‘Injuries from fall took more from me than I can fully put into words’

On November 19, 2025, Dr Gabrielle Henry, Miss Universe Jamaica 2025, was participating in the evening gown segment of the preliminary Miss Universe 74 competition in Bangkok. Thailand, when she fell into a nearly five-foot deep hole in the stage. Henry lost consciousness on impact and suffered a life-altering, traumatic brain injury

It was revealed on Wednesday that Henry has filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, through New York City-based personal injury firm Napoli Shkolnik, along with Jamaican-based Ramsay & Partners.

“The injuries from the fall took more from me than I can fully put into words,” Dr Henry, a resident ophthalmologist, stated. “The career I’d worked my whole life for, the opportunity to represent my country, the chance to fully live out my year as Miss Universe Jamaica, and moments with people I love that I’ll never get back.”