Miss competitions in Togo, Japan, Ireland and the United States
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Kataluna Enriquez, the 2021 Miss Nevada, is the first transgender woman to participate in the Miss America course.
Here in July 2021, in Las Vegas.
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By: Emeline Vin Follow |
Carrie Nooten Follow |
Peter Dogbe Follow |
Bruno Duval
1 min
While the election of "Miss France 2021" will take place this evening, the "Correspondents' round the world" takes us to Togo, Japan, the United States and Ireland.
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► We will know the name of Miss Togo this evening.
An election organized in Lomé with a very strict health protocol.
► In Japan, each year, the ultra-nationalist right is on the lookout for the approach of the election of the Beauty Queen.
In fact, on two occasions, the result of this competition sparked tensions in the country and cascading sexist or even hateful comments.
► Another earthquake in the missile world, this time in the United States.
Ten days ago, Miss Nevada was the first transgender woman to enter the national pageant.
► In Ireland, Pamela Uba is the country's first non-white Miss, in the competition's 74 years.
Portrait of the one who presents herself as a "fighter".
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