'Rigged' Miss Universe contest slammed as fans vow to never watch again because of Miami winner
The 22-year-old, who hails from Miami, Florida, was crowned as Miss Cuba 2025 on Wednesday night, which means that she will move on to represent the country in the 2025 Miss Universe pageant, which will take place in Thailand this November.
However, many seemed to be skeptical of Luaces' win, as it has been revealed that she is the daughter of Univision host Lili Estefan. Her uncle, Emilio Estefan, is a music producer and businessman and her aunt is famous singer Gloria Estefan.
Lili, Gloria and Emilio were born in Cuba, while Luaces grew up in Miami. Her mom is estimated to have a net worth of around $500 million.
The outlet described the beauty queen as coming from 'Cuban-American royalty,' and it's not exactly something that is sitting well with Miss Universe fans.
Many even took to the official Miss Universe Cuba Instagram page to air their grievances, with some even claiming that it was 'rigged' due to the ' nepo baby ' win.
Daily Mail reached out to Miss Universe for comment.
'I'm sorry and nothing against her but there were better contestants. Her last name and family connections is why she won. All of these contests are rigged,' one person wrote.
Many seemed to be skeptical of Luaces' win, as it has been revealed that she is the daughter of Univision host Lili Estefan. Her uncle, Emilio Estefan, is a music producer and businessman and her aunt is famous singer Gloria Estefan
Another agreed, 'Honestly we know why she won the crown… like it's so obvious.'
'This will be the last Miss Universe Cuba competition I watch. If you noticed, she was called first EVERY TIME. They should just skip the dog and pony show and name a sponsored winner without the pretend competition. It would save a ton of time and money!' someone else typed.
Another photo of Luaces posted to the account was also flooded with comments.
'Nepo baby,' someone wrote.
'Mi$$ Nepoti$m!!' one user seconded.
However, other Miss Universe fans defended her, with some claiming that they felt like she represented the Cuban-American community very well.
'Honestly we couldn't have a better representation…. she is perfection. Always was. Like this was exactly what we want to represent "us,"' one watcher wrote.
Someone else seconded, 'I think Lina is representative of all Cubans. She was born out of the island because her family fled horrific political and economic circumstances on the island. Many, many Cubans live in exile for this same reason. We were born here in the USA due to circumstances beyond our control. We are still Cuban! Congratulations Lina! You represent me and my Cuban story!'
Of course, there has been no evidence so far that the Miss Cuba 2025 competition was rigged.
Per Hola! Magazine, Cuba had been out of the competition for 57 years without a representative for the country.
They made a return in 2024 when Marianela Ancheta was crowned as the winner.
Miss Universe is a pageant that brings together girls from all over the world, each representing different countries.
Last year, the winner was Victoria Kjær Theilvig, from Denmark.
President Donald Trump was the previous co-owner of Miss Universe, from 1996 to 2015.
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