Ángela María Ponce Camacho (born 18 January 1991) is a Spanish model and beauty pageant titleholder who won

Miss Universe Spain 2018 Miss Universe Spain 2018 was the sixth Miss Spain, Miss Universe Spain pageant, held at the August Auditorium, Palau Firal i de Congressos in Tarragona, Spain, on June 29, 2018. Sofía del Prado of Castilla-La Mancha crowned Ángela Ponce of Pr ...

. Ponce made history on 29 June 2018 as the first openly

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woman to be crowned

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. She represented her country at

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as the first openly transgender contestant competing for the title. She did not advance to the finals.

Career

Ponce entered and won the Miss World Cadiz 2015 title. Since she won that title, she represented Cadiz in Miss World Spain 2015. At that pageant, she was unplaced. On 29 June 2018, she competed at the

pageant and won the title, becoming the first openly transgender woman to win the title. She represented Spain at the

finals in

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, won by

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of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ponce, Ángela Living people Miss Universe 2018 contestants Spanish female models Transgender female models Spanish transgender women Spanish LGBTQ models 21st-century Spanish women 21st-century Spanish LGBTQ people People from Aljarafe 1991 births LGBTQ beauty pageant winners