Miss Universe Costa Rice Bans Transwomen

 

    The Miss Universe Costa Rica Organization, in charge of choosing the Costa Rican representative for Miss Universe 2024, confirmed that trans women will not be able to participate in this edition of the contest.

    This was announced by Yessenia Ramírez, director of the beauty contest, during an interview with La Nación: “In the last beauty contests (in the world) trans women have been participating, who are medically and legally recognized as women. What about that requirement? Are they no longer going to be allowed?”

    Ramírez replied: “I want to handle this in a very sensitive way, for the respect that that population deserves. For me we are all the same and we all deserve the same respect, but, in this specific case, this contest is for women and that is something that even the same people demand. It is not our issue, if it is not something that is to do justice to women, so to speak.”

Source: https://www.nacion.com/viva/farandula/miss-universe-costa-rica-mujeres-trans-no-podran/MRZ3N3JYXBB7ZFAHUM46WP3JWE/story/?outputType=amp-type