Miss Nevada USA title won by transgender woman for 1st time
Miss Nevada USA Kataluna Enriquez(Photo: Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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June 29, 2021

Miss Nevada USA title won by transgender woman for 1st time

LAS VEGAS, United States (AP) — For the first time in the pageant’s history, the title of Miss Nevada USA has been won by a transgender woman.

Kataluna Enriquez was crowned the winner Sunday at the South Point hotel-casino in Las Vegas.

The 27-year-old Enriquez won the Miss Silver State USA pageant in March, a preliminary competition for the Miss Nevada USA pageant.

She beat 21 other candidates to represent Nevada in the Miss USA pageant that will be held on November 29.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Enriquez first took part in transgender pageants in 2016 when she was working as a model.

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