(Photos from Kataluna Enriquez’s Instagram)
LAS VEGAS (AP) | For the first time in the pageant’s history, the title of Miss Nevada USA has been won by a transgender woman.
Kataluna Enriquez was crowned the winner June 27 at the South Point hotel-casino in Las Vegas.
The 27-year-old Enriquez won the Miss Silver State USA pageant in March, a preliminary competition for the Miss Nevada USA pageant.
She beat 21 other candidates to represent Nevada in the Miss USA pageant that will be held on Nov. 29.
“Huge thank you to everyone who supported me from day one,” Enriquez posted to her Instagram after her win. “My community, you are always in my heart. My win is our win. We just made history. Happy pride.”
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The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Enriquez first took part in transgender pageants in 2016 when she was working as a model.
