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Miss Universe will feature two trans contestants for the first time (pageant will air on Sat., 11/18 live from El Salvador)
CNN ^ | 10/13/23 | Christie Choi

Posted on 11/02/2023 2:24:18 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD

This year’s Miss Universe pageant will feature at least two trans women for first time, after 23-year-old flight attendant Marina Machete was last week named Miss Portugal.

Machete will compete for the crown at the 72nd Miss Universe competition in El Salvador this November alongside Rikkie Kollé, who in July became the first transgender winner of Miss Netherlands.

In a video posted to the Portuguese pageant’s YouTube channel ahead of the contest, Machete spoke about trans rights as part of her platform, describing rising levels of “transphobia and intolerance” worldwide as “alarming.” She added that it was “heartwarming” to see the Miss Universe Organization, which changed its rules to allow trans contestants in 2012, being inclusive and “breaking boundaries.”

“As a trans woman I’ve been through many obstacles along the way, but fortunately, and especially with my family, love proved to be stronger than ignorance,” she said in the video.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: missuniverse; trans; transwomen; woke
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Machete? As in chopadickoffame?

The jokes, they write themselves.


61 posted on 11/02/2023 3:40:29 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Reminds me of Rob Thomas’ lyrics: “… But I believe the world is burning to the ground
Oh well, I guess we’re gonna find out
Let’s see how far we’ve come
Let’s see how far we’ve come
Well I, believe, it all, is coming to an end
Oh well, I guess, we’re gonna pretend,
Let’s see how far we’ve come”

Just unbelievable.


62 posted on 11/02/2023 3:43:40 PM PDT by kawhill (kawhill)
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To: fortes fortuna juvat

Did the Machete guy use a machete to cut off the package?


63 posted on 11/02/2023 3:51:27 PM PDT by Surrounded_too (Low priority)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

BARF ME an EFFING RIVER!


64 posted on 11/02/2023 3:57:04 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: Steely Tom
Sounds good to me.

They weren't great shows, but I enjoyed Dukes of Hazzard and Fall Guy...


65 posted on 11/02/2023 4:02:27 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

The scariest thing about this is for anyone who is a single man looking for love, these days anyone could be fooled. From the pictures I saw from Google, I would not have immediately assumed these “women” were men. I only know because they are openly transgender.


66 posted on 11/02/2023 4:08:56 PM PDT by unlearner (Keep the faith. )
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To: All

here he comes, ms El Salvador,

just last week, he was a dude,

gotta say, these beauty pageants

are about to be royally screwed.


67 posted on 11/02/2023 4:12:11 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (Prayers up for Jim Robinson and family ... an island of sanity in a sea of madness. )
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To: libh8er

I heard that Miss Netherlands only won because of the talent portion. She was the only contestant that could write her name in the snow.


68 posted on 11/02/2023 4:18:04 PM PDT by fini
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To: libh8er

I will laugh my butt off if a transgender wins. I may watch it just for laughs.


69 posted on 11/02/2023 4:19:21 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: William of Barsoom

If one of them wins, there will be a riot on stage. I can’t wait!🤣


70 posted on 11/02/2023 4:21:11 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: EEGator
Real girls…


71 posted on 11/02/2023 4:43:59 PM PDT by Apparatchik (If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
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To: Apparatchik

I like real chicks…


72 posted on 11/02/2023 4:48:17 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Me too.


73 posted on 11/02/2023 4:58:17 PM PDT by kawhill (kawhill)
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To: EEGator

Yeah, Katherine Bach vs. Heather Thomas. That’s a tough one.


74 posted on 11/02/2023 5:07:32 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

They’re both hideous.


75 posted on 11/02/2023 5:10:52 PM PDT by Prince of Space (Trump 2024!)
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To: Steely Tom

I liked Lynda Carter and Erin Grey too.


76 posted on 11/02/2023 5:14:55 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

That title if not whole article by CNN appears incorrect.

Per Fox:

Trump let trans beauty queen compete in Miss Universe

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-let-trans-beauty-queen-compete-in-miss-universe-potential-2024-gop-primary-liability

Trump overturned rules at his own Miss Universe organization to allow transgender contestant in 2012


77 posted on 11/02/2023 5:23:52 PM PDT by Golden Eagle (Jesus 2024)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Isnt he lovely dum dum dum dum


78 posted on 11/02/2023 5:43:41 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

All real women should WALK OFF the stage when the fakes take it.

If they don’t, they deserve to be HUMILIATED by the fake women!


79 posted on 11/02/2023 6:01:39 PM PDT by Safrguns
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To: Tzimisce

Men make the best women, these days, it seems...


80 posted on 11/02/2023 6:24:31 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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