
Next month, trans woman and activist Daniela Arroyo González will compete for this year’s Miss Universe Puerto Rico title, reports NPR. In 2021, former Miss Nevada Kataluna Enriquez became the first trans contestant in a Miss USA pageant. Increasingly, more transgender women have competed in preliminary pageants recently. Through my commitment, strength, and as Miss Netherlands, I hope to bring about change in society.” “When I was little Rik and came out as transgender, it wasn’t easy for everyone. “I know better than anyone what it’s like to feel alone…” she is quoted as saying.

According to her finalist page, Kollé says she wants to be a role model “for all young women and queer people.” Intersex Activist Alicia Roth Weigel is Fighting for the ‘I’Ī post shared by Rikkie Valerie Kollé is of Dutch and Indigenous Moluccan descent, and hails from Breda, a city located between Rotterdam and Antwerp.
