Accusations of abuse and rejection of trans women: the controversies of Lupita Jones, the first Miss Universe from Mexico who, after 30 years, stops leading the organization of the pageant in her country

After the end of Miss Universe 2023 in El Salvador, changes are known regarding the Mexican pageant, whose country will host the next edition of the competition hosted by Anne JKN. The management of Mexicana Universal will no longer be under the command of Lupita Jones.

The information was announced by the former beauty herself, who led the pageant for 30 years.

Through a live What she did on her Instagram profile on November 19, Lupita Jones, the first Mexican to win the title of Miss Universe in 1991, hinted that there would be a new direction for the competition she founded called “Our Beauty Mexico” and in the one that was at the helm for 30 years, as El Universal remembers.

“In recent months there have been many comments, I have received many messages to clarify the situation. I want to tell you that, first of all, Miss Universe has not confirmed anything to me, although everything points to the fact that what is being said is true,” said Jones in a video that was copied from the IG account of the program “Sit Who Can.” “.

“The situations I had to face here point to the fact that yes, there is another director of Miss Universe in Mexico,” he added in his message before businessman Raúl Rocha Cantú, owner of the franchise in Mexico, was presented at a press conference. Cynthia de la Vega as the new director. In 2012, de la Vega was crowned Nuestra Belleza México.

Lupita Jones controversies and her refusal to accept trans contestants

Although beauty pageants continue to evolve in their guidelines, Lupita Jones stood firm and refused to accept transgender people at the Mexicana Universal pageant that chooses a representative for Miss Universe.

“We got some girls who are mothers, who participated in state events. I am very happy that she is developing in such a way that the circumstances or the life decisions that the woman made do not limit her in realizing her dreams,” she commented in a short interview with journalist Edén Dorantes, who reviewed Who magazine at the time.

Previously, Jones has also taken a stance on transgender people. He did this after the participation of Ángela María Ponce Camacho, the representative of Spain at Miss Universe 2018.

“With these operations, they manage to create a body very similar to a woman’s, but it is a transgender woman. There is a place for everything, you don’t discriminate, everyone has their space and their place, they have every right to have their attitudes, qualities, values, everything recognized, but the conditions are different,” he added.

It should be noted that Anne Jakkaphong, the owner of Miss Universe, is a trans businesswoman from Thailand.

Another of the controversies surrounding Lupita Jones was the accusation leveled against her by Sofía Aragón and Denisse Franco, two winners of Mexicana Universal, as mentioned by Yahoo.

Aragón questioned the lack of management support for her participation in the Miss Universe pageant, warning of abuse and mistreatment of contestants in the Mexican pageant. In this regard, Lupita retaliated with a precise attack that left her in a bad position.

“I know where everyone is from… from drug addicts to alcoholics, I know where they come from and what leg they limp on. There are many stories and I have to tell all of them – said Lupita Jones in a broadcast she made on YouTube at the time, for which she later had to apologize. (AND)