Miss Spain Angela Ponce was the first-ever transgender woman competing the Miss Universe pageant in Bangkok, Thailand. She may not have been crowned but she received a well-deserved standing ovation from the crowd on Monday, December 17.
The 27 year-old Spanish beauty has given a special segment before the announcement of the top 20 semi-finalists, in which she walked the stage for one last time while the tribute video was playing.
"If I can give that to the world I don't need to win Miss Universe, I only need to be here," Ponce said.
Thanks for this years Miss Universe pageant, for celebrating diversity, highlighting the incredible journey of the first Transgender woman vying for the title.
A walk to remember. A historic night for #MissUniverse. pic.twitter.com/wWT5TmWCRp— Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) December 17, 2018
Prior to the coronation night, Ponce shared her motivation to join the Miss Universe pageant.
" I'm competing because it's what I've wanted to do since I was a little girl. I'm showing the trans women can be whatever they want to be: a teacher, a mother, a doctor, a politician and even Miss Universe."
Ponce won her first pageant in 2015 but that journey wasn't easy, as she faces discrimination into a world that wasn't prepared for transgender people.
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