Miss Universe Organization – Page 2

Rikkie Valerie Kollé Is the First Trans Woman to Win Miss Netherlands

Rikkie Valerie Kollé, 22, will represent the Netherlands at the 72nd annual Miss Universe pageant in El Salvador later this year.

By Claire Moses

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Marisol Malaret, First Puerto Rican Miss Universe, Dies at 73

Edging out Miss USA, Ms. Malaret — who was also the first winner from the Caribbean — brokered her fame to become a television host and magazine editor back home.

By Alex Williams

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Miss Universe Succumbs to Gravity

Can a beauty pageant become a seminar on global politics and commerce?

By Rhonda Garelick