{"id":2061211,"date":"2023-10-09T20:21:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T00:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-transgender-contestants-to-compete-in-upcoming-miss-universe-pageant\/"},"modified":"2023-10-09T20:22:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T00:22:30","slug":"2-transgender-contestants-to-compete-in-upcoming-miss-universe-pageant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-transgender-contestants-to-compete-in-upcoming-miss-universe-pageant\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Transgender Contestants in Miss Universe Pageant"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F2-transgender-contestants-to-compete-in-upcoming-miss-universe-pageant%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2061211&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Transgender contestant Rikkie Kolle poses after being crowned winner in \u200bthe\u2063 Miss Netherlands beauty pageant in Leusden, on July 8, 2023. \u200d(Photo by\u200c EVERT ELZINGA\/ANP\/AFP via \u2062Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>5:16\u2062 PM \u2013 Monday, October 9, \u20622023<\/p>\n<p>Marina Machete, \u2063one of two transgender contestants who recently won their home country\u2019s national pageants, became the first transgender person to win Miss Portugal last\u2064 week, making Machete eligible \u2062to compete for Miss Universe later this year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Machete, 28, \u200cwho reportedly works as a flight attendant, thanked fans for the influx of \u201cpositive and empowering\u201d comments since being\u200c crowned on\u200c Thursday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Miss Portugal 2023\u2014Marina Machete\u2014is actually \u200ba man. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jue7jxHBVo\">pic.twitter.com\/jue7jxHBVo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Julia \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Jules31415) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jules31415\/status\/1710902722755522838?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cTo all of you watching, I just want to say \u2063that, just like the universe, your \u200dpossibilities \u200din life are limitless,\u201d she said in\u00a0a video on Instagram. \u201cSo don\u2019t limit yourself to any\u200d dream that you have.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u200b contestant\u200d expressed that they are\u200d looking \u200cforward to meeting the other delegates at the 72<sup>nd<\/sup> \u200bMiss Universe competition in November in El Salvador.<\/p>\n<p>Rikkie Valerie Kolle, 22, who is also transgender, was named Miss Netherlands back in July.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cYes, I\u2019m trans and I want to share my story but I\u2019m also Rikkie\u200b and that\u2019s \u2062what matters to me,\u201d Kolle wrote in an Instagram post. \u201cI did this on my own\u2062 strength and enjoyed every moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Among\u2063 the 90 biological women competing for the title on November 18<sup>th<\/sup>, Machete and \u200bKolle appear to be the only transgender candidates,\u200c so far. Before the Miss Universe\u200d pageant next month,\u2064 there are two additional qualifying \u200dcompetitions in China and\u200c Mongolia.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, Miss Universe began allowing biological men who identify as transgender women to participate,\u200c and in 2018, after winning Miss Spain, Angela Ponce became\u200d the first\u2062 transgender woman to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Kataluna Enriquez, who \u200cwon Miss \u200cNevada in 2021, became the first transgender woman to compete in the Miss USA pageant, although Enriquez did not go on to compete in\u200c the Miss Universe competition that year.<\/p>\n<p>However, not all national pageants have been as welcoming to transgenders.<\/p>\n<p>Patrizia Mirigliani, the official pageant organizer for Miss Italy, said that her country\u2019s national beauty competition\u2064 would not permit any biological\u200b men to compete in the fight for the crown.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2022, the \u2064Miss Universe Organization (MUO) was purchased for $20 million by Thai media mogul Anne Jakkapong Jakrajutatip, who is \u200dalso a transgender woman, making Jakrajutatip the first transgender\u2063 owner of the competition.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anne Jakapong Jakrajutatip, CEO of JKN Global Group, \u200bis the first woman owner of the Miss Universe\u2063 Organization. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zcN6aGR7A6\">pic.twitter.com\/zcN6aGR7A6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MissUniverse\/status\/1585798502457769984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! 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Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Three leading Democrat candidates state their case To NUHW Members. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>More than 900 people have been killed in Israel,\u2064 including at least 11 Americans, in Hamas\u2019 unprecedented, surprise, coordinated terrorist attacks on \u200dIsrael, which have resulted in the slaughter \u2063of innocent people and the taking \u2064of women and children hostage. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Violence in the Middle East reverberates throughout the U.S. reaching the Israeli Consulate in \u2062Manhattan. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with\u200b Jimmy Levy<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>EU antitrust \u2063regulators are asking Microsoft\u2019s users and rivals whether Bing should comply with new tough \u200btech rules.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Shares of Arm Holdings rose 3% on Monday after a wave of \u201cbuy\u201d ratings from Wall Street analysts.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Joe Biden\u2019s administration is facing pressure from some lawmakers to restrict American \u2064companies from working\u2064 on a freely available chip technology widely used in China.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI is exploring making its own artificial intelligence chips \u2063and is \u200cevaluating a potential acquisition target.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2>The first transgender woman to win Miss Nevada USA. These milestones have sparked discussions and progress towards inclusivity and representation in beauty pageants. With this context in mind, here are three PAA (Predict, Analyze, Ask) questions related to \u200cthe topic:<\/h2>\n<p><span>  In recent years, the inclusion and representation \u2063of transgender individuals in beauty pageants has become a topic of discussion and progress. Two transgender contestants, Marina Machete and Rikkie Valerie Kolle, have recently won their respective national pageants, marking significant milestones in the journey towards inclusivity and acceptance.<\/p>\n<p>Marina Machete, 28, who reportedly works as a flight attendant, made history by becoming the \u2064first transgender person to\u2064 win\u200c Miss \u200bPortugal. Her victory not only\u200c celebrates her own achievements but\u200c also opens the doors for\u200b transgender \u200bindividuals to compete on the global stage. As\u200c the winner of Miss Portugal, Machete is\u2064 now eligible to compete for Miss Universe later this year.<\/p>\n<p>Machete expressed her gratitude towards her fans for the overwhelming support and\u200b positive feedback she has received \u200dsince her crowning. On Instagram, she thanked her followers for their encouraging comments, which she described \u2062as empowering and inspiring. \u2062In a video message, Machete emphasized that the possibilities in life are limitless and encouraged others to pursue their dreams without constraints.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Rikkie Valerie Kolle,\u2063 22, became a trailblazer when she was crowned Miss Netherlands back in July. In an Instagram post, \u2062Kolle proudly declared her transgender identity, emphasizing that while she is\u2062 willing to share her story, she \u200dis \u2062also an individual with her own unique qualities and\u2062 strengths. Kolle&#8217;s \u2063journey to become Miss Netherlands \u2063was a testament to her personal growth and \u2064resilience.<\/p>\n<p>As the\u200b only transgender candidates among the 90 biological women competing for the Miss Universe\u200b title on\u2064 November 18th, Machete and Kolle represent the increasing diversity in beauty pageants. The inclusion of transgender contestants not only promotes equality but also celebrates their individuality and provides visibility for the transgender community.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 Miss Universe\u2062 competition has gradually \u2064opened its doors to transgender women in recent years. In 2012, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-transgender-contestants-to-compete-in-upcoming-miss-universe-pageant\/\" title=\"2 Transgender Contestants in Miss Universe Pageant\">organization \u2062began allowing biological men<\/a> who identify as transgender women\u200c to participate. In 2018, Angela \u200dPonce made history as the \u200cfirst\u2063 transgender woman to compete in Miss Universe after \u200bwinning Miss Spain. Kataluna Enriquez also broke barriers by becoming<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marina Machete, a transgender contestant, made history by winning her home country&#8217;s national pageant, becoming the first transgender winner. The event took place in Leusden on July 8, 2023. 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