday, followers have been calling out Gabriel\u2019s stunning Miss Universe win.\u00a0In truth, it\u2019s gotten so contentious on Twitter that the Miss Universe Organization has now felt the necessity to weigh in!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/cheslie-kryst-dead-miss-usa-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Related: Miss USA 2019 Pageant Winner Cheslie Kryst Dead At 30<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a press release launched to\u00a0<em>The Sun<\/em> on Monday afternoon, a Miss Universe spokesperson slammed followers who selected to criticize the present\u2019s Saturday evening outcomes. Referencing the pageant\u2019s proprietor\u00a0Jakrajutatip \u2014 who&#8217;s a transgender lady \u2014 the org delivered this sturdy assertion concerning the outcomes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSaturday\u2019s competition was the first time a trans woman addressed fans as the owner of Miss Universe. It was also the first time a Filipina American took the crown.\u00a0The false rigging allegations are absurd and distract from the incredible milestones our organization and the delegates experienced this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The assertion went on from there, too:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cInstead of focusing on unfounded statements, we will continue to shine a light on global women\u2019s empowerment, inclusiveness, diversity, and transformational leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So there (half one)!<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s not all, both. The chief government officer of the Miss Universe group is now immediately talking out concerning the outcomes, as properly.<\/p>\n<p>CEO\u00a0<strong>Amy Emmerich<\/strong>, who runs the pageant beneath Jakrajutatip\u2019s lead, spoke to\u00a0<em>TMZ<\/em> on Monday night. In her assertion, Emmerich explicitly denied any rigging of the competitors happened.\u00a0Instead, she mentioned, a third-party accounting agency dealt with the outcomes independently from the Miss Universe employees:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOne of the top four accounting firms in the United States handled the results and verified the process.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Emmerich went on from there, including one other denial about any shady connections between Miss USA and Miss Universe:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe allegations re: rigging of Miss Universe are false. People saying that it\u2019s \u2018suspect\u2019 that JKN Global Group owns both Miss Universe and Miss USA aren\u2019t familiar with the history of the organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So there (half two)!!<\/p>\n<p>The loopy factor right here is that this isn\u2019t even the primary pageant controversy involving Gabriel! As Perezcious readers will recall, again in October, R\u2019Bonney\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/miss-usa-rbonney-gabriel-claps-back-allegation-win-rigged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was accused of profitable a rigged Miss USA competitors<\/a>. That present acquired her into the Miss Universe subject within the first place. So the historical past right here is juicy!<\/p>\n<p>In that October controversy, different Miss USA contestants spoke out <a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/miss-usa-rigged-theories-after-contestants-walk-off-after-miss-texas-won\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">about alleged favoritism in direction of R\u2019Bonney<\/a>.\u00a0Miss Montana\u2019s <strong>Heather Lee O\u2019Keefe<\/strong> claimed on social media that \u201cmost of the Miss USA contestants feel very strongly that there was favoritism towards Miss Texas USA and we have the receipts to prove it.\u201d But each R\u2019Bonney and Miss USA denied these allegations then \u2014 they usually\u2019re denying these new allegations now!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/two-pageant-queens-fabiola-valentin-secretly-dated-now-married-mariana-varela\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Related: Two Pageant Queens Fell In Love, Secretly Dated, &amp; Are Now Married!!!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Either means, Gabriel now turns into the primary American lady to win Miss Universe since 2011, when\u00a0<strong>Olivia Culpo<\/strong>\u00a0took house the crown. That\u2019s an enormous achievement!<\/p>\n<p>Do y\u2019all assume her win was truthful and sq., tho, Perezcious readers??<\/p>\n<p>Sound OFF together with your tackle the controversy down within the feedback (under)!!!<\/p>\n<p class=\"image_cite\"><em>[Image via Miss Universe\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YPknPanBVfs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The\u00a0Miss Universe Organization is beneath fireplace for the pageant winner it picked over the weekend. But the org is responding with as a lot energy as its social media critics are allotting!!! 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