Mrs. Universe is an annual international event for "the most honorable married woman".
The event is open to married, divorced, and widowed women from nations on all continents around the world, who are between the ages of 18 and 55, have a family and career, and are involved in a "significant cause".
The Mrs. organization opined that the lawsuit was part of a conspiracy by human traffickers to stop the pageant, because Mrs. Universe held an awareness campaign about human trafficking.
This came on the tails of comments made by Ashley Callingbull-Burnham, the first Indigenous Canadian to win the title, when she criticized the Canadian government's lack of support of First Nations people.
[18] Beginning in 2023, however, the Miss Universe Organization will allow married or pregnant women to compete in the pageant.