Miss Universe on GenderLibshttps://www.genderlibs.org/tags/miss-universe/Recent content in Miss Universe on GenderLibsHugoenCopyright © 2024-2026 GenderLibs. All Rights Reserved.Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700From “Natural Female” to “Artificial Beauty”: Chen Lili and the Public History of Pageant Eligibility in China, 2004https://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/09/chen-lili-pageant-eligibility-history/Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0700https://www.genderlibs.org/blog/2026/09/chen-lili-pageant-eligibility-history/Abstract In 2004, Chen Lili (陈莉莉), a transgender woman from Sichuan, registered for the Sichuan selection of Miss Universe China and passed through a rapid sequence of institutional states: local registration, provisional acceptance, higher-level rule interpretation, cancellation of competitive eligibility, and a later appearance on the same stage as a special guest. During the same year, Beijing model Yang Yuan was removed from the Miss