The first transgender winner of Miss Netherlands wants to thank her 'haters' because their trolling has given her a bigger platform.
The first transgender woman to win Miss Universe Netherlands has embraced the backlash she's received, thanking"haters" for"giving me a bigger platform."
"It was a spectacular moment for me, I was in full disbelief when I was crowned Miss Universe Netherlands as the first transgender woman, ever," she said in an exclusive interview withRikkie Valerie Kollé, the winner of Miss Universe Netherlands 2023. She spoke to 'Newsweek' exclusively about her win.Kollé started her career as a model and was inspired to join the Miss Netherlands pageant because it"gives you an opportunity to speak and use your voice.
and both the reigning Miss Universe and Miss Netherlands on the night, there was a swift negative backlash on social media to her win. "Wishing me dead and telling me to suicide, those things are terrible to write, but at the same it's only lifting me up because I get a bigger platform than I could ever dream of," she said defiantly.
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