Ahead of the 2025 Miss Universe pageant, the 1991 winner, Mexican Lupita Jones, has been making headlines thanks to her recent statements about her controversial departure from the organization in 2023 after being removed from the franchise. Mexico. What did I say? Here's the story.

In an interview with Isabel Lascurain for her YouTube channel, the former Miss Universe shared for the first time her feelings about her unexpected departure from the organization after almost 30 years at the helm: “They kicked me out unfairly, yes, the way they did it was very low, but oh well, I'm moving on,” she recalled about that chapter in her life.

When questioned about the reason behind her dismissal, Lupita Jones attributed it to the statements. she made against the new rules the pageant was implementing at the time.

“When these changes started, I thought I was the only one who dared to publicly say that I disagreed (…) From then on, they started scrutinizing everything I did or said,” she recalled.

However, the final blow came when Thai magnate Anne Jkrajutatip acquired the pageant, as the Mexican beauty queen confirmed: “They sold it The company hired a trans woman from Thailand, and obviously, who goes first? Lupita Jones, for being such a blabbermouth. “They took away my license in Mexico and everything.” And although it seemed to be the end of her legacy as Miss Universe, the socialite didn't give up and chose to create her own brand in 2017: Mexicana Universal. “I continue working with other franchises, other international pageants, I'm no longer with Miss Universe (…) After I left Televisa in 2017, I focused on creating my own brand, which is Mexicana Universal,” she said under the watchful gaze of Isabel Lascurain.