Aunque se supone que el evento ahora permite la participación de embarazadas, la organización local, a cargo del director nacional Óscar Flores, le habría negado este derecho debido a la falta de protocolos necesarios para su condición. Así lo explicó la misma Mónica durante una entrevista. La organización se apresuró a anunciar como nueva reina a Ana Gabriela Villanueva, quien había resultado Primea Finalista.
Lee también: "Miss Guatemala 2024 anuncia embarazo y frena participación en Miss Universo".
La organización chapina le habría explicado a Mónica que esta era la decisión de la organización internacional, sin embargo, su entrevistador afirma que Miss Universe jamás dio esta indicación, tal y como habría confirmado el vicepresidente de Relaciones Internacionales de Miss Universe Organization (MUO), Mario Búcaro.
@missupdates_ Yesterday, news of Miss Universe Guatemala 2024 @andreradford's pregnancy broke out and soon after, the national organization @missuniversegt issued a statement appointing her 1st runner-up as the new queen. In an interview with @luchoborregoc, Andrea confirmed that she did NOT want to resign and felt ready to compete at Miss Universe as a pregnant woman. She was told by her national organization that the Miss Universe organization said they don't have the necessary protocols for a pregnant woman to compete even though their rules allow pregnant women in the competition. Lucho emphasized that he had written to MUO's vice president of foreign affairs @bucaromariomexico who said this was not the case and that as far as MUO is concerned, everything still stands and Andrea is welcome to compete which means the national organization lied to Andrea. Other important points Andrea mentioned: • Andrea was not aware of her pregnancy when competing at MU Guatemala, she found out afterwards and communicated with her organization who said it will be up to the MUO (they "apparently" waited weeks to get the response) • Andrea was told in the past by 2 medical professionals that she would never be able to have children therefore there was not even a thought of not keeping the baby once she found out she was pregnant • It is untrue that she was unable to fulfill her duties, she fulfilled all the duties since winning MU Guatemala successfully, traveled around the country to events, gave interviews (which lessened a bit during the period they were waiting for MUOS response for obvious reasons) • Andrea feels ready to compete as a pregnant woman, she considers pregnancy a blessing and wants to celebrate the body of a pregnant woman on the MU stage. However, now that everything is official and the new candidate appointed, she doesn't wanna take away the dream from her successor. MU Guatemala organization told Andrea she is welcome to compete in the future Full live on @luchoborregoc IG #missuniverseguatemala #greescreen #fyp #Viral #missuniverse #foryoupage #parati Paris - Else
"La organización de Miss Universo no ha dicho que tú no puedas participar en Miss Universo. Si tú te sientes cómoda, si te sientes feliz y no te sientes menos mujer sino todo lo contrario participando y luciendo tu belleza de mujer embarazada en un escenario de Miss Universo, tienes que hacer historia", exhorta el entrevistador durante una charla virtual.
Sin embargo, entre lágrimas, Mónica afirmó que comprende que la nueva reina designada ya fue anunciada públicamente y respetará su sueño de ir al evento mundial el próximo 16 de noviembre en México.
Sin embargo, la joven embarazada habla de una "participación pausada", lo que significaría que podría atender el Miss Universo en 2026, pero muchos consideran que esto también parece complicado, pues significaría que Miss Universe Guatemala no haría evento de elección el próximo año, en vista de que ya hay una reina en espera. Además, ella estaría en plena crianza de su bebé.