{"id":1713531,"date":"2022-10-27T13:03:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T17:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1713531"},"modified":"2022-10-27T13:03:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T17:03:20","slug":"miss-universe-pageant-bought-by-transgender-tv-star-from-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miss-universe-pageant-bought-by-transgender-tv-star-from-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss Universe Pageant Bought By Transgender TV Star From Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmiss-universe-pageant-bought-by-transgender-tv-star-from-thailand%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1713531&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In the wake of a scandal in which various Miss USA contestants alleged that the 2022 Miss USA pageant was rigged in favor of Miss Texas, the Miss Universe organization, which suspended the organizers of the Miss USA pageant, was bought by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11355919\/Thai-businesswoman-buys-Miss-Universe-pageant-20-mln.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transgender person<\/a> from Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>Anne Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip, CEO and biggest shareholder of JKN Global Group Public Company Limited, bought the Miss Universe organization for $20 million from Endeavor\u2019s IMG. The Miss Universe pageant, originated in 1952, had <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/biz\/global\/miss-universe-endeavor-img-jkn-thailand-1235414757\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously been owned<\/a> by Donald Trump starting in 1996 along with CBS and then NBC before it was sold to IMG in 2015.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thai businesswoman and transgender advocate Anne Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip bought the Miss Universe Organization for $20 million, making her the first woman to own the global beauty pageant in its 71-year history, her company announced Oct. 26. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p9nlfdCRmR\">https:\/\/t.co\/p9nlfdCRmR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TODAY (@TODAYshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TODAYshow\/status\/1585652637277511682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are incredibly honored to be acquiring the Miss Universe organization and working with its visionary leadership team,\u201d Jakrajutatip, who became a reality TV star on Thai versions of \u201cProject Runway\u201d and \u201cShark Tank,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/biz\/global\/miss-universe-endeavor-img-jkn-thailand-1235414757\/\">declared<\/a>. \u201cThe global reach of the organization, its relationships with global partners and brands, and its wealth of content, licensing, and merchandising opportunities make this a strong, strategic addition to our portfolio. We seek not only to continue its legacy of providing a platform to passionate individuals from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and traditions, but also to evolve the brand for the next generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJakrajutatip will become the first woman to own Miss Universe, the organization confirmed to Insider,\u201d Business Insider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/miss-universe-pageant-sold-to-businesswoman-2022-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a>. According to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/thailand\/general\/2286822\/a-pioneer-reveals-clues-to-success\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bangkok Post,<\/a> Jakrajutatip is the third richest transgender person in the world, worth roughly $210 million.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Miss Universe\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11334377\/EXCL-Miss-Universe-SUSPENDS-Miss-USA-organizers-amid-claims-winner-crowned-unfairly.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suspended the organizers of Miss USA<\/a>\u00a0after a furor erupted following the annual Miss USA pageant.<\/p>\n<p>Contestants in the 2022 Miss USA pageant received an email from Miss Universe CEO Amy Emmerich informing them that Miss Brand, which runs the pageant, has been suspended from the pageant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter thorough deliberation, Miss Universe Organization has decided to suspend Miss Brand immediately,\u201d Emmerich wrote. \u201cMiss Universe will be taking over the Miss USA program while a comprehensive third-party investigation is conducted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are appreciative of the cooperation we\u2019ve seen from Miss USA Director Crystle Stewart as we work through this process,\u201d Emmerich added.<\/p>\n<p>Stewart, the director of Miss Brand and the winner of Miss USA in 2008 before starting to run the pageant in 2020, had come under fire after contestants alleged that the pageant favored the eventual winner, Miss Texas, R\u2019Bonney Gabriel. After Gabriel\u2019s victory was announced and she walked around the stage, other contestants, in an unprecedented move, walked off the stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can see them exiting the stage before she even turns around. All of them. Not one of them stays on stage to congratulate her or run and hug her,\u201d former contestant Jasmine Jones\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@callmejas0\/video\/7150795496850804014?is_copy_url=1&#038;is_from_webapp=v1&#038;item_id=7150795496850804014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a>\u00a0in a TikTok video. \u201cIn my pageantry opinion, something was off about that. In my ten years as a contestant, I\u2019ve never seen the girls walk off stage and not congratulate the girls that\u2019s won.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am at a loss of words since it goes to show there were many signs that the winner was already predetermined and myself, amongst all my other sisters, weren\u2019t even given the chance to lose,\u201d Alexandra Lakhman, Miss New Jersey wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Miss New York, Heather Elley, added, \u201cThe way I entered this pageant and gave it every last bit of my heart and soul. I had limiting beliefs of the outcome and did everything to ignore ALL the signs,\u201d Yahoo News\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ph.news.yahoo.com\/miss-usa-contestants-allege-pageant-rigged-favor-fil-am-queen-052929011.html?guccounter=1&#038;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&#038;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJ2wN-GC-LvteCbAy2M2Qon46MRKHocdjk0TO21ISZT8Kwj07maxqoXu_Kn_rOBXxYy5a2YgubHI3BkctXemKnJLhgwmLIX6N_sE2kGl6C-HNaLb_Mx-KtRxTflH7FXCKRM64l77bztTFSnXbEpmZaAE5IC7k9m6MCmaIs2xx4M5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Miss Missouri, Mikala McGhee, claimed Gabriel\u2019s victory had been preordained because she is a Filipina-American, and the Filipina community has a large pageant fanbase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that [Miss USA] are in a state where they are trying to revamp and re-glamorize pageantry here in the United States, because we\u2019ve been seeing a constant drop off in enrollment\u00a0for pageants, and not just in the Miss USA system,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot to say that Gabriel couldn\u2019t have gone out here and won this on her own, but I think that she was a Houstonian \u2014 everyone, again, from the Miss Brand \u2026 and most from Miss USA Organization, including Crystle herself, are from Houston. They\u2019re Houston natives,\u201d McGhee continued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of a scandal in which various Miss USA contestants alleged that the 2022 Miss USA pageant was rigged in favor of Miss Texas, the Miss Universe organization, which suspended the organizers of the Miss USA pageant, was bought by a transgender person from Thailand. 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