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Miss Nevada Kataluna Enriquez Will Be First Transgender Woman to Compete for Miss USA Kataluna Enriquez, the newly crowned winner of the Miss Nevada beauty pageant, will be the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Miss USA competition in the fall.   Miss Nevada Kataluna Enriquez Will Be First Transgender Woman to Compete for Miss USA (msn.com)

MY LIFE MY LIFE  changed when I realized I deserve to be seen, to dream, to be fully included, always striving to bring my full humanity. Laverne Cox  (born May 29, 1972) is an American  actress  and  LGBTQ+ advocate . [3] [4] [5]  She rose to prominence with her role as  Sophia Burset  on the  Netflix  series  Orange Is the New Black , becoming the first openly  transgender  person to be nominated for a  Primetime Emmy Award  in any acting category, [6] [7]  and the first to be nominated for an Emmy Award since composer  Angela Morley  in 1990.  ( Laverne Cox - Wikipedia )