Inalmahan ni Miss Universe Guadeloupe Ophély Mézino ang pahayag ni Miss Universe Organization (MUO) President Raul Rocha kung bakit hindi si Miss Universe Cote d’Ivoire 2025 Olivia Yacé ang nanalong Miss Universe 2025.
Sa isang live video na kumalat sa pageant sites ngayong araw, November 25, 2025, sinabi ng MUO president na hindi nanalo si Olivia dahil sa kanyang "weak passport."
Ayon sa ulat ng Eventologie, sinabi umano ni Rocha: "The Miss Universe crown isn’t just about performance on stage.
"It’s also about the ability to represent the organization globally.
"With the visa restrictions her passport presents, it would have been extremely challenging for her to meet the demands of the role.”
Mahihirapan daw siyang makapasok sa halos 175 na bansa.
Fourth runner-up lamang si Olivia sa kontrobersiyal na 74th Miss Universe na ginanap sa Thailand noong November 21, 2025.
Si Ophély ay nakapasok hanggang sa top 12.
Ang kandidata mula sa Mexico na si Fátima Bosch ang kinoronahang Miss Universe 2025.
Read: Mexico crowned Miss Universe 2025: Ahtisa Manalo is 3rd runner-up
Ophély Mézino of Guadeloupe speaks up
Hindi pinalampas ni Miss Universe Guadeloupe Ophély Mézino ang rason ni Rocha sa pagkatalo ni Olivia.
Sa kanyang Instagram Story, ibinahagi ni Ophély ang kanyang saloobin tungkol sa usaping visa.
Kung visa pala ang basehan para manalo ang isang kandidata sa Miss Universe, bakit daw pinapasali pa ang "Afro-Caribbean girls" gayong hindi pala sila maaaring manalo?
Ginagamit lamang daw ba sila ng Miss Universe Organization para maipakitang may "diversity and inclusion" ang Miss Universe?
Saad ni Miss Guadeloupe sa kanyang post (published as is): "I'm never angry, and I'm not letting anyone disturb my peace. But the visa topic? I'm not even concerned.
"As a Guadeloupean, I am French l have a French passport. Did you steal the money of my Afro-Caribbean girls? Did you let them compete knowing they would never win this competition?
"Did you let them participate just to speak about diversity and inclusion?"
Sa palagay ni Miss Guadeloupe, "racist excuse" ang pagsasabing dahil sa "weak passport" kaya natalo ang pambato ng Cote d’Ivoire, isang West African country.
Pero alam daw ba ni Rocha na American passport holder din si Olivia?
Pagpapatuloy ni Ophély: "You will never hear me rant on social media, because I'm the type of girl who prefers to speak in real life rather than online.
"Are you trying to find a racist excuse for the fact that you didn't choose someone who was highly qualified for this job?
"Do you even read our biographies when we submit all the visa information? My girl has an American passport! What are you talking about?
"My heart is burning, I don't like injustice."
Lumalabas na ninakawan lamang daw ng organisasyon ng pera ang mga maliliit na bansa dahil malaki ang ibinabayad ng mga itong franchise fee pero wala pala silang pag-asang manalo dahil sa kanilang passport.
"You said this year: 'The highest number of countries who have never participated in Miss Universe.'
"You steal the money of small territories. You steal the hope of millions of people who don't understand why they are not in the Top 30/12/5.
"This is the worst excuse I have ever heard.
"I have followed pageantry for a decade now this is an humiliation, a lack of respect for the contestants, the families, the representatives who put so much energy into your brand.
"How can you disrespect those countries like that?"
Ni-repost ni Olivia ang post ni Ophély sa kanyang Instagram Story, senyales na sang-ayon siya sa pahayag ng kapwa Miss Universe 2025 candidate.
Kahapon, November 24, 2025, nag-resign si Olivia bilang Miss Universe Africa & Oceania.
Read: Olivia Yacé resigns as Miss Universe Africa & Oceania