Final week, Dr. Gabrielle “Gabby” Henry, representing Jamaica within the 2025 Miss Universe pageant, took a scary fall off stage through the preliminary night robe spherical. Right now, Miss Universe’s president, Raúl Rocha, offered an optimistic replace concerning the contestant’s well being.
“The Miss Universe Group needs to handle latest hypothesis by offering a transparent and respectful replace concerning Dr. Gabrielle Henry, Miss Universe Jamaica 2025,” Rocha wrote in an announcement shared on Instagram by the official Miss Jamaica group. “Right now, we’re happy to share that the most recent medical report confirms that Dr. Gabrielle Henry is in good well being and nearing discharge.”
Nevertheless, the pageant group says it’s sustaining “strict discretion concerning particular particulars” about Dr. Henry’s well being out of respect for her and her household. Through the competitors, Miss Jamaica missed a step whereas strolling on stage in Thailand, which triggered her to fall off the stage completely. Of their newest assertion, the group clarifies that “instant motion was taken to make sure her security and well-being.”
“I personally entered the stage to help her, coordinated pressing medical consideration, and oversaw her instant switch to the hospital,” Rocha famous within the assertion. “I used to be current on the emergency room alongside her household, with whom I spoke straight.”
“I advisable a collection of precautionary actions, some past commonplace protocol, to ensure essentially the most correct analysis, monitoring, and medical oversight,” he continued. “Further medical specialists had been additionally introduced in to offer a number of skilled assessments and guarantee full readability concerning her situation.”
For the reason that incident, Dr. Henry has been recovering within the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at a hospital in Thailand, accompanied by her mom, Maureen, and her sister, Dr. Phylicia Henry-Samuels. Shortly after the accident, her sister revealed that Dr. Henry, whom she affectionately calls Gabby, wasn’t “doing in addition to [they] would have hoped,” asking for neighborhood prayers.
“We respectfully ask the general public and social media customers to keep away from sharing unfavorable feedback, misinformation, or hypothesis which will trigger additional misery to the household,” the assertion stated, on the time. “Our main focus stays on Gabrielle’s restoration and the well-being of her family members. We kindly request continued compassion, sensitivity, and privateness because the household navigates this difficult interval.”
The Miss Universe group echoed this of their assertion noting, “We consider that issues regarding her well being ought to be communicated solely on the applicable time and solely on the household’s discretion, or by Dr. Henry herself ought to she select to take action. Whereas unfounded hypothesis has circulated publicly, our full consideration has remained on Dr. Henry’s care and restoration. We’re grateful that she is now near being launched from the hospital.”
Further particulars surrounding Miss Jamaica’s well being stay unknown.
