Posted on 12/15/2018 4:44:10 PM PST by conservative98
FOR the first time in the Miss Universes 66-year history, there is a transgender contestant in the competition.
Angela Ponce, who is Miss Spain, will be making history as she takes part in the finals of the beauty pageant in Bangkok, Thailand on Monday.
The pageant changed one of its longstanding policies in 2012, which stated that participants should be naturally born women.
Angela, 27, says that by taking part she hopes to highlight how misunderstood the transgender community is, and she also intends to send a message to Donald Trump.
Angela particularly wants to raise awareness about the high rates of suicide within the community, and said: Who hasn't suffered from prejudice? Who hasn't had to deal with bullying?
The timing of her participation is particularly poignant, as a recent leaked White House document said President Trumps administration is considering blocking transgender people from military service.
The report also said they may push changes to the law to define gender by biological traits at birth.
Angela responded to Trump, who used to own the Miss Universe competition, and said: 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 [her head.]
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I’d bet on him to win, but it doesn’t feel right to bet on a sure thing.
What a joke this is. There have been female impersonators for centuries. Now we are supposed to call them women?
First sports and now this?
Between this and the polygamist Mormon who is stealing hisnsons girlfriends I could just puke.
When he wins, the women in the competition will be expected to smile, hug and say nice things. One more thing the freaks have taken from them.
Beebers are unstuned here at FR
Ponce and pimp are the same thing, right. They both pimp prostitutes.
Muy el sicko!
Thats not stunning, thats a man baby...
All the butchering and hormones wont change that
...but I’ve been to Oklahoma! ;)
Well.
Isn’t that...
diverse.
“Angela, 27, says that by taking part she hopes to highlight how misunderstood the transgender community is...”
No freak, we fully understand.
The eyebrows detract big time.
Jesus needs to come back REALLY REALLY soon.
It doesn’t look that great in a bikini.
So they are going to start allowing surgically altered contestants? Do they not see a fundementel problem with that?
I have a hard time believing she was ever a he.
I agree.
surgery was at 16, sick!
Bangkok has been known for its ladyboys since back when there were just two genders and only females used the ladies room.
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