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Miss Spain proud to be first transgender to compete in Miss Universe 2018

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Channel: ABC13 Houston · 2018 · News & Politics

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Miss Spain Angela Ponce proud to be first transgender contestant to compete in Miss Universe pageant.

The pageant had its first-ever transgender woman competing, who has been identified as Angela Ponce of Spain.

"What I feel by being the first transgender contestant at Miss Universe is a big sense of responsibility, it gives me a lot of pride, and personally I'm very proud to have made it here," Ponce said. "I've been in the press, on TV, and I've put the conservation on the table. It was a topic that was not spoken about, what does it mean being a transgender person."

Ponce believes that mindsets about the LGBT community are changing.

"Today, there are positive references. People speak about the LGBT community, and the transgender community. Before it was always underground and never spoken about. I think that people are more and more informed. All these prejudices come from disinformation," Ponce said.

Although Ponce is proud of being a transgender woman, she says the hardest obstacle she has had to overcome is being born into a world that "wasn't prepared" for trans people.

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