Miss Jamaica addresses Miss Universe stage fall, says more will be shared soon
Miss Jamaica Dr. Gabrielle Henry is back in her home country. She informed fans she would provide more details regarding her fall during the 2025 Miss Universe preliminaries, an incident that resulted in an intracranial hemorrhage.
Roughly a month after her fall on the Miss Universe stage in Bangkok, Thailand, Henry said she is "grateful" to have returned to Jamaica.
"In a time that calls for stillness and healing, I am grateful to be in Jamaica and to feel the familiar strength of Jamaica surrounding me," she said on an Instagram post on Saturday.
Henry expressed her gratitude towards the medical teams in Thailand and those who cared for her.
"I extend sincere thanks to my family, friends, for every prayer lifted on my behalf from my fellow Jamaicans, and to those who stood with me through moments seen and unseen," she said, extending her thanks to the team responsible for her flight arrangements and logistical support during her journey.
"As Miss Jamaica Universe 2025 and an ophthalmology resident, I am reminded that moments of darkness do not diminish vision; they refine it. While I continue to recover, I am inspired by the way Jamaicans rise, undeterred, after adversity. In time, more will be shared.
She said that for now, she has remained focused on her "healing, purpose, and service."
Henry, 28, an ophthalmologist, was walking across the stage during the pageant's preliminary competition last Nov. 19 when she suddenly fell into the orchestra pit. She was pulled out on a stretcher and immediately brought to the hospital. She wasn't able to participate in the tilt's finals.
She was rushed to the intensive care unit of a Bangkok hospital and remained in critical condition.
Her family on Dec. 8 said that the fall has resulted in an "intracranial hemorrhage with loss of consciousness, a fracture, facial lacerations, and other significant injuries."
