Miss Italy pageant bans transgender competitors: 'a bit absurd'
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Miss Italy pageant patron Patrizia Mirigliani argued the pageant has only ever allowed biologically female competitors, and she criticized other pageants' inclusivity efforts.
"Probably because, even then, it was foreseen that beauty could undergo modifications, or that women could undergo modifications, or that men could become women," she added. Peter Aitken is a Fox News Digital reporter with a focus on national and global news.
Evie Magazine reported that Mirigliani criticized efforts from other competitions to create inclusivity as "a bit absurd" and merely attempts to "make the news." She also claimed the rules for the competition always specified that entrants must be a woman from birth.
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