Fatima Bush has spoken out against the wave of accusations that the Miss Universe owner received after the woman from Tabasco won the 2025 edition of the beauty contest. Bush came out in defense of the association’s president, Raul Rocha Cantú, who in recent weeks has been embroiled in a barrage of accusations: one of the competition’s judges accused him of nepotism and fraud; Rocha himself admitted to having entered into a $1 million contract with Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), a company of which Bush’s father is a director, and last week an arrest warrant was revealed against him for his participation in a drug, arms and fuel trafficking network on the Mexico-Guatemala border that links him to the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel and La Unión Tepito. “Nothing has been proven,” Bush said exclusively to the Telemundo television network. “It is very easy to raise your voice, but if you do not have evidence or foundations, it is better not to raise your voice.” “A lot of things have also been said about my father, and they won’t have any proof now and they won’t have any proof ever.”
Judicial documents seen by this newspaper show that besides Rocha, 12 others were involved, including police officers and officials from the same prosecutor’s office in the smuggling plot from Guatemala, where Rocha was honorary consul until the investigation against him was revealed.
The woman from Tabasco believes that the political controversy and her family’s alleged affiliation with the ruling party Movement for National Renewal (MORENA) has caused a lot of controversy because Mexico has never had a Miss Universe who was very transparent and spoke about political, social and environmental issues. “Maybe it broke a mold and a lot of people didn’t like it. Maybe what they wanted was a Barbie doll that didn’t talk,” she said.
Anchor Jessica Carrillo, originally from Jalisco, was responsible for leading the interview. The Mexican questioned her compatriot about the controversy surrounding Bush’s victory being rigged, due to links between Rocha Canto and Pemex. Carrillo asked him directly if his father, Bernardo Bosch Hernandez, had bought the crown. He replied: “This makes me laugh a lot because there is a lot of misinformation in the media. We as Generation Z cannot realize this faster. A lie does not become truth if it is repeated several times. My father and the lawyer met when I won.”
Bush also said it never occurred to him to give up the belt or crown because, he says, he deserves them. Furthermore, I reject the hate messages I have received. “I’m 25 years old, and I’ve never been in this environment before. Of course it hurts me, because they’re attacking my family and attacking me.” He added that all the legal controversy surrounding the organization does not concern him. Bush concluded his speech by saying: “I am the voice of the women of the world. Do not politicize my participation.”
The Mexican visits New York, as part of the proceedings for the first Miss Universe. She landed in New Jersey on Sunday, November 30, and was welcomed by the sound of Guadalajara drink, in front of a group of followers and the media. This was the first time she spoke about the controversy caused by her victory, but she stressed that the reason for this was that Miss Universe challenged stereotypes. Upon his arrival, he replied: “The organization is transparent. It achieved this victory with hard work.”