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Miss Universe Judge Says Bankruptcy Due To "Outrage" Over Transgender Organiser
- Friday November 17, 2023
- World News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
The organiser of Miss Universe, JKN Global Group, is owned by LGBTQ activist and one of the world's richest transgender women Anne Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip - who bought the pageant in 2022 for $20 million.
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Breaking Beauty Pageant Stereotypes, Rikkie Kolle Becomes The Second Transgender Model To Be Crowned At A National Beauty Pageant
- Friday July 14, 2023
- Kritika Sehgal
Rikkie Valerie Kolle is challenging conventions as the first-ever transgender model to win Miss Netherlands 2023 and the second transgender woman to win a national, all-women beauty pageant.
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Sofia Saloman Could Be The First-Ever Transgender Contestant At The Miss Venezuela Pageant
- Monday July 3, 2023
- Written by Shalmali Totade, Edited by Sabrina Mathews
Sofia Salomon is an influencer and a Venezuelan model who has applied to take part in this year's Miss Venezuela beauty pageant.
- swirlster.ndtv.com
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Thai Transgender Tycoon Buys Miss Universe Pageant For $20 Million: Report
- Friday October 28, 2022
- World News | Edited by Diksha Rani
A businesswoman in Thailand, who is also a transgender rights activist, has bought the company that runs the Miss Universe beauty pageant for $20 million.
- www.ndtv.com
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Thai Transgender Rights Campaigner Buys 'Miss Universe' Pageant
- Thursday October 27, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A Thai media mogul and transgender rights campaigner has bought the firm that runs Miss Universe pageants for $20 million, according to a company announcement.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Fighting For My Community": Meet Miss South Africa's First Transgender Contestant
- Monday August 2, 2021
- World News | Reuters
The first transgender contestant in South Africa's national beauty pageant, 24-year-old Lehlogonolo Machaba hopes she will inspire greater acceptance of the LGBTQI community.
- www.ndtv.com
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Miss Panama Allows Transgender Women To Compete In Beauty Pageant
- Wednesday March 3, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The Miss Panama organization announced that starting this year, the pageant would include transgender women "who have completed all their legal and medical procedures" in its competition.
- www.ndtv.com
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Miss Transqueen 2018 Veena Sendre Joins Congress
- Sunday February 24, 2019
- India News | Edited by Revathi Hariharan
Veena Sendre, a transgender activist who shot to fame last year after winning a beauty pageant, today joined the Indian National Congress in Chhattisgarh.
- www.ndtv.com
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Miss Spain Becomes First Transgender Woman To Compete In Miss Universe
- Tuesday December 18, 2018
- World News | Amy B Wang, The Washington Post
Angela Ponce, better known as the reigning Miss Spain, didn't win the Miss Universe pageant Sunday. But she didn't seem to mind. Simply by representing her country this year, Ponce became the first transgender woman to compete in Miss Universe. After the preliminary rounds, the 27-year-old model said it was "an honor and pride" to be part of the hi...
- www.ndtv.com
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New Delhi To Host Beauty Pageant For Transwomen
- Wednesday August 23, 2017
- Delhi News | Press Trust of India
New Delhi will host a beauty pageant for Indian transwomen on August 27.
- www.ndtv.com
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A Secret Beauty Pageant For Indonesia's Transgender Women
- Saturday November 12, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Crowds cheered on Friday night as a group of Indonesian transgender women showed off glittering gowns in a beauty pageant held almost entirely in secret to avoid unwanted attention from hardliners in the Muslim-majority nation.
- www.ndtv.com
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Israeli Christian Wins First 'Miss Trans Israel' Pageant
- Wednesday June 1, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
An Israeli from a Catholic Arab family has been crowned the winner of the country's first transgender pageant.
- www.ndtv.com
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Meet the new Miss USA
- Monday June 4, 2012
- World News | Associated Press
A 20-year-old cellist from Rhode Island won the Miss USA crown and will represent the United States in this year's Miss Universe pageant after embracing transgender beauty queens.
- www.ndtv.com
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A separate, yet equal, beauty pageant
- Wednesday December 23, 2009
- India News | NDTV Correspondent
The crown goes to Mumbai's Kareena. Not the actress. This is the winner of the country's first transgender 'Miss India'.
- www.ndtv.com
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Miss Universe Judge Says Bankruptcy Due To "Outrage" Over Transgender Organiser
- Friday November 17, 2023
- World News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
The organiser of Miss Universe, JKN Global Group, is owned by LGBTQ activist and one of the world's richest transgender women Anne Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip - who bought the pageant in 2022 for $20 million.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Breaking Beauty Pageant Stereotypes, Rikkie Kolle Becomes The Second Transgender Model To Be Crowned At A National Beauty Pageant
- Friday July 14, 2023
- Kritika Sehgal
Rikkie Valerie Kolle is challenging conventions as the first-ever transgender model to win Miss Netherlands 2023 and the second transgender woman to win a national, all-women beauty pageant.
- swirlster.ndtv.com
-
Sofia Saloman Could Be The First-Ever Transgender Contestant At The Miss Venezuela Pageant
- Monday July 3, 2023
- Written by Shalmali Totade, Edited by Sabrina Mathews
Sofia Salomon is an influencer and a Venezuelan model who has applied to take part in this year's Miss Venezuela beauty pageant.
- swirlster.ndtv.com
-
Thai Transgender Tycoon Buys Miss Universe Pageant For $20 Million: Report
- Friday October 28, 2022
- World News | Edited by Diksha Rani
A businesswoman in Thailand, who is also a transgender rights activist, has bought the company that runs the Miss Universe beauty pageant for $20 million.
- www.ndtv.com
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Thai Transgender Rights Campaigner Buys 'Miss Universe' Pageant
- Thursday October 27, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A Thai media mogul and transgender rights campaigner has bought the firm that runs Miss Universe pageants for $20 million, according to a company announcement.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Fighting For My Community": Meet Miss South Africa's First Transgender Contestant
- Monday August 2, 2021
- World News | Reuters
The first transgender contestant in South Africa's national beauty pageant, 24-year-old Lehlogonolo Machaba hopes she will inspire greater acceptance of the LGBTQI community.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Miss Panama Allows Transgender Women To Compete In Beauty Pageant
- Wednesday March 3, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The Miss Panama organization announced that starting this year, the pageant would include transgender women "who have completed all their legal and medical procedures" in its competition.
- www.ndtv.com
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Miss Transqueen 2018 Veena Sendre Joins Congress
- Sunday February 24, 2019
- India News | Edited by Revathi Hariharan
Veena Sendre, a transgender activist who shot to fame last year after winning a beauty pageant, today joined the Indian National Congress in Chhattisgarh.
- www.ndtv.com
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Miss Spain Becomes First Transgender Woman To Compete In Miss Universe
- Tuesday December 18, 2018
- World News | Amy B Wang, The Washington Post
Angela Ponce, better known as the reigning Miss Spain, didn't win the Miss Universe pageant Sunday. But she didn't seem to mind. Simply by representing her country this year, Ponce became the first transgender woman to compete in Miss Universe. After the preliminary rounds, the 27-year-old model said it was "an honor and pride" to be part of the hi...
- www.ndtv.com
-
New Delhi To Host Beauty Pageant For Transwomen
- Wednesday August 23, 2017
- Delhi News | Press Trust of India
New Delhi will host a beauty pageant for Indian transwomen on August 27.
- www.ndtv.com
-
A Secret Beauty Pageant For Indonesia's Transgender Women
- Saturday November 12, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Crowds cheered on Friday night as a group of Indonesian transgender women showed off glittering gowns in a beauty pageant held almost entirely in secret to avoid unwanted attention from hardliners in the Muslim-majority nation.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Israeli Christian Wins First 'Miss Trans Israel' Pageant
- Wednesday June 1, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
An Israeli from a Catholic Arab family has been crowned the winner of the country's first transgender pageant.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Meet the new Miss USA
- Monday June 4, 2012
- World News | Associated Press
A 20-year-old cellist from Rhode Island won the Miss USA crown and will represent the United States in this year's Miss Universe pageant after embracing transgender beauty queens.
- www.ndtv.com
-
A separate, yet equal, beauty pageant
- Wednesday December 23, 2009
- India News | NDTV Correspondent
The crown goes to Mumbai's Kareena. Not the actress. This is the winner of the country's first transgender 'Miss India'.
- www.ndtv.com