{"id":262687,"date":"2025-11-06T16:20:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T08:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graceful-beige-gazelle.109-123-232-35.cpanel.site\/muo-president-raul-rocha-restricts-nawat-itsaragrisils-participation-amid-controversy\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T16:20:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T08:20:30","slug":"muo-president-raul-rocha-restricts-nawat-itsaragrisils-participation-amid-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomatomag.net\/?p=262687","title":{"rendered":"Rocha Responds to Nawat Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Miss Universe Organization (MUO) President Raul Rocha released a video statement on Wednesday, November 4, addressing the recent issues involving Miss Universe Thailand National Director Nawat Itsaragrisil.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy stems from an alleged incident where Nawat reportedly questioned Miss Mexico about her absence from a sponsor\u2019s photo shoot. The contestant, who reportedly felt uncomfortable, chose to leave the room. Later reports stated that the Mexican beauty queen felt disrespected when Nawat allegedly called her \u201cdumb\u201d during the orientation.<\/p>\n<p>In his statement, Rocha accused Nawat of causing the incident due to \u201chis constant desire to be the center of attention.\u201d The MUO president then announced that Nawat\u2019s participation in the events of the 74th Miss Universe competition has been restricted.<\/p>\n<p>The statement comes amid growing scrutiny and public discussion surrounding the leadership and conduct of national directors under the Miss Universe Organization.<\/p>\n<h6><credit>H\/T: Miss Universe | Facebook<\/credit><\/h6>\n<h6><credit>Photo Credit: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MissUniverse<\/credit><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nawat Itsaragrisil\u2019s actions during the Miss Universe orientation have led to his limited participation in the pageant\u2019s upcoming events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":262688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-thetalk"],"zyndk8_nxtgen_metadata":{"nxtgen_comments":[{"5493":"bakit laging may gulo sa pageant \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d stay classy nalang po lahat \u2728\r","5494":"miss u drama pero love ko pa rin \ud83d\ude0d\r","5495":"mu thailand and muo sana maayos agad \ud83d\ude4f\r","5496":"nawat magpahinga ka muna \ud83d\ude05\r"}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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