Thai Transgender Activist Buys Miss Universe Organization for $20 Million

Thai Transgender Activist Buys Miss Universe Organization for  Million

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A Thai business tycoon and transgender activist has purchased the Miss Universe Organization for $20 million, her company announced Wednesday.

Chakrapong “Anne” Chakrajutathib, who controls JKN Global Group Public Co. Ltd., is a celebrity in Thailand who has starred in reality shows and is outspoken about being a transgender woman. She helped establish a nonprofit group, Life Inspired For Transsexual Foundation, to promote trans rights.

JKN said it acquired the rights to the Miss Universe pageant from IMG Worldwide LLC, a sports, talent and events marketing company which has held the Miss Universe Organization since 2015. Former U.S. President Donald Trump was part owner of the pageant rights from 1996 until IMG’s purchase.

JKN said it has established a subsidiary in the United States, JKN Metaverse Inc., to own the Miss Universe Organization. The Miss Universe pageant is broadcast in 165 countries, according to IMG.

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25 Comments

  1. Feel sorry for him, spending all that money to be recognized as an "intelligent" woman with a male voice , without bearing the labour pain to give birth to a female or male healthy child as a woman.
    As a woman, leave us alone with your BS.

  2. I for-see that MISS UNIVERSE will not be as good as before. That the standard of this pageant will become so low and that it will become a hated organization. There’s something going to be wrong 😮 I just sense it. I myself don’t even know why?…. I love MU but why it’s giving me this feeling? I’m not saying it’s true but just sharing what I’ve sense and for seeing.

  3. Transwomen don't bother me. They're cute to look at, always the most chatty in the group, the friends with a funny taste in clothes. But when they start going to the world stage flashing their confused gender and demanding men to recognize that they and women are two of the same, that's where I draw the line.

  4. Trump is the master of the long con troll. This will backfire so beautifully, all the women are gonna support this until they stop winning and man will yet again dominate their field

  5. I hope JKN won’t turn it into a reality program. A structured reality program is the polar opposite of a pageant. MU doesn’t belong to that program category. It is not ANTM (Next Top Model). It doesn’t belong on Netflix or a similar streaming service format. 🧑🏻‍🦰 Best of luck and good wishes to this smart business woman 👑

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