Miss Italy bans transgender contestants, must be a woman from birth: 'Will not jump on the glittery bandwagon of trans activism'

In 2022, the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Miss United States of America contest could not be forced to allow transgender contestants to compete in its pageants


The Miss Italy pageant has banned transgender contestants from taking part in the beauty contest.

"Lately, beauty contests have been trying to make the news by also using strategies that I think are a bit absurd," Miss Italy Official Patron Patrizia Mirigliani said, according to TND. "Miss Italia, on the other hand, will not jump on the glittery bandwagon of trans activism." ---More...

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