Miss Universe 2025: Resigned judge considers legal action against organization
What's the story
Omar Harfouch, a musician and former judge of the Miss Universe 2025 pageant, is contemplating legal action against the Miss Universe Organization (MUO). This comes after his controversial resignation from the judging panel just days before the event. On Tuesday, November 18, Harfouch publicly announced his exit from the selection committee and made several allegations against the pageant.
Legal action
'I want to bring justice to contestants...'
Following the controversies, Harfouch has revealed on Instagram that he has consulted a leading law firm in New York to explore the possibility of filing a formal complaint. Harfouch recently told People that his legal team was waiting to see "if Miss Mexico won before we started to pursue legal action, and she did win." "I want to bring justice to contestants, especially the 106 countries that were kicked out three days before the show by a mysterious 'entity'."
Allegations
Harfouch's allegations and MUO's denial
Harfouch alleged that the MUO had formed an "impromptu jury" to select 30 finalists before contestants from all the countries could perform in the preliminary round. The organization has since denied these allegations, stating that no such jury was created or authorized to evaluate delegates or select finalists. They emphasized that all evaluations were conducted according to established, transparent, and supervised protocols.
Prediction
Harfouch's prediction of Miss Mexico's victory
After Miss Mexico Fatima Bosch was crowned Miss Universe 2025, Harfouch asserted that he had already predicted her victory. He said the owner of Miss Universe, Raul Rocha, allegedly tried to pressure him into voting for Bosch because of Rocha's business dealings with Bosch's father. He wrote on Instagram, "Raul Rocha and his son urged me, week ago in Dubai, to vote for #Fatima Bosh because they need her to win "because it will be good for our business."