More than 100 transgender men have entered the Miss Italy pageant this week, according to an activist leading a protest against recent comments by the pageant’s organizer, who said trans women ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Miss Italy competition will not allow transgender women to compete, with its patron saying that contestants "must be ...

The Miss Italy pageant will continue to only accept biological women in its competition ahead of Miss Universe. Official Patron of the pageant, Patrizia Mirigliani, referred to the recent acceptance ...

Miss Italy 2024 was just crowned, but it’s the beauty queens from the Emilia-Romagna region who are currently stealing the spotlight. Clips from the contest’s talent show segment have gone viral, with ...

An activist from Italy says more than 100 trans men have entered the Miss Italy pageant in protest of its new policy requiring entrants to be "a woman from birth" The policy came on the heels of a ...

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 ...

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 ...

While some countries are pushing human rights forward, Italy has decided to take a step back in the area of trans rights. The Miss Italy pageant has announced that it will not allow trans women to ...

Organizers of Miss Italy have defended their ban on transgender contestants after the entrepreneur behind the competition appeared to criticize other beauty pageants’ efforts to welcome trans women.