Miss Italy "scammed" Miss Universe: Letting transgender people compete is just a trick

The story of transgender people having their own "playground" so they are not welcome at the beauty arenas for women is always a problem with mixed opinions so far that has not been resolved.

To date, there have been some countries for certain competitions that have taken a more open look in their registration regulations, allowing a wider audience to participate. However, this is not proportional to the acceptance and "open-mindedness" of transgender people being able to freely participate in competitions.

In 2018, the organizers of Miss Universe 2018 first welcomed the transgender contestant, beautiful Angela Ponce from Spain. This year, Miss Universe 2023 continues to have the second transgender contestant, the Dutch beauty - Rikkie Valerie Kollé.

But there are still many beauty contests that still have "no door" rules for transgender people. Besides, the participation of transgender people in women's beauty contests continues to be controversial.

The organizers of the Miss pageant called transgender people a "trick to attract attention":

On July 24, the organizers of Miss Italy announced the rules of this year's contest. Accordingly, the organizers confirmed that the contest will not welcome transgender contestants.

Patrizia Mirigliani, spokeswoman for the pageant, said only contestants "who are women from birth" were allowed to compete in Miss Italia.

Ms. Patrizia asserted that beauty contests that accept transgender candidates are in fact just a ploy to polish their names to attract media attention.

"Recently, beauty pageants are attracting media attention using strategies that I think are ludicrous. The Miss Italia pageant wouldn't attract attention that way," she said.

"As long as I run the Miss Italia pageant, only biologically true women can participate, not those who identify themselves as women," Patrizia said.

Ms. Patrizia revealed that since its inception, the Miss Italia pageant had anticipated the regulation that only biologically true women could participate.

"Perhaps because then it was foreseen that the norm of beauty could undergo changes, men could also transition into women," she said.

Allowing transgender people to participate in women's beauty contests continues to be controversial on beauty forums.

On July 8, beautiful Rikkie Valerie Kollé was crowned Miss Netherlands 2023. She is transgender and will represent the Netherlands at the Miss Universe 2023 contest held later this year. She also became the second transgender in the history of the Miss Universe pageant, after the beautiful Angela Ponce of Spain in 2018.

Rikkie Valerie Kollé's coronation caused a lot of controversy on beauty forums. The Netherlands is a country open to transgender people, so they are given the opportunity to participate in beauty contests.

However, many comments expressed disappointment. They believe that it is wrong for a transgender person to participate in a women's beauty contest.

Fearing that the quality of the contest will "slope without brakes" when too many transgender people participate:

Previously, at the Miss Peace Philippines 2023 ( Miss Grand Philippines) contest was taking place to find the face to represent the country at the Miss Peace World 2023 contest (Miss Grand International).

The press conference before the final was attended by Mr. Nawat Itsaragrisil, Mrs. Teresa - Vice President of Miss World Peace and the reigning Miss World Peace 2022 - Isabella Menin.

At the press conference, Mr. Nawat expressed that transgender people do not have the opportunity to participate in the contest he founded. "Absolutely not. No surgery can change a person's DNA. Transgender women are still men, and transgendered men are still women," he shared.

Mr. Nawat further explained that transgender people have had their own beauty contests, so it is inappropriate for them to participate in the Miss World Peace playground or traditional beauty contests for women.

This is not the first time, the opinion that "transgender people are not allowed to participate in beauty contests for women" has been controversial. The Miss Universe Organization used to be in the media spotlight when it announced the acceptance of transgender people in 2012.

This information is controversial because many people fear that the quality of the contest may go down because there are too many transgender women participating. Meanwhile, people from the LGBT community (transgender, bisexual, gay) support the bold change of the Miss Universe organization.

Ms. Lupita Jones - who is considered the powerful woman behind the success of the beauty industry in Mexico and is now the national director of Mexicana Universal organization, has also frankly rejected transgender candidates.

"Despite performing sex reassignment surgery, changing some parts like women, they are still transgender. In life, everyone has their own space and place. Of course, transgender people should not be transgender. They've been discriminated against. They deserve to be recognized. But Mexicana Universal is not their playground," Lupita Jones said.

Lupita Jones' statement caused controversy on social networks. Angela Ponce - Miss Universe Spain 2018, known as the first transgender woman in the history of Miss Universe, has frankly criticized Lupita Jones.

In response, Ms. Lupita Jones remained adamant: "We have explained this many times and will not change our position."

Living right with your thoughts and being able to assert yourself is what anyone in the LGBTQ community is aiming for. Today, beauty contests gradually become a "springboard" for them to get closer to society's expectations and their desire to prove their self-worth.

Although this argument may not have a "final result" for a long time because the society is more civilized with the thought of a "third world", but ultimately moral standards and " nature" in our subconscious is still limited.

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