Two weeks after being hospitalized after a fall throughout the scandal-ridden Miss Universe pageant, Miss Jamaica, Gabrielle Henry, is wanting towards December with hope.
On Monday, Dec. 1, the official Miss Universe Jamaica Instagram account shared a message about reflection, restoration, and welcoming the month with “renewed resilience,” marking the primary public replace since extra particulars about Henry’s situation had been confirmed.
“Grace has discovered us once more. December arrives not simply as a brand new month however as a season of restoration, reflection, and renewed resilience,” the submit, set towards a festive, Christmas-themed background, started.
“After Hurricane Melissa, we rise with gratitude — for security, for group, for the power that binds us collectively,” it continued. “That is our time to rebuild with hope, to revive with compassion, and to uplift one another with kindness. Be intentional. Be empathetic. Lengthen grace generously. Even in hardship, Jamaica’s spirit stays unshaken — we endure, we unite, and we shine. Welcome, December — a month of therapeutic, braveness, and ahead motion.”
Whereas the message addressed Hurricane Melissa — the Class 5 storm that devastated Jamaica after making landfall on Oct. 21 — its timing additionally marked the most recent communication since Henry’s on-stage fall throughout the Miss Universe competitors in Bangkok, Thailand.
On Nov. 19, whereas competing within the preliminary night robe section, the 28-year-old ophthalmologist and mannequin was gliding throughout the stage in an orange sequined and beaded robe with a flowing cape when she slipped and fell off. In accordance with a number of studies, she was instantly rushed to the hospital with accidents initially described as non-life-threatening. By Nov. 24, officers confirmed she had suffered lacerations to her chin and foot and remained within the ICU for continued monitoring.
Followers and supporters have continued pleading for updates below the December submit, however no new data has been launched since a Nov. 29 assertion from Olivia Grange, Jamaica’s Minister of Tradition, Gender, Leisure and Sport.
“Whereas Dr. Henry, Miss Jamaica Universe 2025, stays in intensive care in Bangkok, within the strategy of restoration, and regardless of setbacks, the household studies that she is in good spirits,” Grange wrote on Instagram. “The household is assured that her resilience and power will see her by means of, with all our help.”
She added that the household is working carefully with Henry’s medical group and is awaiting clearance for non-emergency medical transport again to Jamaica.
Henry’s ongoing hospitalization provides one other layer to a pageant yr already mired in controversy, together with Miss Mexico’s allegations of mistreatment by employees (which sparked a quick walkout), a number of judges resigning mid-competition, a warrant for arrest has been issued for one of many pageant’s house owners, and Miss Universe Africa and Oceania renouncing her title.
