The title of Miss Universe began on June 28th, 1952. Since then, the pageant has been streamed annually with Fatima Bosch winning the most recent title representing Miss Mexico on November 21st, 2025. The first winner of this pageant was Armi Kuusela who was representing Finland. For the past 73 years this beauty pageant has had contestants use their platforms to speak out about issues that matter to them. The winners are now talking about ways that they want to change the issues and advocate for anyone who does not have a voice. Fatima Bosch is a perfect example of this.
Fatima Bosch, born on May 19th, 2000, has been representing her place of birth by advocating for neurodiversity, sustainable fashion, female empowerment, and environmental conservation. She has brought attention to many topics that younger viewers care about including mental health awareness. When talking about neurodiversity, she made it clear that everyone has a different experience and everyone has a different way of learning and communicating. She encourages schools to understand these differences instead of pushing everyone to act the same way. Her message is that these differences are normal and should be accepted instead of judged.
Mental health awareness is another topic she talks about very often. In interviews, she has explained that people her age feel pressured to be perfect and this pressure is what leads many teenagers to hide their stress instead of asking for help. She has shared her own experiences with anxiety and how important it is to talk openly about what you are going through. She hopes that younger students will hear her message and feel more comfortable reaching out to others when they feel they need to.
Along with mental illness, Fatima focuses heavily on sustainable fashion. She believes that the fashion industry has a huge impact on the environment, especially because of the amount of waste that comes from producing new clothing for every event. She encourages recycling fabrics and creating designs that last longer instead of being worn once and thrown away. During the Miss Universe pageant, several of her outfits were made from recycled materials, which made a lot of fans appreciate how committed she is to what she talks about. She also points out how environmental conservation and sustainable fashion go together. If people take small actions like reducing plastic use and recycling more often, it can add up and become a big change.
Even though she won the title, her crowning moment did not go smoothly. During the competition, Miss Mexico was publicly criticized by one of the event organizers on stage. The comments were loud enough for the audience to hear and many people thought that it was uncalled for. Instead of celebrating her huge achievements, she had to stand there while someone older and “more professional” talked down on her in front of the entire crowd. The situation shocked the other contestants and several of them were in disbelief. Viewers who were watching from home posted clips online that spread very quickly and people began calling the incident disrespectful. The tension led to a sudden walkout. A group of contestants walked off the stage in support of her. Many people in the audience stood up and started heading toward the exits. The walkout got even more attention than the crowning moment itself. Many people said that what happened only proved why Fatima’s message about respect, mental health, and empowerment matter so much.
Even after everything that happened, Fatima stayed focused on the causes she cares about. Her work for neurodiversity, mental health, sustainable fashion, and environmental protection shows that Miss Universe is about more than wearing a crown and being a model, it’s about using your voice in a meaningful way and inspiring people to stand up for what they believe is right. Fatima Bosch is becoming known not just as Miss Universe but as someone who is trying to make a difference.
