A man who identifies as a woman is set to become the first “transgender” individual to compete in the Miss Maine USA pageant on May 10-11, WGME reported on Monday.
Twenty-four-year-old Isabelle St. Cyr of Monson is one among several other biological males who have been competing in beauty pageants across the nation and around the world.
According to St. Cyr, changes in the rules allowed such individuals to compete.
During an interview with the Piscataquis Observer, St. Cyr said he had always wanted to compete in pageants. The outlet noted the farm owner began transitioning while he was in high school and started the medical transition when he was 20.
“The Miss Maine USA website states contestants must be ‘a medically recognized female.’ St. Cyr said she believes this must mean every contestant’s birth certificate must list them as female and transgender contestants must be working with a doctor,” the Observer article said.
St. Cyr claimed he did not want to compete to make a political statement but merely because “I love pageants and I just happen to be trans.”