For the first time, a man who identifies as a biological male has won the Miss Netherlands 2023 pageant and will be participating in the upcoming Miss Universe competition in El Salvador. Rikkie Valerie Kolle, a 22-year-old transgender model of Dutch-Moluccan descent, beat out ten other finalists and was crowned Miss Netherlands 2023 on July 8th at the AFAS Theater in Leusden.