Ángel Ponce | |
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Born | Ángel Maria Ponce Camacho 18 January 1991 [2] |
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [4] |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Title | Miss World Cadiz 2015 Miss Universe Spain 2018 [1] |
Hair color | Dirty Blond |
Eye color | Light Blue |
Major competition(s) | Miss World Cadiz 2015 (Winner) Miss World Spain 2015 (Unplaced) Miss Universe Spain 2018 (Winner) Miss Universe 2018 (Unplaced) |
Ángela María Ponce Camacho (born 18 January 1991) is a Spanish model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Spain 2018. Ponce made history on 29 June 2018 as the first openly transgender woman to be crowned Miss Spain. [5] She represented her country at Miss Universe 2018 as the first openly transgender contestant competing for the title. [6] [7] She did not advance to the finals. [8]
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. [5] On 29 June 2018, she competed at the Miss Universe Spain 2018 pageant and won the title, becoming the first openly transgender woman to win the title. [3] She represented Spain at the Miss Universe 2018 finals in Bangkok, won by Catriona Gray of the Philippines.