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Anne Jakrajutatip, 43, (right), a transgender billionaire, took over the Miss Universe group in October last year. The world's best-known pageant bosses claim that "trans women are people, full stop" before adding that you must have undergone 'gender-affirming surgery" in order to compete. Rikkie Valerie Kolle, 22, won the Miss Netherlands crown and will be the second transgender woman to compete in Miss Universe. Kolle (left) is the first trans woman to win the Netherlands crown, and she has been lauded for her triumph and a 'larger stage.' Both Miss Universe and Miss America welcome transgender individuals, but they do have to have undergone gender-affirming surgery. The Miss America competition modified the rules for their 2024 competitors, claiming that people must identify as a "born female" or have "completely completed sexual reassignment surgery." Previously the pageant had permitted people who simply identified as "a woman" to participate, with Monroe Lace, the Miss San Francisco contest's sole proprietor, progressing to the semi-finals last week. Miss Universe has welcomed trans women to compete for more than a decade, but the competition has recently opened up to married and divorced women.