Making Big Strides: Miss Nevada Pageant Sees Its 1st Ever Transgender Winner
- Kataluna Enriquez has just made history as the first-ever transgender winner of the 2021 Miss Nevada pageant that took place on Sunday last week
- The 27-year-old beauty will now be going on to compete in the Miss USA pageant where hopefully she also does her best to help shift society's perception
- Heading online, the gorgeous woman announced the exciting news with her many fans and followers, who all congratulated her heartily in the comment section
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A 27-year-old woman has just made history after she became the very first transgender woman to win the 2021 Miss Nevada pageant. Kataluna Enriquez competed among 21 other ladies at a Nevada hotel on Sunday last week.
Source: Instagram
"To my pageant mommy @rissrose2 , no words can describe how much I am grateful of you. For your constant support, for welcoming me in to your home, and feeding me nothing but love. Team @misssilverstate, you are all inspiring. your love, support and sisterhood has healed many years of struggle.
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"My times and giggles with y’all never be replaceable. To all the sponsors, Thank you. I couldn’t have done it without your help. Huge thank you to everyone who supported me from day one. My community, you are always in my heart. My win is our win. We just made history. Happy pride,"" she captioned the post.
After seeing the post, her proud supporters had this to say:
realericvaughn said:
"YES QUEEN - HISTORY MADE!"
kimberly.diana said:
"YES GIRL YES!! You deserve that crown more than anyone! Now go kill that Miss USA stage."
missgalaxybr said:
"Congratulations Queen"
Yaya Mavundla discusses getting ID that says she's a woman
Briefly News also reported that being transgender is not easy, especially when it comes to identification. One might identify as a woman but have to deal with being referred to as male (or vice versa), which is the gender they were assigned from birth.
For the longest time, trans rights activist Yaya Mavundla had to deal with this issue, but now there's a lot to celebrate as she has just received an SA ID which classifies her as female. She took to social media to celebrate.
Yaya spoke exclusively to Briefly News about how she feels and just how hard it is to transition in the South African landscape. There are a few people who might want to transition in South Africa and Yaya says that you need to be sure of what you're doing.
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Source: Briefly News
