Rikkie Valerie Kolle, a trans woman, will represent her country at the Miss Universe pageant as Miss Netherlands 2023. Kolle, who made history with wearing the crown, will be the second trans woman to participate in the Miss Universe pageant.
For the first time, a trans woman was crowned Miss Holland. Rikkie Valerie Kolle, who made history in beauty pageants, will represent her country in Miss Universe as 2023 Miss Netherlands.
The 22-year-old Kolle took the first place crown at the pageant held in her country on Sunday, from last year’s Miss Netherlands Ona Moody and Miss USA Miss USA R’Bonney Gabriel.
Kolle, who shared his joy of being the first in the competition on social media, said, “I did it!” wrote your message.
The 2023 Miss Universe pageant will be held in El Salvador in December. The exact date of the contest, in which beautiful women from 24 countries will appear, has not yet been announced.
Miss Netherlands 2023 Kolle made history as the second trans woman to participate in the Miss Universe pageant.
In 2018, Spaniard Angela Ponce became the first trans woman to compete in the Miss Universe. “I could never have imagined that,” she told NBC in an interview.
A beauty contest in which only transgender people compete has been held since 2012.
