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GLAMOUR
3 March 2023
For the first time ever, a trans woman will compete in the Puerto Rico Miss Universe contest.
Model Daniela Arroyo González is making a huge step forward for the trans community, after failing to qualify the first time she tried. If she wins, she will represent her country in the Miss Universe global pageant.
Only one trans woman has competed in the global pageant thus far – after trans contestants were allowed to enter from 2012, Spanish contestant Ángela Maria Ponce Camacho competed in 2018.
For the first time ever, a trans woman will compete in the Puerto Rico Miss Universe contest.
Model Daniela Arroyo González is making a huge step forward for the trans community, after failing to qualify the first time she tried. If she wins, she will represent her country in the Miss Universe global pageant.
Only one trans woman has competed in the global pageant thus far – after trans contestants were allowed to enter from 2012, Spanish contestant Ángela Maria Ponce Camacho competed in 2018.
González has opened up about how this achievement feels in a recent Instagram video, after thanking her fans for their support.
Daniela has done some pretty incredible work before this – she founded the Puerto Rico Trans Youth Coalition, which is a support group that helps young trans people across Puerto Rico.
She also has lobbied the country's government to allow trans people to change their gender on their legal documents.
“[Daniela] wishes to live in a less polarised society, where differences can be appreciated and embraced as something positive that unites, instead of something that separates,” the organisers of Miss Universe have said in a statement.
She also has lobbied the country's government to allow trans people to change their gender on their legal documents.
“[Daniela] wishes to live in a less polarised society, where differences can be appreciated and embraced as something positive that unites, instead of something that separates,” the organisers of Miss Universe have said in a statement.
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This comes after a trans woman became the latest owner of the Miss Universe, making history herself as until then the contest had always been owned – and therefore, in some way, dominated – by men.
Jakkaphong “Anne” Jakrajutatip took the stage at this year's competition to talk about this turning point in history.
“It has been 70 years that [the] Miss Universe organisation has been run by men,” she said.
“But time is up. [Now] is the moment for women to take the lead… From now on it’s gonna be run by women, owned by a trans woman, for all women around the world to celebrate the power of feminism.
She insisted that “diverse cultures social inclusion, gender equality, [and] creativity,” could be “a force for good.”
“[On] this stage, called Miss Universe competition, we can elevate all women to feel strong enough, good enough, qualified enough.”
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