The beauty pageant Miss Italy (Miss Italia) has stated that contestants must be “a woman from birth,” thereby banning biological males who identify as transgender from the competition. Patrizia Mirigliani, the official patron of the competition, told radio station Radio Cusano that the standard has not changed since the competition’s inception, reported Italian news outlet Il Primato Nazionale….

The New Tang Dynasty (NTD) Global Chinese Beauty Pageant combines beauty with a higher purpose through its mission to educate young Chinese women about their heritage. In its first year, the pageant has invited young women from all nations between ages 18-30, who are of at least one-third Chinese origin and fluent in either Mandarin…