It comes just weeks after a transgender woman was crowned Miss Netherlands for the first time. Patrizia Mirigliani, Miss Italy's official patron, called trans inclusivity efforts "a bit absurd." A ...

The participants of the Miss Italia 2019 competition are presented on September 06, 2019 in Jesolo, Italy.Stefano Mazzola / Getty Images Contributor In July, the Miss Italy pageant banned ...

The Miss Italy beauty pageant has announced that it will not allow transgender competitors, and all entrants must be "a woman from birth." "Since it was born, my competition has foreseen in its ...

In July, the Miss Italy pageant banned non-"biological women" from competing. To protest, dozens of transgender men signed up for the contest to reveal the rule's hypocrisy. Trans activist Federico ...

The organizer of the Miss Italy pageant said contestants must be a "woman from birth." It comes just weeks after a transgender woman was crowned Miss Netherlands for the first time. Patrizia ...