Posted on 12/16/2018 3:33:10 PM PST by conservative98
There are 94 contestants heading into the 2018 Miss Universe Pageant, but only one of them will walk away a winner. Ahead of the pageant and the results, fans may be eager to hear about some of the favorites or predictions. We've put together a short gallery on some of our top picks, as well as reported front-runners in this year's competition, starting with the above three women.
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Miss Spain Angela Ponce
Miss Spain Angela Ponce is the first openly transgender woman to be a contestant in the 2018 Miss Universe Pageant. According to the NY Post, Ponce proclaimed, "I always say: Having a vagina didn’t transform me into a woman. I am a woman, already before birth, because my identity is here." According to Telegraph, Ponce hopes to send a strong message to President Donald Trump, as he is the former owner of Miss Universe. Ponce makes it a point to promote transgender rights, as well as raise awareness about inclusivity, tolerance and diversity.
In an interview with Today, Ponce said she's wanted to compete in pageants since she was a young child. She just didn't know if it would ever be possible. Ponce said, "I never imagined (I would make it to Miss Universe) because I lived in a society where everyone said I couldn’t do that. And I didn’t have the information to realize that my dream to be a woman could ever actually be realized.”
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"White wammen need not apply."
RE: Are you sure?
The result is in:
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/multimedia/photo/12/17/18/catriona-gray-is-miss-universe-2018
Miss Philippines, Catriona Gray is Miss Universe 2018
RE: Are you sure?
The result is in:
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/multimedia/photo/12/17/18/catriona-gray-is-miss-universe-2018
Miss Philippines, Catriona Gray is Miss Universe 2018
“Sarah Rose Summers, Miss USA was robbed”
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Sara Rose Summers appears to have either an Adam’s apple, or a large and elongated swelling on the front of her neck in this photograph.
Miss Gray has a Filipina mother and a Scottish born Australian father. The combo seems to have worked well. :-)
My wife (who's Filipina) was monitoring online, screamed when Miss Gray made the top three, and insisted on watching the last 10 minutes or so on TV. I had to give up the end of a good episode of Babylon 5, but that's ok, I have it on DVD.
The hands! Hmmm
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