New Costa Rican queens were selected on March 22nd in the city of Heredia. Natasha Sibaja (left) is Miss International Costa Rica 2012 and will compete in Miss International 2012 to be held in China. Silvana Sánchez Jiménez (center) is Miss World Costa Rica 2012 and will compete in Miss World 2012 in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China in August. Fabiana Granados (right) is Miss Earth Costa Rica 2012 and will compete in Miss Earth 2012. A fourth winner, Yorleny Villalobos, will represent Costa Rica in Miss Tourism Queen International 2013. Photo by Chino Soto.
A local beauty pageant is attracting ample mockery on social media after a trans-identified male was crowned the winner of the competition and awarded a scholarship intended for young women. Brían Nguyen , 19, was awarded the crown in the Miss Greater Derry pageant, held on November 8 in the Greater Derry area of New Hampshire. The competition is a locally-run event under the national Miss America series of pageants. In addition to winning the crown, Nguyen will receive the Miss Greater Derry Scholarship , a financial award established to support young women. Nguyen, who is male, is a freshman at Nashua Community College majoring in Business Management. After his win, Nguyen wrote on Facebook : “ I am ecstatic to be the FIRST transgender woman to be a Miss America local titleholder, and I hope to make everyone proud and become the first to walk the Miss America stage. I am Brían Nguyen, your Miss Greater Derry 2023 .” Nguyen had previously announced on Instagram that he has intention
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