Miss Jamaica, Dr. Gabrielle Henry, is expected to remain hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) for at least seven days after a scary fall while walking on the stage of the Miss Universe runway in Thailand, her sister said on Saturday.
The 28-year-old contestant “isn’t doing as well as we would have hoped,” her sister, Phylicia Henry-Samuels, said in a post on Miss Universe Jamaica’s Instagram, “but the hospital continues to treat her accordingly.”
Henry-Samuels and their mother Maureen Henry are at the Thai hospital where she is being treated, the update added.
What Happened To Miss Jamaica?
Henry, an ophthalmologist crowned Miss Jamaica 2025, fell from the stage during a preliminary round on Wednesday.
She was walking down the stage during the preliminary evening gown category when she appeared to miss a step and fell completely off stage. She was carried away on a stretcher.
The Miss Universe Jamaica team called this a “profoundly difficult time,” calling on Jamaicans “at home and across the Diaspora to continue keeping Gabrielle in their prayers.”
The Miss Universe Organization released an update shortly after the incident, saying: “She was rushed to the Paolo Rangsit Hospital, where medical professionals are attending to her care and have advised that she is not suffering from any life-threatening injuries. However, they continue to conduct tests to ensure her full recovery.”
In another update on the same day, Raul Ochoa, the owner of the Miss Universe pageant, had said that Henry had “no broken bones” from her fall.
What About the Miss Universe Pageant?
Even without Henry’s fall, the Miss Universe pageant was drama-filled this year.
Miss Mexico Fátima Bosch Fernández, 25, walked out from the competition together with other participants after being publicly scolded by the Thai national director Nawat Itsaragrisil over her alleged failure to post promotional content. After videos of the incidents were shared online, the Miss Universe Organization condemned Nawat’s “malicious” behavior and he later apologized.
Then two judges resigned, including one—Lebanese-French composer Omar Harfouch—who accused the organizers of rigging the competition and threatened a lawsuit for trauma and reputational damage.
“I was misled and publicly used to give credibility to an election process that was already compromised,” he said on Instagram announcing he was quitting the beauty pageant.
The Miss Universe Organization denied the accusations.
Bosch, Miss Mexico, was eventually crowned this year’s Miss Universe and received praise from her country’s president Claudia Sheinbaum—the first woman to lead Mexico.“It seems to me that it is an example of how women should raise our voices,” she said, referring to Bosch’s walkout. “We women look more beautiful when we raise our voice and participate, because that has to do with the recognition of our rights.”
