Kataluna Enriquez of 28 years when she was crowned as Miss Nevada on 27th June 2021. She’s the first trans-woman ever to be crowned as Miss Nevada. Would compete for the Miss USA title in November this year as the first transwoman. For the LGBTQ+ community in the US, her winning is a very special and significant moment.
Her bio for a previous pageant says that she’s a proud transgender woman who fights to represent who aren’t usually represented and to support many NGOs and LGBTQ+ youth by breaking the barriers.
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The pageant had shared a post of Kataluna on their Instagram account and had congratulated her. She is a fashion designer of Kataluna Kouture, her own company has claimed the title by overcoming 21 contestants. She had designed her own rainbow gown to gain attention to her community at the pageant. And by sharing a photo in her fabulous dress she had captioned it as ‘In honor of pride month’, and also for those who don’t get a chance to be themselves.
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Miss Silver State USA pageant was also won by her earlier. In her bio for that pageant, it was said that at a small age she had come across many challenges in her life. And now she shares her experiences and uses them in her platform #BEVISIBLE, a campaign to fight hate through vulnerability.
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A week before winning the title she had said in her Instagram as Representation. Because of hate, people would rather die than be who they are. And had said that though she was like that before now she is not, she’s a warrior. Her message to those in the pageant world and to the whole society is empowering. She also promotes trans representation through her platform as a pageant queen.
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She was very grateful the first thing she had done was thanking those who helped her. She had written that her community is always in her heart and that her win is their win on her Instagram account. And she had written that they made their mark in history.
I have been into reading, creative writing, learning different languages from my young age. Also, I’m really fond of calligraphy which I have participated in competitions and won. I was an athlete while I was schooling and I have excelled in the events I did. I have passed my O/levels and did my A/levels in the Physical science stream. Even though my passion for reading and writing never ended. Keep Reading! Keep Learning!
