Married women and moms will be permitted to compete in Miss Universe for the first time in the event's history.
The Miss Universe Organization gives the women who take part in this global platform the resources they need to make positive changes in their lives on the personal, professional, and philanthropic levels. As a result, they can inspire others and serve as role models for their communities and admirers all over the world.
The three rounds of this beauty pageant—evening dresses, swimsuits, and personality interviews—are used to judge contestants because there is no talent round. Candidates must submit an application through the national director of their respective nations in order to compete in the Miss Universe Pageant.
An internal memo that The National was able to get, states that the new regulations would go into force for the 72nd Miss Universe Pageant in 2023.
The preliminary pageants for this year's Miss Universe, which will take place in December, have already started.
According to The National, the letter stated, "We all think that women should have agency over their life and that a human's personal decisions should not be a barrier to their achievement."
The new rule, according to Andrea Meza, Miss Universe 2020, was long overdue.
In an exclusive interview, she stated, "I genuinely adore that this is taking place". It was about time pageants modernised and opened up to women with families," a contestant said. "Just as society changes and women now hold leadership roles that previously only males could hold. Many ladies who were young at the time of their marriage or who had children in their early 20s wanted to compete in Miss Universe but were prevented from doing so by the restrictions”, she continued. "These reforms now allow those women to launch or advance their professions in entertainment."
Only women between the ages of 18 and 28 who had never been married and had no children were eligible to compete for Miss Universe prior to the rule modification.
Even though the age bracket will remain the same, the action was applauded as a departure from sexist standards and respect to diversity.
Also in August, a Miss England competitor made history by becoming the first to compete without makeup. Melisa Raouf, 20, claimed that by giving up cosmetics, she was "embracing blemishes and defects." Women have attempted to challenge expectations in pageants before. Miss Bahrain Manar Nadeem Deyani declined to compete in the swimsuit portion of the Miss Universe pageant last year by remaining fully clothed and covered in a black outfit.
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