Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Miss Netherlands beauty pageant has been scrapped, after the competition’s organizers said it was time for change. The contest ...

Rikkie Valerie Kollé has won the Miss Netherlands crown, and she will become the second openly transgender woman to participate in the Miss Universe pageant. “I DID IT !!!!!” Kollé, 22, wrote in an ...

The first transgender winner of the Miss Netherlands beauty pageant was left shocked when some of her competitors did not reach out after her historic win. Rikkie Valerie Kollé, 22, became the first ...

Maria Ahtisa Manalo of the Philippines and Praveenar “Veena” Singh of Thailand have a similar pageant trajectory. Both made ...

The first transgender woman to win Miss Universe Netherlands has embraced the backlash she's received, thanking "haters" for "giving me a bigger platform." ...

Miss Universe 2025 contestants wore feathered looks, sparkly backpieces, and sheer ensembles during the pageant's national ...

(CNN) — The Miss Netherlands beauty pageant has been scrapped, after the competition’s organizers said it was time for change. The contest will no longer run, and in its place those behind it have ...