Miss Universe to allow married women, mothers to compete for first time (2024)

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Miss Universe to allow married women, mothers to compete for first time? ›

Miss Universe will allow married women and mothers to compete for the first time in its history. The new rule will take effect for the 72nd Miss Universe pageant in 2023. Andrea Meza, who won Miss Universe 2020, told Insider it was "about time" the rule changed.

The Miss Universe organization had its first transgender contestant, Miss Spain Ángela Ponce, in 2018. The 2023 line-up of contestants also saw the first appearance of married women, Miss Guatemala Michelle Cohn and Miss Camila Avella.

Lee's facial expression during the question was adorable, and her quick answer said it all. "I would eat. Everything. In the world," she said, emphasizing every single word.

Married women and mothers are now allowed to compete at Miss USA but are still unable to participate in Miss America. Past winners, including Grace Stanke and Camille Schrier, have supported the stance, while Marsh declined to comment.

The decision to expand the age limit for Miss Universe contestants is just the latest change made to the rulebooks. Beginning in 2022, the organization began allowing mothers and married women to compete. A decade prior, in 2012, Miss Universe ended its ban on transgender contestants, according to CNN and Reuters.

There are no required height, weight or specific measurements that qualify you to compete. The selection committee is looking for body proportion, good physical health and personality.

An added twist: All five contestants would be on stage and answer the same query, and therefore required to wear soundproof headphones so they wouldn't know the question until it was their turn.

Who got dethroned in Miss Universe? ›

Fedorova was the first Miss Universe to be dethroned.

Gloria Diaz (1969)

Her coronation night took place at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida. She was just 18 years old then. Question: In a next day or so, a man will land on the moon. If a man from the moon landed in your hometown, what would you do to entertain him?

Four months after United States delegate Marjorie Wallace was crowned Miss World in 1973, she was dethroned for dating too many high-profile men. A year later, Helen Morgan, Miss United Kingdom, relinquished her crown just four days after it was revealed she was a single mother.

The titleholders are also required to remain unmarried throughout their reign." However, in August 2022, the Miss Universe Organization announced that mothers, married, or pregnant women are eligible to compete in the pageant. The new rule has been instituted since 2023.

As can be found in the eligibility requirements on the Miss America website, the rules on body modifications are as follows: Contestant agrees that no tattoos are to be visible. Tattoos are to be covered up with makeup. No pierced tongues or body parts are to be visible except for pierced earrings.

Camila Avella, Miss Colombia, is the first Miss Universe contestant with a husband and child.

It will be the first contest that will feature contestants who are married women and mums. The organisation announced the historic rule change last year, doing away with a selection process that only favoured single women who have never given birth, and who were between the ages of 18 and 28.

America Pageant is a beauty competition that was established to honor married women throughout the United States of America.

19 years of age and no older than 25 years of age to compete, and has never been married nor have children in the Miss Division.