

Miss Universe co-owners Raul Rocha (left) and Anne Jakrajutatip (proper) with reigning queen Victoria Kjær Theilvig in Bangkok. Picture: Fb/THE 74TH MISS UNIVERSE – THAILAND
For 74 years, the Miss Universe pageant has modified the lives of the ladies who stepped on stage, and touched billions of people that adopted their journeys. The competition’s present house owners vow to take the group to a different stage.
Talking on the press convention for Thailand’s internet hosting of the 74th version of the pageant held in Bangkok on Thursday, March 13, Miss Universe Group (MUO) co-owners Raul Rocha and Anne Jakrajutatip revealed their imaginative and prescient for this 12 months’s competitors and past.
“Our purpose is to raise our model by inviting round 120 delegates from their international locations to this competitors, serving to them put together to compete for the Miss Universe title,” stated Rocha, the group’s president.
“I’m grateful to work with individuals who share my ardour for elevating this group. And naturally, thanks to all of our wonderful followers and supporters in Thailand and everybody world wide. Your love and devotion preserve us going, and also you’re all all the time a part of our Miss Universe household,” the Mexican magnate continued.
Rocha bought on board the group after buying half possession of MUO by means of his Legacy Holdings Group final 12 months below an settlement with Jakrajutatip’s JKN International Group in Thailand. The Thai media mogul purchased MUO from IMG in 2022.
Final 12 months’s competitors held in Mexico was the primary collaborative version between the 2 entities. Miss Universe followers and viewers panned the 2024 contest’s staging, from actions right down to the manufacturing, which they stated was lackluster.
Jakrajutatip, MUO CEO, stated she talked to the women since she took possession of the group. “We really feel so honored that, you already know, we will elevate the lives of so many younger girls to turn into the perfect model of themselves,” she stated.
She additionally declared Thailand because the “world’s capital of magnificence pageant trade” in her tackle. Except for her co-owned pageant, a number of different large worldwide contests for girls and gents are based mostly within the nation, together with Miss Grand Worldwide, whose proprietor Nawat Itsaragrisil is now tasked to arrange the 74th Miss Universe pageant.
Earlier than, Itsaragrisil sought to rival Miss Universe and challenged its place as a number one worldwide pageant. However to the shock of many, he acquired the worldwide tilt’s native franchise for Thailand final month.
He and his Miss Grand Worldwide Public Co. Ltd. has acquired the license to pick out Thailand’s Miss Universe delegate for 5 years, beginning in 2025. And because the Thai nationwide entity, they’ve additionally been tasked to mount the 74th Miss Universe pageant within the nation.
Jakrajutatip stated she spoke with a Thai minister to debate the nation’s promotion by means of the Miss Universe platform, and got here up with 5 “Fs” that are meals, combating (Muay Thai), vogue, movie, and feminine empowerment.
Itsaragrisil stated he’s investing 300 million (foreign money not declared) for manufacturing and for actions that may run for 20 days. The women are anticipated to be in Bangkok on Nov. 4, then later journey to Phuket and Pattaya.
They’ll return to Bangkok for the Nationwide Costume Competitors and the swimsuit and night robe shows on Nov. 19, and the ultimate competitors present on Nov. 21 on the Influence Area.
Victoria Kjær Theilvig, Denmark’s first Miss Universe winner, will relinquish her title to her successor on the finish of the competitors. The Philippines’ consultant to this 12 months’s contest will likely be topped on Could 2.