Meet the first openly lesbian Miss Universe contestant

Progress marches on as the Miss Universe pageant welcomes its first-ever out lesbian contestant: 25-year-old Swe Zin Htet.

Htet hails from the nation of Myanmar, where gay sex still remains criminalized courtesy of a colonial-era penal code. That didn’t stop Htet from competing in the Miss Universe pageant Sunday night, or from coming out in an interview just before flying to Atlanta for the show.

“I want the world to accept the LGBTQ+ community and their right to choose their own path and pursuit of happiness,” she told Missology, a blog devoted to the pageant world. “We should always have the freedom of choice and promote equality.”

Htet affirmed her revelation with an Instagram post, which showed her posing with another woman along with the caption “Proud.”

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