Miss Netherlands crowns trans woman Rikkie Valerie Kollé

Emma Bowman

NPR

Breda, Netherlands (hometown)

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lead story - 'Herstory' made: ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ crowns first transgender winner

Alexander Kacala

NBC News

RuPaul's Drag Race

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lead story - India crowns new Miss Transqueen

Jessie Yeung, Esha Mitra

CNN International

New Delhi, India

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California - High school in California crowns its first-ever transgender queen

Laura Acevedo
News 5 Cleveland

National City, CA

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India crowns its first transgender beauty queen

Huizhong Wu
CNN

Gurgaon, India

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North Carolina high school crowns first transgender homecoming queen

Erin Rook
LGBTQ Nation

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Brazil Crowns Transgender Beauty Queen in Daring New “Miss T” Contest

Ana Sayfa
http://www.womencitizen.com/

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Transgender pageant crowns Kevin Balot of the Philippines - ROBERT HERRIMAN - http://www.examiner.com

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