For the first time the pageant’s history, an out gay woman will take the stage. Glamour spoke to Miss Myanmar about facg discrimatn her home untry and reprentg the LGBTQ muny on the world stage.
Contents:
- MEET THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MISS AMERI CONTTANT THE PAGEANT'S 95-YEAR HISTORY
- MISS UNIVERSE IS BREAKG BARRIERS WH ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT
- MISS UNIVERSE CELEBRAT S FIRST OPENLY GAY NTTANT
- MEET THE MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT'S FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT
MEET THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MISS AMERI CONTTANT THE PAGEANT'S 95-YEAR HISTORY
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It’s taken 67 years, but when 90 bety pageant hopefuls stt their stuff across the stage for the Miss Universe petn this Sunday, December 8, they will be joed by the pageant’s first openly gay nttant—and ’s about pageant world isn’t pecially known for s clivy.
Last year Miss Universe had s first openly trans nttant, and this year, for the first time ever, Miss Ameri, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA are all black beg the first out gay woman Miss Universe’s history, Miss Myanmar Swe Z Htet is helpg to wre the next chapter pageant reprentatn.
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MISS UNIVERSE IS BREAKG BARRIERS WH ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT
* openly gay beauty pageant contestant *
The Miss Universe bety pageant has featured an openly gay nttant for the first time – and she hails om a untry where homosexualy is crimalized. Htet, also known to fans as “Superman, ” reportedly me out as gay an terview posted on a pageant fom, Missosology, shortly after she arrived Atlanta for the petn.
Her g out is all the more strikg given that a lonial-era sectn of Myanmar’s penal allows urts to punish gay sex wh long prison sentenc.
Anti-LGBTQ attus are prevalent Southeast Asian untri like Bnei, which nearly imposed a ath penalty for gay sex May, and Sgapore, where sex between men is punishable by jail time. Though the law is not wily enforced, the untry’s penal allows urts to punish gay sex wh prison Shugart, print of The Miss Universe Organizatn, told People the group was “honored to give a platform to strong, spiratnal women” like Htet.