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Miss Universe honors Transgender Day of Visibility with look-back at Angela Ponce’s journey

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/life/12/17/20181217-ponce-angela-rtr.jpg"/><figcaption>Miss Spain Angela Ponce takes the Miss Universe stage in December 2018 during a special segment highlighting her journey as the first-ever transgender candidate in the pageant. <em>Athit Perawongmetha, Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The Miss Universe organization took part in the celebration of the International Transgender Day of Visibility on Wednesday, with a look-back at the history-making participation of Spain’s Angela Ponce in the pageant.</p><p>On its social media pages, Miss Universe released a profile reel of Ponce where she spoke of her personal journey of transitioning and then joining pageantry to further her advocacy.</p><p>Ponce made history as the first-ever transgender woman to join Miss Universe, now a 70-year-old pageant, in its 2018 edition.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/life/12/17/20181217-angelaponce-catrionagray.jpg"/><figcaption>Miss Spain Angela Ponce refers to the Philippines’ Catriona Gray as her ‘Miss Universe sister’ in this Instagram post dated December 8, 2018.<em> Instagram: @angelaponceofficial</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>While she was not crowned with the title — the Philippines’ Catriona Gray won — Ponce had her own triumphant moment during the finals night, when she received a standing ovation during a segment dedicated to her advocacy.</p><p>Ponce’s words, now recalled by the Miss Universe organization, were about her dream of living “in a world of equality for everyone.”</p><p>“Simply for us all to understand that we are human and that we must make all our lives easier together. That reality for many people is going to change. If I can give that to the world, I don’t need to win Miss Universe, I only need to be here,” she said.<br/><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></p><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/MissUniverse/posts/316328733191885" data-width="auto"> </div>

<p>The Miss Universe organization took part in the celebration of the International Transgender Day of Visibility on Wednesday, with a look-back at the history-making participation of Spain’s Angela Ponce in the pageant.</p>

The Miss Universe organization took part in the celebration of the International Transgender Day of Visibility on Wednesday, with a look-back at the history-making participation of Spain’s Angela Ponce in the pageant.