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Monroe Lace via The Bay Area Reporter A man who was crowned “Miss San Francisco” will compete in the 2023 Miss California Pageant in July. Monroe Lace, a man who identifies as a woman, won the Miss San Francisco pageant in March, qualifying the “beauty queen” to compete for the Miss California title next month. Lace is the first trans-identifying man to be crowned Miss San Francisco in the competition’s 99-year history. “Every time I put on the sash, the weight of it reminds me of the weight of my job; of the responsibility I have to make a difference...

The Ninth Circuit has refused to rehear Green v Miss United States of America, where Anita Green, a transgendered woman, sued Miss USA for only allowing naturally born females to compete. The beauty pageant’s First Amendment right to decide the qualifications for its competition was upheld.Green was trying to become Miss Oregon. The plaintiff’s complaint cited Oregon’s public accommodation law. The Ninth Circuit agreed this was a civil rights case, but not what Green had in mind. The court found that applying Oregon’s law to Miss USA would violate the pageant’s civil rights, by imposing compelled speech.One of the judges...

The new global women’s empowerment era is here, declared the trans owner of the Miss Universe Organization over the weekend. “It has been 70 years that Miss Universe Organization run by men. But now, time is up, is the moment really, for women to take the leap,” said biological male Jakkaphong 'Anne' Jakrajutatip during the 71st Miss Universe 2023 pageant in New Orleans on Saturday. “Welcome to the new era of the global women’s empowerment platform. Welcome to the Miss Universe Organization. From now on is going to be ran by women, owned by a trans woman, for all women,...

The Miss Israel beauty contest will not be held this year, ending a run of annual competitions that started in 1950. As a result, Israel will not be sending a contestant to the international Miss Universe contest to be held January in the US. The move by organizers of the Israel contest, which was quietly announced last week, drew a range of responses from past winners, from lamenting the development to welcoming the event’s demise. In recent years the pageant has faced criticism for judging women on their physical appearance.

NEW YORK - Cheslie Kryst, the winner of the 2019 Miss USA pageant, has reportedly died after jumping from a building in Midtown Manhattan. According to TMZ, the NYPD responded to a 9-1-1 call at Kryst's apartment building on 42nd Street at around 7:30 a.m. Sunday morning. Upon arrival, police found the 30-year-old lawyer and host on the entertainment news show "Extra" dead at the scene. Police say they believe Kryst, who lived on the building's 9th floor, jumped to her death. Early Sunday morning, Kryst had posted a photo of herself to Instagram with the caption, "May this day...

A woman who jumped to her death from a skyscraper in New York City on Sunday morning has been identified as former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst. Kryst, 30, was a lawyer and also worked as a correspondent for the entertainment show Extra. She won the Miss USA pageant in 2019. Kryst, who had an apartment on the ninth floor of the building, leaped from the Midtown high-rise around 7:15am and was found dead on the sidewalk beneath the 60-story hi-rise. She had last been seen on one of the building's terrace, up on the 29th-floor.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV/AP) - Former Miss USA 2019, Cheslie Kryst has died at the age of 30, her family announced in a statement Sunday. Kyrst, a Charlotte native, won the Miss USA pageant back in 2019 as Miss North Carolina. She was also a host on EXTRA and an attorney. Police said Kryst jumped from a high-rise apartment building on West 42nd Street in midtown Manhattan and was pronounced dead at the scene Sunday morning. Her body was found at approximately 7 a.m.

Miss USA has been running since 1952 and has traditionally been a celebration of thin, mostly white, able-bodied women — but this year’s pageant was noted for the diversity of its contestants. Organizers of the proudly progressive contest have been actively pushing to make it more inclusive, according to NBC. The event was dubbed “Pageantry Reimagined,” and featured just nine blonde contestants.

Kataluna Enriquez, a biological male who identifies as a woman, has won the title of Miss Nevada USA. For the first time in the pageant’s history, a biological woman is not taking home the crown for Miss Nevada USA. Enriquez won the beauty pageant on Sunday at the South Point Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas, which means he will go on to represent Nevada as the first transgender individual ever to compete in the Miss USA Pageant — which will be held on November 29.

MISS USA, ASYA BRANCH Miss USA winner Asya Branch is getting the Ice Cube treatment. The 22-year old model and beauty company owner is the first Black woman to win the title of Miss Mississippi USA, and the first Black Mississippian to win the Miss USA crown. In the social/political segment of the pageant, Branch advocated for gun rights, not gun control. It was definitely a clutch the pearls moment. “As someone who grew up in a home with guns, I learned at an early age how to load, how to fire and gun safety, and I think that education...

A Second Amendment loving Mississippian who sung the Star Spangled Banner at a Trump rally was last night crowned Miss USA. Asya Branch, 22, impressed judges with her discussion of how the country had 'lost trust' in the media at the Elvis Presley-themed finals at the Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee. Branch, a marketing major at Ole Miss, became the first African American to be named Miss Mississippi USA in 2018 and is the first Mississippian to win the title.

The first black woman to be crowned Miss Mississippi was crowned Miss USA on Monday, and will go on to represent the United States in the Miss Universe pageant. The beauty queen, Asya Branch, is also pro-Second Amendment and has previously met with President Donald Trump for a roundtable discussion on criminal justice reform. (snip) Branch was also asked about her stance on gun laws, to which the beauty queen responded that “as someone who grew up in a home with guns, I learned at an early age how to load, how to fire, and gun safety, and I think...

For the first time, top beauty pageants — Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, Miss America and now, Miss Universe — have crowned black women as their winners at the same time. And that's a big deal if you know pageant history. Beauty pageants early in their histories, some dating back to the 1920s, barred women of color from participating. Even after organizations began changing their rules to accept women of all races, there was still a lingering frustration and opposition to join. Only in the last 50 years have black women become more prevalent in these competitions. Janelle Commissiong was...

FROM ME: It appears that Miss Universe might take place in Las Vegas or Reno. The official date is Sunday, December 8th on FOX. The daughter of a dear high school friend is the current Miss Puerto Rico (Madison Anderson). We are all rooting for her! ARTICLE: It looks like the Miss Universe 2019 beauty pageant has finally found a date and host country. If the social media posts of four Miss Universe 2019 contestants and national directors are to be taken seriously, then the most prestigious beauty contest would be held in the United States on Dec. 8 (Dec....

A 27-year-old lawyer from North Carolina was crowned the 2019 Miss USA on Thursday during the pageant competition in Nevada. Miss North Carolina Cheslie Kryst was mobbed by her fellow contestants after her name was announced as the winner during the competition in the Grand Theatre in the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno. Alejandra Gonzalez of New Mexico was the first-runner up. Oklahoma’s Triana Browne was the second-runner up.

SHREVEPORT, La. — Sarah Rose Summers from Nebraska beat out 50 other women Monday to win this year’s Miss USA competition. Summers, a 23-year-old contestant from Omaha, graduated from Texas Christian University with two degrees and is working on becoming a certified child life specialist.

Complete Headline: Woman who is set to become the first transgender contestant at the Miss Montana USA pageant says President Trump's motivated her to 'step up' and 'instill hope' in the trans community Anita Green, 26, will compete as part of the Miss Montana USA pageant on Sunday in Missoula University Of Montana grad made history last year by becoming the first openly transgender person elected as national delegate to a nominating convention She has thought about entering the pageant in the past but decided it was time after Donald Trump was elected president last year 'I wanted to be...

An African-American nuclear chemist from Washington, DC, won the 2017 edition of Miss USA on Sunday night after telling the audience about her conservative political viewpoints. Kára McCullough, a 25-year-old nuclear chemist who works for the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, told the audience how she doesn't necessarily view herself as a feminist and said that health care is a privilege and not a right. She also won plaudits for wearing her hair natural and curly throughout the competition. The event, which featured beauties from each state and the nation's capital outfitted in dazzling dresses and swimsuits, came to an end...

Making America Great Again, Miss USA version:  The new Miss USA is a scientist at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and she knows a thing or two about dropping a bomb.Pageant winner Kara McCullough sent heads shaking Sunday night when she said affordable health care in America is a “privilege” instead of a “right.”McCullough, 25, who started the day as Miss District of Columbia, linked health care access to job creation, leaving the impression that people without a job are not entitled to coverage. - NY Daily News And she does NOT consider herself a feminist! She prefers the term “equalist,”...

The newest Miss USA, District of Columbia’s Kara McCullough, found herself at the center of controversy during Sunday night’s pageant when she chose to answer questions with words that didn’t toe the accepted politically correct line. McCullough, 25, answered a question about affordable health care by saying health care was a privilege and not a right. She said the country’s focus should be on getting more people jobs so they can afford health insurance. Liberals ran to Twitter to disagree — and complaints ranged from calling for the removal of the contestant to downright misogyny. McCullough also answered a question...