The international Miss Universe contest is updating its selection procedure to be more “inclusive” after more than 70 years.
Mothers and married women will be able to compete in the pageant starting next year.
The pageant released a statement saying, “We all believe that women should have agency over their lives and that a human’s personal decisions should not be a barrier to their success.”
The 72nd Miss Universe competition in 2023 will see the implementation of the new regulations.
Prior to the rule modification, Miss Universe contestants could only be women between the ages of 18 and 28 who were single and had no children.
Insider claims that despite the recent adjustments, the age range will not change.
The 2020 Miss Universe winner, Andrea Meza of Mexico, claimed the new rule had been long overdue.
She remarked to the source, “I genuinely love that this is happening.” It was about time pageants modernized and welcomed women with kids, just as society is changing and women are now holding leadership roles where males once only dared.
Meza continued, “Many women who got married young or had children in their early 20s have always wanted to compete in Miss Universe but haven’t been able to because of the rules.” “These changes have made it possible for those women to launch or advance their careers in entertainment.”
The 21-year-old Punjabi model competed in the 70th Miss Universe competition, which took place in Eilat, Israel, on behalf of India. Twenty-one years after actress Lara Dutta took home the title in 2000, she reclaimed it.
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