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Miss Universe: The Video Game is a cancelled video game based on the Miss Universe pageant which was being developed by Ubisoft Reflections and published by Ubisoft for PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X/S.

Two other Miss Universe video games were in development by EA Black Box and Activision but were cancelled due to various reasons. In 2021, Ubisoft acquired the Miss Universe license, before the organization was purchased by JKN Global Group. In 2026, following the controversies regarding the 2025 pageant, it was announced that the game’s development had ended and that Ubisoft relinquished the Miss Universe license, cancelling the game.

In the single-player mode, players assume the role of a beauty queen created by them, which would also allow several customization options, including the ability to create transgender and non-binary characters.

Multiplayer modes would consist of 100 player scheduled pageants, with the ability to play as select Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA delegates licensed for the game, including past winners and runners-up.

The following licensed delegates have been confirmed to be playable in the game^[b]:

• Amanda Dudamel (Miss Universe 2022 - 1st runner-up)
• Andrea Meza (Miss Universe 2020 - winner)
• Cheslie Kryst (Miss USA 2019 - winner)
• Elle Smith (Miss USA 2021 - winner)
• Faron Medhi (Miss Teen USA 2022 - winner)
• Harnaaz Sandhu (Miss Universe 2021 - winner)
• Madison Anderson (Miss Universe 2019 - 1st runner-up)
• R'Bonney Gabriel (Miss USA 2022 and Miss Universe 2022 - winner)
• Zozibini Tunzi (Miss Universe 2019 - winner)

Structured as a coming of age story, it is set around the player’s beauty queen (voiced by Amelie Bea Smith (teenager) and Marelisa Gibson (adult)) as she tries to participate at the three Miss Universe Organization pageants (Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA), while overcoming various life obstacles.

In 2007, it was reported that Krome Studios was developing a Miss Universe game for Wii, PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS, with Activision publishing. The title was later cancelled for undisclosed reasons.

In 2014, a Miss Universe game was revealed unofficially as under development at Electronic Arts' Black Box studio using DICE's Frostbite engine.^[1] However, on April 2013, Black Box was closed down, leaving the game in limbo. As of 2015, the game has yet-to-be officially cancelled and development status is uncertain.

It was reported that the game’s official reveal, which was planned for Microsoft’s E3 2015 press conference for a late 2016 release on PC and eighth generation consoles, was cancelled following then-Miss Universe owner Donald Trump’s remarks regarding Mexican immigrants during Trump's speech announcing his candidacy for the Republican nomination for U.S. President on June 16, 2015 in New York City led NBC, which had broadcast the pageant since 2003, and incumbent rights holders Univision Communications and Televisa to terminate their relationships with the organization and Trump himself, with Farouk Systems, Electronic Arts and Microsoft, who held exclusive streaming rights to the Miss Teen USA pageant for Xbox consoles from 2012-16, ending their business ties with the organization.

On November 5, 2021, it was announced that Ubisoft entered a strategic partnership with then-Miss Universe owners IMG to produce interactive media based on the Miss Universe pageants. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot stated the partnership was conceived as a result of the company’s efforts to diversify their core game lineup as well as to appeal to the casual gaming market. Ubisoft's troubles with a mid-2020 series of sexual misconduct allegations raised against many high-level members of the company also played a role in this decision. Despite the Miss Universe Organization’s 2022 acquisition by JKN Global Group, Ubisoft retained the Miss Universe licensing rights.

On November 18, 2023, during a press conference at the 2023 pageant, the game was officially announced as under development by Ubisoft Reflections, with additional contributions by Ubisoft's Annecy, Belgrade, Düsseldorf, Kyiv, Leamington, Massive, Montpellier, Paris, Shanghai, and Toronto studios, using Massive's Snowdrop. It was later reported that the Miss Universe title was mentioned as the “large game” announced at Ubisoft’s investor calls during 2023, which was delayed to the company’s fiscal year 2025 slate (April 2024-March 2025).^[2][3]

In June 2024, it was reported that the game was internally delayed until 2025 at the earliest as a result of Raúl Rocha’s co-ownership of Miss Universe earlier that year, which resulted in licensing renegotiations. Additionally, the game’s first reveal trailer was planned for that year’s Ubisoft Forward event but withdrawn. When asked about the game during the event, Guillemot stated that development is “progressing nicely” and that it will be publicly revealed “when the time is right”.

In August 2024, it was reported that the game had restarted development and, as a result, was internally delayed indefinitely, while also reporting that Ubisoft’s Bordeaux and Milan studios joined the project. It was also reported that the game’s restarted development was due to a disapproval of a prototype of the game by both Miss Universe and Ubisoft officials.

On January 2025, it was announced that main developer Ubisoft Reflections, alongside three other Ubisoft studios, were subject to a restructuring, while Ubisoft Leamington, one of the game’s support studios, closed down.^[4] It was later reported that Ubisoft Düsseldorf departed the project prior to the restructuring, while Ubisoft’s Mumbai and Pune studios joined the project. Despite the restructuring, Ubisoft stated that the game is still under development at the Reflections studio.

On November 2025, following the controversies regarding the 2025 pageant and the crowning of Fátima Bosch, the Mexican representative who was at the center of the controversies, it was reported that development of the game was placed on an indefinite pause by Ubisoft Reflections and that Ubisoft are planning on relinquishing their licensing rights to Miss Universe, with senior level executives stating that the company’s partnership with the Miss Universe Organization no longer aligned with the values of Ubisoft, it’s employees and customers. It was then reported that the game was planned for a November 2026 release to coincide with the 75th pageant to be held at the same month.

On January 21, 2026, two months after the controversial events of the pageant, Ubisoft Reflections confirmed that they would no longer develop the game, while Guillemot also stated that Ubisoft has ended the partnership with the MUO “with feedback by customers and development teams in mind following the unfortunate events that transpired during the 74th pageant”. The game was then confirmed to have been one of several projects that had been cancelled at Ubisoft as part of a major company restructuring.^[5]