Miss Universe is under fire for allegedly blaming Miss Jamaica following stage accident

Ever since Steve Harvey pulled that mortifying Miss Universe blunder - crowning the wrong woman as the winner and then having to awkwardly backtrack on live television while tens of millions watched in horror - the pageant world has never quite recovered its full sparkle.

That moment cracked the glossy illusion, and now here we are again, watching another uncomfortable chapter unfold, this time with Miss Jamaica, Gabrielle Henry, and a fall that has left more than just bruises behind.

During the preliminary evening gown round in Thailand, Henry stepped forward with all the grace and confidence expected of a Miss Universe contestant, only to plunge off the edge of the stage in a split second.

A moment that should have been about elegance and celebration turned into panic, silence and flashing cameras capturing what no woman on that stage ever wants to experience. She has since been hospitalised, with doctors advising that she remain in the ICU as she recovers from the impact.

But as if the fall itself wasn’t traumatic enough, the real side-eye moment came from what allegedly followed backstage.

Miss Haiti, Melissa Sapini, revealed to "PEOPLE" that contestants were called into a meeting where a staff member reportedly placed blame on Henry, suggesting she “wasn’t paying attention”.

Only after that did they circle back to the tired safety spiel, claiming contestant well-being was the priority. The lack of compassion, yoh!

"I don't know that they handled that correctly," Sapini said. "The first thing he said was it's because she wasn't paying attention."

Sapini described how the emotional atmosphere shifted, with contestants sitting in silence, staring at each other, faces drained, the weight of shattered dreams hanging thick in the air.

"I'm sitting there thinking, 'Is this it?' We're looking at each other. We're looking at these articles, and we're not even talking," she added.

"We're just looking at each other with our faces drained," she explains. "And you just see dreams and hopes lost. That's so sad to me."

 A fall from that height, especially in heels and a heavy gown, isn’t just a dramatic TV moment. Physically, it can lead to concussions, head trauma, muscle tears, deep bruising, sprains and even spinal injuries.

It can also bring serious psychological consequences long after the visible damage heals. When people suffer a traumatic injury, they don’t just heal skin or bone; many later report anxiety, depression or even symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Unlike what some might expect, these symptoms don’t always disappear once the body recovers. In a study that followed injured adults over a year, roughly one-third had persistent trauma symptoms even 12 months after the initial injury.

Another study found that injury patients admitted to hospital - including those with serious injuries - had high rates of depression, anxiety and stress both during admission and in the months after.

Those who showed depression one month after injury were significantly less likely to report full recovery a year later.