Miss Universe Scandal Erupts: Argentina Out After 'Fixed Competition' Accusation

• After asserting that the November beauty pageant was "fixed," the Miss Universe contestant who represented Argentina in 2024 lost her title.

• Beauty queen Magali Benejam, who placed 12th in the competition, questioned the 2024 Miss Universe pageant's final results in a live YouTube broadcast.

• She made scathing remarks about all of the competitors from other nations and suggested that the entire competition was a sham.

The 30-year-old from Córdoba, in northern Argentina, claimed that the pageant had dubious outcomes and implied that it was a fraud.
"When they announced the Top 5, I saw the judges looking at each other in [strange] ways," Benejam claimed, according to a translation by the Latin Times. "They started looking at each other as if to say, 'This is not what we chose, this is not what I chose.' That's what it felt like from the outside and that's where I said, 'OK, this is fixed.' It was always fixed, every year." 

"I spoke to her a couple of times, but the last few days, she decided to stop talking to me; I don't know why,' Benejam said, according to a translation by the Daily Mail.

"The Miss Universe Organization Announces the Withdrawal of the Miss Universe Argentina Title from Miss Magali Benejam," a statement from the organisation read. "After a thorough review of recent public comments made by Miss Magali Benejam, and based on our core principles, we have decided to withdraw immediately the title of Miss Universe Argentina from Miss Benejam."

"The decision comes after careful consideration and aligns with our commitment to uphold the highest standards of personal and professional conduct," the statement continued. "We want to emphasise that this action is taken to protect the integrity of the organisation and the opportunities it provides to women around the world."

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