{"id":575751,"date":"2021-06-28T16:51:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T20:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=575751"},"modified":"2021-06-28T16:51:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T20:51:13","slug":"a-celebration-of-womanhood-transgender-competitor-wins-miss-nevada-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-celebration-of-womanhood-transgender-competitor-wins-miss-nevada-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"A \u2018Celebration Of Womanhood\u2019: Transgender Competitor Wins Miss Nevada USA"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fa-celebration-of-womanhood-transgender-competitor-wins-miss-nevada-usa%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=575751&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1030851308-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>A biological male who identifies as female, Kataluna Enriquez, was crowned Miss Nevada USA on Sunday, becoming the first transgender \u2014 and first biologically male \u2014 contestant to take the crown.<\/p>\n<p>Enriquez, who made history back in March after being crowned Miss Silver State USA \u2014 the first time a transgender individual won that beauty pageant \u2014 snagged the crown during the annual pageant at the South Point Hotel &#038; Casino in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Enriquez has yet to speak about Sunday night\u2019s win but told a local Las Vegas news station back in March that the Miss Silver State USA win was a \u201ccelebration of womanhood,\u201d despite Enriquez being biologically male.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMiss Silver State was a great experience \u2026 to me it was honestly a celebration of womanhood and diversity and this celebration of being your true self,\u201d Enriquez told Vegas\u2019 Fox affiliate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/transgender-beauty-queen-takes-crown-calls-win-a-celebration-of-womanhood-and-diversity\">per the Daily Wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although Enriquez competed for Nevada\u2019s top title, most out-of-state pageants are closed to transgender individuals, Enriquez said and required Enriquez to turn in proof of gender transition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was asked to provide documents that were invasive, in my opinion, physically asking me to get a letter from my doctor,\u201d Enriquez told the network, adding that the pageant that asked for documentation eventually relented, allowing Enriquez to compete, but gave the pageant competitor a solo hotel room.\u00a0\u201cIt brought me back to the time where I felt like I was not welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Enriquez\u2019s platform is, of course, transgender visibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrowing up, I was often told that I was not allowed to be myself, or to be in spaces that I was not welcome,\u201d the contestant said in response to a question about transgenderism during the Miss Silver State pageant. \u201cOne of the obstacles I encounter every day is just being true to myself. Today I am a proud transgender woman of color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Enriquez took the Miss Nevada USA title \u2014 which would typically give Enriquez the right to compete for both Miss USA and Miss Universe \u2014 it is not clear whether the Miss USA pageant is currently open to transgender contestants.<\/p>\n<p>Back in February, a federal court ruled that the Miss USA pageant could bar biological males \u2014 or any contestant that is not a \u201cnatural born female\u201d \u2014 from competing in its annual pageant, regardless of whether they self-identify as or have transitioned to female, noting that \u201cthat the pageant had shown it was an \u2018expressive\u2019 organization that seeks to promote a specific message, rather than one devoted to making money,\u201d according to WWeek. \u201cThat distinction means Miss United States of America can exclude people if their\u00a0participation wouldn\u2019t be congruent with that message.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a society where women receive fewer opportunities than men, women deserve a platform to compete, to speak, and to be celebrated,\u201d the Miss USA pageant argued in its brief. \u201c[Miss USA] provides this platform through its beauty pageant\u2014a competition where women express themselves, build confidence, and vie for the crown of Miss United States of America before a live audience. But [Miss USA] cannot accept everyone into its pageant to achieve its goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A biological male who identifies as female, Kataluna Enriquez, was crowned Miss Nevada USA on Sunday, becoming the first transgender \u2014 and first biologically male \u2014 contestant to take the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2281559,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1030851308-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"A \u2018Celebration Of Womanhood\u2019: Transgender Competitor Wins Miss Nevada USA","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-575751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1030851308-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"A \u2018Celebration Of Womanhood\u2019: Transgender Competitor Wins Miss Nevada USA","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}