Miss Italy Won't Allow Transgender Competitors: Must Be Woman 'From Birth'
Google."Since it was born, my competition has foreseen in its regulation the clarification according to which one must be a woman from birth.
Probably because, even then, it was foreseen that beauty could undergo modifications, or that women could undergo modifications, or that men could become women," Mirigliani added, Il Primato Nazionale reported.Newsweek reached out to the Miss Italy contest press office via email for further comment.Meanwhile, the UCLA School of Law Williams Institute conducted a poll in 2016 to gauge worldwide support for transgender individuals.
The poll found among 23 countries, that a majority in 21 countries "support policies banning discrimination against transgender people.""Majorities in 15 countries support allowing access to public restrooms consistent with a transgender person's gender identity," the poll also found.Additionally, the poll created a scale to gauge the average level of support for transgender rights among different countries and found that Russia ranked the lowest while Spain ranked the highest.Mirigliani's comments come just a few weeks after the Miss Netherlands contest crowned its first transgender woman winner, Rikkie Valerie Kollé.
According to NPR, following her victory in the contest, Kollé will go on to represent her country in the 2023 Miss Universe contest."I DID IT !!!!!" Kollé wrote in an Instagram post on July 9. "Yes I am a trans woman and I would like to share my story, but I am also Rikkie and that is what counts for me.
