Why The Miss Universe Pageant Can’t Crown Freedom

By Akilah Sailers ·Updated November 21, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… As glamorous contestants prepared for the annual Miss Universe Pageant, and competed for their countries on an international stage in the sport of beauty, a few notable changes were made to the competition that have garnered global engrossment. In the last few years of worldwide political unrest, a few countries have ironically been introduced to the Miss Universe lineup that were previously not