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Nearly one year after suffering life-changing injuries when she fell through an opening in the stage at the Miss Universe 2025 competition in Thailand, Miss Universe Jamaica 2025 Dr Gabrielle Henry is being represented by Jamaican law firm Ramsay & Partners and US firm Napoli Shkolnik in a lawsuit against the organisation.
Henry’s lawsuit against the Miss Universe Organization and its parent companies JKN Legacy Inc. and Legacy Holding Group USA was reportedly filed on Monday in the Delaware Superior Court.
The Kingston-based Ramsay and Partners is ranked by The Legal 500, and notes on its website that it acts for clients in high-stakes disputes and cross-border matters. The firm “regularly works alongside leading law firms such as Napoli Shkolnik”.
Napoli Shkolnik is described as a leading national plaintiffs’ law firm dedicated to protecting the rights of individuals harmed by corporate negligence, dangerous products, and toxic exposures. With a client-focused approach rooted in advocacy, accountability, and results, the firm is committed to pursuing meaningful outcomes that help clients recover, rebuild, and move forward.
A People magazine story on Wednesday stated that “Henry accuses the Miss Universe Organization and others of failing to ensure stage safety and ignoring prior complaints from other contestants”.
Last November, Henry, a medical doctor pursuing an ophthalmology residency, made global headlines after falling through a nearly five-foot opening in the Miss Universe stage.
An official joint statement from the pageant organisers and the Henry family in the days following said: “Dr Henry suffered a serious fall through an opening on the stage while performing her walk during the preliminary competition on November 19, 2025, resulting in an intracranial haemorrhage with loss of consciousness, a fracture, facial lacerations and other significant injuries. She was immediately admitted to intensive care in Bangkok, where she remained in critical condition under constant neurological monitoring, and continues to require 24-hour specialist supervision.”
Henry returned to Jamaica on December 11, 2025, on what the Miss Universe Organization and her family said in another joint statement was “a medically escorted repatriation flight arranged by the hospital”.
That statement said in part: “From the time the incident took place, the Miss Universe Organization has stood beside Gabrielle and her family as if she were their own, assuming full and immediate responsibility without hesitation. The Organization has covered all hospital, medical, and rehabilitation expenses in Thailand, as well as the accommodation and living costs for Dr Henry's mother and sister, who have remained by her side throughout this difficult period. In addition, the Miss Universe Organization is funding the medically escorted repatriation flight arranged by the hospital and has committed to covering all future medical expenses arising from this incident.”
It continued: “Certain media reports suggesting that Dr Henry contributed in any way to the incident are entirely inaccurate. The Miss Universe Organization has never attributed blame to Dr Henry and confirms that those suggestions are unfounded and do not reflect the facts.”
Marc Ramsay of Ramsay and Partners was Henry's legal adviser when she returned to Jamaica under medical escort. Henry, who has shied away from media interviews since her return home, made her first official appearance last month when she crowned Miss Universe Jamaica 2026 Celene Hall at the AC Hotel Kingston.
yasmine.peru@gleanerjm.com
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