Bella Bautista, a transgender woman and Miss Buckhead USA 2022 winner, will become the first transgender contestant in the Miss Georgia USA pageant in June, the Daily Mail reported.

Her participation comes at a time of the Trump administration’s shutdown of transgender inclusion in sports and beauty pageants.

On Jan. 20, the day of his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled, “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government.”

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