'Return to normalcy!' Miss Universe fans stunned after biological woman wins beauty pageant

A quality queen from Denmark has been crowned Miss Universe - and onlookers are already utilizing the juncture to sarcastically observe the victor being a biologic woman.

Victoria Kjaer Theilvig, 21, assumed the grant Saturday evening, pursuing an extravagant show astatine the 73rd Miss Universe last successful Mexico City.

She bushed retired much than 120 different contestants to bash so, aft the 2023 contention featured married, plus-sized, and transgender contestants.

This year's was much traditional, contempt the pageant precocious being bought by a Thai media mogul who's a fierce campaigner for transgender rights.

Prior to that, the contention faced disapproval for what galore painted arsenic an outdated presumption of beauty, starring to the archetypal trans woman, Portugal's Marina Machete, to spot successful the apical 20 past year.

Months before, 22-year-old Rikkie Valerie Kolle successfully became the archetypal trans idiosyncratic to beryllium crowned Miss Netherlands. 

Angela Ponce, the archetypal trans pistillate to vie astatine Miss Universe, paved the mode for them a fewer years earlier erstwhile she became the archetypal openly trans pistillate to beryllium crowned Miss Spain.

The shifting values seemed to sway the effect seen Saturday night, wherever galore joked they were amazed to spot a non-transgender victor.

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'BREAKING: Fans shocked aft straight, white, biologic pistillate wins Miss Universe 2024,' wrote fashionable governmental commentator Matt Wallace to his much than 2 cardinal followers.

'Reality conscionable made a comeback! Congrats, Denmark!' added another.

'The tides are turning the woke microorganism is connected the run. Hold the line,' said idiosyncratic else.

And different added: 'Return to normalcy.' 

Most of the responses appeared to beryllium person made successful jest, arsenic sermon continues to swirl astir the sanctity of definite all-female contests.

Controversies surrounding Dylan Mulvaney, the transgender activistic present notorious for her concern with Bud Light, and gold-medal-winning boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria travel to mind.

Mulvaney was calved a antheral but has since transitioned to being a woman, portion Khelif was falsely labeled arsenic transgender by far-right activists.  

Khelif was assigned pistillate astatine commencement and it says truthful connected her passport, but she was disqualified from the 2023 satellite championships aft failing unspecified and transparent eligibility tests. 

Outcry has travel from conservatives similar soon-to-be President Donald Trump and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni since, centered around the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) threshold for combatant eligibility.

Both politicians person pointed to inconsistencies betwixt the sport's governing assemblage and the IOC, aft the IBA - 1 of boxing's sanctioning bodies - disqualified Khelif from the last of the 2023 satellite championships owed to 'high levels of testosterone' successful her system. 

The circumstances of that disqualification person since travel nether scrutiny, arsenic Khelif has filed a suit against the French media for reports claiming the 25-year-old has XY (male) chromosomes, portion calling it each 'a large conspiracy'.

She went connected to win Olympic golden amid the sex eligibility row, whereas Mulvaney - astir this clip past twelvemonth - was controversially named 'Woman of the Year' by British mag Attitude.

The London-based work presented Mulvaney with the rubric astatine an awards amusement successful October of 2023,  starring to a lengthy speech.

'Some spot maine arsenic the pistillate of the year, immoderate spot maine arsenic a pistillate of a twelvemonth and immoderate change,' Mulvaney, 27, said astatine the time.

'And immoderate radical don't spot maine arsenic a pistillate astatine all.'

She went connected to remark how she lone 'publicly came retired online 560 days ago.' earlier rocketing to fame acknowledgment to her TikTok bid 'Days of Girlhood', which tracked her transition.

She went connected to gush astir however she was 'grateful' the grant was being fixed successful the U.K. alternatively than the US, earlier referencing the past brewing backlash implicit a consequent endorsement from Bud Light.

'I came to London connected vacation this summertime aft months of feeling isolated and erstwhile I arrived, I didn't consciousness that baggage that I was carrying backmost successful the US,' Mulvaney said astatine the time.   

'And I didn't consciousness similar the trans brew girl... I romanticized this state arsenic a harmless place.'

The 'baggage' she had referenced came successful the signifier of disapproval from American audiences turned disconnected by the conception of a transgender pistillate gracing the cans of their favourite beer.

Similar hesitance was seen Saturday from fans of the Miss Universe pageant, which was bought by Thai businesswoman and transgender advocator Anne Jakkapong Jakrajutatip for $20 cardinal past year.

The archetypal pistillate to ain the pageant, she welcomed aggregate transgender contestants to the contention past year, Machete and Kolle - with the second becoming the archetypal trans pistillate to beryllium crowned Miss Netherlands successful July 2023.

The former, meanwhile, did good capable to marque it to the finals, earlier losing retired to Theilvig's predecessor, Sheynnis Palacios of Nicaragua.

A fewer weeks earlier, Machete, a 29-year-old formation attendant, thanked supporters for the 'positive and empowering' messages she received aft being named 'Miss Portugal'.

'To each of you watching, I conscionable privation to accidental that, conscionable similar the universe, your possibilities successful beingness are limitless,' she said successful a video posted Instagram astatine the time. 'So don't bounds yourself to immoderate imagination that you have.'

Kolle would adhd successful her ain station wrong a fewer day, 'Yes I'm trans and I privation to stock my communicative but I'm besides Rikkie - and that's what matters to me.

'I did this connected my ain spot and enjoyed each moment,' she further insisted.

She besides revealed that similar Mulvaney, she's been taxable to hatred code due to the fact that of her background.

'I thought we were truly accepting ... successful the Netherlands, but the hatred comments amusement the different broadside of our society. I anticipation that's a wake-up call,' she told Reuters astatine the time. 

'For now, I afloat disregard it. I absorption connected the bully things coming my way.'

The 2 were the lone transgender contestants among the 90 competing past year, with nary making it that acold this clip around.

However, manner advisor Qatrisha Zairyah, backmost successful September, became the archetypal transgender pistillate to marque it done to the finals of Miss Universe Singapore, but failed to snag a spot successful Mexico.

Prior to her, Kataluna Enriquez became the archetypal trans pistillate to vie successful the Miss USA pageant aft she was crowned Miss Nevada successful 2021. She besides did not marque it to that year's Miss Universe. 

In 2018, Angela Ponce became the first-ever trans pistillate to gain a spot successful the contention erstwhile she was crowned Miss Spain.

Debate surrounding the taxable has swirled since, with organizers archetypal allowing trans women to vie successful 2012.

Only a fewer transgender competitors person made it to the finals since, with the astir caller being Machete.

Victoria, meanwhile, broke down successful tears arsenic helium sanction was announced by American big Mario Lopez and erstwhile Miss Universe Olivia Culpo.