10/07/2023
Dutch media and international newspaper the Huffington Post report that Dutch model Rikkie Valerie Kollé has made pageant history as the first trans woman to win Miss Universe Netherlands. Miss Kolle, who is twenty two, took the crown on Saturday evening. The Miss Universe competition has permitted transgender women to compete since 2012, and more recent revisions to policy also allow those women who have had children to enter. After thanking the judges, her fellow finalists, family and friends, Kollé told fans, “And wherever you are in the world, I want to be there for you and be the example that I myself missed as a little me. On to many more adventures, let’s get @missuniverse ready. So excited!!!” Ms Kolle will be participating in the international Miss Universe contest which is to be held in El Salvador later this year.
