Who are the #trans #women set to #compete in this year’s #MissUniverse #Pageant

#MarinaMachete, the first #transgender #woman to #win #MissPortugal, and #RikkieValerieKollé, the first #trans #woman to be #crowned #MissNetherlands, will be #competing for the chance to become #MissUniverse in November.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Beauty #Representation #Culture

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/10/trans-women-miss-universe-pageant/

TIL that MISS UNIVERSE is a trans-owned business and has been since 2022.

Shoutout to trans "business mogul"s out here quietly running things.

If you can't beat em, buy them out and take the whole damn thing over. You go Anne.

#Transgender #BusinessNews #LGBTQ #missnederland #missnetherlands

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/09/1186690143/miss-netherlands-transgender-woman-miss-universe

First #trans #woman #crowned as the #winner of #MissNetherlands.

“I DID IT!!!!! 👑❤️,” #RikkieValerieKollé wrote on #Instagram following her win, “It’s unreal but I can call myself #missnederland2023.”

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TheNetherlands #Beauty #Representation #Culture
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/10/rikkie-valerie-kolle-trans-miss-netherlands-miss-universe/