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This week, the title of Miss Nevada USA was won by a transgender woman for the first time in the pageant s history.
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Kataluna Enriquez grew up in the Philippines and moved to the U.S. when she was 10. In a livestream with interviewer Adam Francisco in April, she described limiting herself in order to please people and to stay safe.
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KATALUNA ENRIQUEZ: Being different itself, you re already a target for discrimination and bullying. And it s basically kind of like bottling just the moment that you were born.
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Beauty Pageant: Miss Nevada USA Kataluna Enriquez
Fashion designer and LGBTQ advocate Kataluna Enriquez made history in the beauty pageant world on Sunday when she became the first out trans woman to be crowned Miss Nevada USA. “Huge thank you to everyone who supported me from day one,” Enriquez exclaimed in a post-victory Instagram post. “My community, you are always in my heart. My win is our win. We just made history. Happy pride.”
Her win on Sunday in Las Vegas cements her spot as Nevada’s representative in the Miss USA pageant later this year, making her the
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