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.

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 ...

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 ...

Transgender men are protesting Miss Italy’s ban on trans women competing by entering the pageant themselves. The protest comes after comments made by Miss Italy’s official patron Patrizia Mirigliani ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. 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, ...

ROME, Italy (TND) — Italian beauty pageant Miss Italy will bar transgender entrants from its competition, Italian news outlet Il Primato Naziomale reported Tuesday. Official Patron Patrizia Mirigliani ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The trans woman who was crowned Miss Netherlands says it is "so sad" to ...