Fátima Bosch
Fátima Bosch Fernández is a Mexican beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe 2025. She had previously won Miss Universe Mexico 2025. Bosch is the fourth Mexican woman to win Miss Universe.
Early life and education
Bosch was born on 19 May 2000, in Teapa, Tabasco, to Bernardo Bosch Hernández and Vanessa Fernández Balboa. Bosch completed her elementary and high school education between Colegio Arji, Instituto Cumbres Villahermosa.From 2021 to 2024, Bosch attended the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, where she earned a bachelor's degree in fashion and apparel design. Her surname, Bosch, is of Catalan origin and means 'forest'.
Pageantry
Flor Tabasco 2018
Bosch won Flor Tabasco, representing Teapa, competed against 16 contestants during the pageant finale held in the Centro de Convenciones Tabasco 2000 of Villahermosa on 27 August 2018. She was crowned by the outgoing titleholder, Bárbara Aranguren.Miss Universe Mexico 2025
Bosch represented Tabasco, and won Miss Universe Mexico 2025, against 31 contestants. The contest held on 13 September 2025, at the Sala Plácido Domingo del Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénicas in Zapopan, Jalisco. She was crowned by the outgoing titleholder María Fernanda Beltrán.Miss Universe 2025
On 4 November 2025, during the sash ceremony event, a dispute occurred when Miss Universe Thailand national director Nawat Itsaragrisil reprimanded Bosch and referred to her as "dumb", leading to tensions and several contestants walking out. Bosch later said she felt disrespected, while Miss Universe 2024, Victoria Kjær Theilvig criticized the public scolding and left the venue.On 21 November 2025, Bosch represented Mexico and won Miss Universe 2025, competing against 100 other candidates at the Impact Challenger Hall in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand. Bosch is the fourth Mexican woman to earn the Miss Universe title, after Lupita Jones, Ximena Navarrete and Andrea Meza.