Miss Universe Canada has criticised the Miss Universe organisation after rival contestants were permitted to wear costumes she found culturally insensitive towards Indigenous people. As an Indigenous woman, she said the outfits felt "hurtful" and has called on the pageant to reconsider what contestants are allowed to wear during national costume segments.

Full details of the specific costumes and the reigning titleholder's identity were not available in the source material provided, which consisted largely of unrelated Daily Mail headlines rather than the article body. The controversy touches on a recurring debate in beauty pageants over cultural appropriation, particularly around the use of Indigenous imagery and dress by contestants who do not belong to those communities.