Solange Dekker (born 1995/1996) is a Dutch model, hairdresser, and
transgender
A transgender (often abbreviated as trans) person is someone whose gender identity or gender expression does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth. Many transgender people experience dysphoria, which they seek to alleviate through tr ...
beauty queen from
Amsterdam
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who won the title of
Miss International Queen 2023
Miss International Queen 2023 was the 17th Miss International Queen pageant, held on 24 June 2023 at the Tiffany's Show Pattaya in Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand. At the end of the event, Solange Dekker of the Netherlands was crowned by Fuchsia A ...
held on Saturday, June 24, 2023 at Tiffany's Show in
Pattaya Chonburi, Thailand.
She is the first contestant from the Netherlands to win the title.
Dekker was among 22 contestants participating in the pageant, along with Singapore's Qatrisha Zairyah Kamsir and United States's Melony Munro finishing second and third, respectively.
Beauty pageants
Solange Dekker began her pageant career when she participated in
Miss Trans Star International
Miss trans Star International (formerly Miss trans Star Internacional) is a beauty pageant for transgender women. It was first held in 2010 in Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. The winner receives a crown and prize money. The election was organized b ...
2019 held in
Barcelona
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, Spain.
Her determination and intellect led her becoming one of the finalist in
Miss Universe Netherland pageant and receiving Miss Social Media award.
She also competed in Miss Beauty of Noord Holland, a regional pageant which is held across the country.
See also
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Miss International Queen
Miss International Queen is the world's biggest beauty pageant for transgender women. The pageant was conceived in 2004 and named the largest and most prestigious by CNN original American documentary television series This Is Life with Lisa Ling ...
References
External links
Solagne Dekkeron
Instagram
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Beauty pageant contestants
Living people
Year of birth uncertain
1990s births
21st-century Dutch LGBT people
21st-century Dutch women
Dutch beauty pageant winners
Dutch transgender women
People from Amsterdam
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