Rikkie Valerie Kolle, 22, clinched the title on Saturday and will now take part in Miss Universe later this year, where she will be the pageant's second transgender competitor
A transgender woman has won the Miss Netherlands beauty pageant for the first time in the competition's history.
Model Rikkie Valerie Kolle clinched the title of the 94-year-old contest on Sunday after impressing the jury with her"iron strong story" and"clear mission". The 22-year-old, from Breda in the south of the Netherlands, is the first transgender winner in the competition's 94-year history.Ms Kolle will be the competition's second openly transgender competitor, after Spanish model Angela Ponce in 2018.Image:In her entry profile, she said she aimed to be"a voice and role model."
"I know better than anyone what it's like to feel alone and not be surrounded by only positive thoughts," she wrote.
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