"We cannot wait to spread our colors on the Miss USA stage." Kataluna Enriquez made history on June 27 by winning the title of Miss Nevada USA and becoming the first openly transgender contestant ...

Kataluna Enriquez made history after becoming the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Miss USA pageant Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the ...

Kataluna Enriquez was crowned the winner Sunday at the South Point hotel-casino in Las Vegas. The 27-year-old Enriquez won the Miss Silver State USA pageant in March, a preliminary competition for ...

Kataluna Enriquez will be the first transgender woman ... I couldn't have done it without your help. Huge thank you to everyone who supported me from day one. My community, you are always in ...

During a darker period of her life, Kataluna Enriquez, 28, recalled receiving so much hate for being transgender that she prayed she would not wake up. “I silenced myself and belittled myself ...

Kataluna Enriquez made history after becoming the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Miss USA pageant Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor on the TV team for PEOPLE Digital.

Kataluna Enriquez, who was recently crowned Miss Nevada ... "To my pageant mommy @rissrose2, no words can describe how much I am grateful of you," Kataluna began her post, posing alongside her ...

Kataluna Enriquez made history when she was crowned Miss Nevada USA this week. Enriquez is the first transgender woman to win the title and she will compete in the Miss USA pageant later this year.

Until then, though, it’s one foot in front of the other for Kataluna ... I grew up being told, ‘No, you shouldn’t be doing this,’ when it felt natural for me,” Enriquez says.

One of the first questions pondered in Philosophy 101 is this: “If a tree falls in the woods, and there’s no one there to ... if “Miss” Nevada, Kataluna Enriquez, the first U.S ...