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Beauty Pageant Can Reject Applicants Who Aren’t Biologically Female: Judge

Beauty Pageant Can Reject Applicants Who Aren’t Biologically Female: Judge
Miss Nebraska Sarah Rose Summers celebrates after winning the 2018 Miss USA Competition at George's Pond at Hirsch Coliseum in Shreveport, La., on May 21, 2018. Matt Sullivan/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
3/1/2021|Updated: 11/3/2022
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The Miss United States of America competition is able to only accept biological females, a judge ruled last week.

U.S. District Judge Michael Mosman, a George W. Bush appointee, said the pageant organization can’t be forced to let transgender women participate in its pageants.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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