Tonight is the 2023 Miss Universe pageant in El Salvador. Two of the contestants Miss Portugal Marina Machete and Miss Netherlands Rikkie Kollé are biological males and transgender. The owner of the 2023 Miss Universe recently filed for bankruptcy, blaming the outrage over these two trans candidates being in the contest.
Looks like the Miss Universe pageant got Bud Lighted.
A 2022 Miss Universe judge is revealing why the organizer behind the event has filed for bankruptcy just days before the next main event.
“I think the outrage about a trans woman coming to Miss Universe and preaching, ‘Bring the power back to women,’ couldn’t be more of an oxymoron,” television host and reporter Emily Austin said Thursday on “Varney & Co.”
“I think her company in Thailand has its own financial issues,” she continued, “but socially and morally it’s just wrong. And people are starting to catch on that.”
Thai business tycoon and transgender activist Anne Jakrajutatip of the JKN Global Group bought the Miss Universe organization for $20 million in 2022. Jakrajutatip, who has international fame as a transgender celebrity, described the purchase at the time as “a strong, strategic addition to our portfolio.”