Bolivia's Romina Rocamonje, 21, was crowned Hispanic American Queen (Reina Hispanoamericana) 2014 Saturday night in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. She will also represent Bolivia in the 63rd edition of Miss Universe to be held in Doral, Florida on January 25, 2015. Her court includes 1st runner-up Andrea Lira of Venezuela, 2nd runner-up Inés Panchano of Ecuador, 3rd runner-up Carolyne Desert of Miss Haiti, 4th runner-up was Luly Gallimore Campos of Panama; 5th runner-up Cindy Clavijo of Colombia, 6th runner-up Raquel Benetti of Brazil, and 7th runner-up Laura Melisa Mejía of Curaçao
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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