Former titleholder Lupita Jones revealed that the logo of the global tilt has been removed from the headquarters of Legacy Holdings in Mexico, a company owned by the Miss Universe Organization (MUO) president Raul Rocha.
Jones shared a glimpse of the Legacy Holdings building in Mexico City where the Miss Universe logo is nowhere to be seen, as seen on her Instagram account on Tuesday, November 11. Legacy Holdings is a company owned by Rocha.
“No caption needed. Experience cannot be improvised,” she wrote in Spanish, seemingly throwing shade at the MUO.
Jones, who was the first Mexican to bring home the Miss Universe title in 1991, was the national director of Miss Universe Mexico for over three decades until she stepped down in 2023.
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Taking over her position is Cynthia de la Vega, which was announced by Thai business mogul and former Miss Universe owner Anne Jakrajutatip.
Following Jones’ departure, she hinted at a seeming rift between herself and the MUO, where she revealed that she is “uncomfortable” with how things at the pageant organization have been going.
“In recent years, there were already things that did not make me feel comfortable with Miss Universe… Something that I will always defend is that every competition must be fair and transparent, and there are several elements that, for me, must exist in a competition for it to happen that way,” she said, per reports from Mexican media outlets.
It remains unknown if the former beauty queen is in civil terms with Rocha.
However, the MUO—co-owned by Rocha’s Legacy Holdings and JKN Global Group—has yet to address the reason behind the removal of the global tilt’s logo from Legacy’s headquarters in Mexico. The organization has since remained mum on the further developments involving its ownership as well.
The MUO has been in hot water, as Rocha continues to clash with Miss Universe VP for Asiana Nawat Itsaragrisil, who is currently leading the promotions of the pageant’s upcoming edition in Thailand.
Reigning titleholder Victoria Kjær Theilvig will pass her crown to her successor at the pageant’s coronation night at the Impact Challenger Hall in Nothaburi, Thailand, on November 21. /cb
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