1 Miss Universe was condemned after a statement "disparaging" the host of Miss Universe 2025

Miss Universe 1996 Alicia Machado 's insulting statement against Thailand – the host country of Miss Universe 2025 – caused the global beauty fan community to be outraged, simultaneously condemning her disrespectful attitude.

The statement of Mr. Nawat Itsaragrisil – Chairman of the Miss Grand International contest – aimed at the Mexican representative at Miss Universe 2025 has created a wave of controversy throughout social networks. However, the focus of attention quickly turned to Alicia Machado, Miss Universe 1996, after she posted a video denouncing Nawat with harsh words.

In the clip posted on her personal page, Alicia Machado not only expressed her outrage at Mr. Nawat's behavior, but also used disparaging words for Thai people and criticized the beaches in Phuket as "dirty". She also insisted that international beauty contests such as Miss Universe should be held in Latin America – which, according to her, is "more worthy and civilized".

As soon as the video went viral, social networks exploded with backlash. Many viewers think that Alicia Machado has shown racism and insults to Asian people. A series of condemning comments appeared under her posts, forcing the Venezuelan beauty to lock her personal account to avoid a wave of outrage.

In response to this attack, Mr. Nawat made a gentle but implicit response. He wrote: "Thank you Alicia Machado – Miss Universe 1996. I accept your voice. You are a great role model for Miss Universe. I'm sorry that my country of Thailand is not good enough for you."

Mr. Nawat's comment quickly went viral, receiving thousands of shares. Many praised him for keeping his composure and tactfulness, and implicitly sent a message to refute Alicia Machado's disparaging words.

Not only the online community, many international misses also expressed their attitude to this controversial statement. Jacqueline Aguilera – Miss World 1995 and Alicia's Venezuelan compatriot – wrote angrily: "She has gone too far when she talks about Thailand like that. It's rude."

Meanwhile, Isabella Menin – Miss World's Most Beautiful 2022 – chose to express her admiration for Thailand. She shared: "I hope every Miss feels the love I have received in Thailand. That's the true meaning of beauty contests – honoring, appreciate differences and find unity in diversity."

The Brazilian beauty also emphasized that, "No words can overshadow the beauty and hospitality of Thailand. It is still one of the countries that always appreciates the good values that the miss community aims for."

The incident is still a hot topic, especially in the international beauty world – where cultural values, respect and solidarity are upheld. Many people think that Alicia Machado, with the title of Miss Universe, should have shown a more tolerant and civilized spirit instead of using disparaging words.

Alicia Machado was born in 1976, was the fourth Venezuelan beauty to be crowned Miss Universe 1996. At that time, she possessed a sweet beauty, a charming body and a height of 1.71 m. However, during her tenure, she had a lot of trouble when she was forced to go to the gym in front of the camera by Donald Trump – the owner of Miss Universe at that time – because of uncontrolled weight gain, otherwise she would be stripped of the crown. After the end of her term, Alicia Machado was constantly entangled in controversial statements.

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