Asya Department is getting ready to go down the crown.
On Monday, Nov. 29, the 2021 Miss USA winner will anoint the most recent magnificence queen on the River Spirit On line casino in Tulsa, Okla. As Asya just lately wrote on Instagram, “One fortunate girl’s life might be ceaselessly modified on that night time.”
However there’s nonetheless rather a lot that should occur earlier than judges can select the following Miss USA. There’s the swimsuit portion of the competitors, then night robes and, most essential, the interview.
To this point, there aren’t any apparent frontrunners, however historical past is already being made. Kataluna Enriquez is representing Nevada this yr, marking the primary time an overtly transgender contestant is competing within the pageant.
Kataluna beforehand instructed NPR that she has confronted discrimination all through her pageant expertise however mentioned, “After I was younger, I all the time wished to see somebody on the Miss USA stage—somebody like me. And it simply occurred to be that I used to be the individual that I wanted to make historical past.”
