Angela Ponce, also called the prevailing Miss Spain, didn’t win the Miss Universe event Sunday.
However, she didn’t appear to mind.
Just by speaking to her nation this year, Ponce turned into the primary transgender lady to contend in Miss Universe. After the fundamental adjusts, the 27-year-old model said it was “a respect and pride” to be a piece of the historical backdrop of the expo.
“This is for you, for the individuals who have zero ability to see, no voice, since we as a whole merit a universe of regard, incorporation and opportunity,” Ponce composed on Instagram on Friday. “What’s more, today I am here, gladly speaking to my country, all ladies and human rights.”
In spite of the fact that Miss Universe — and other magnificence exhibitions — have experienced examination (and changes) as of late to abstain from typifying ladies, Ponce said she held onto the challenge as an opportunity to satisfy her own desire as well as to be an envoy for Spanish culture. 
For her national ensemble, she wore a customary Spanish “bata de cola.”
“This is a notorious piece in Spain, likewise known everywhere throughout the world,” Ponce clarified on Instagram. “It is a valuable reference of my nation.”
Ponce said she had been moving the flamenco since she was 6 years of age. For a very long time, her fantasy was simply to play out the move while wearing a flamenco dress. That didn’t occur until she was 17 years of age.
“For quite a while those were things I constantly needed to do,” Ponce revealed to Miss Universe coordinators. “I put such a great amount of center into it, that at last, it turned into a reality.”
She grinned and motioned to herself, as though to accentuate: She wasn’t simply wearing a flamenco dress at this point. She was wearing one at Miss Universe.
“None of us are committed to be here. Also, for me, it’s a stage to share my voice,” she revealed to Today Style. “To me, woman’s rights is opportunity to do what you need, when you need to. We can’t put brakes on the opportunity of ladies, on some stage.”
The event appeared to grasp her, as well, tweeting video of Ponce entering the phase with the inscription: “A stroll to recall. A memorable night for #MissUniverse.”
It was a sharp change for the Miss Universe association, which was censured in 2012 subsequent to precluding transgender lady Jenna Talackova from the Miss Canada rivalry that year since she was not “normally conceived” a lady.
After Talackova undermined legitimate activity, the association — at that point claimed by Donald Trump — changed the guidelines to permit transgender hopefuls in its shows.
“For whatever length of time that she satisfies the guidelines of legitimate sexual orientation acknowledgment prerequisites of Canada, which we comprehend that she does, Jenna Talackova is allowed to contend in the 2012 Miss Universe Canada expo,” Trump lawyer Michael Cohen said at the time. “No one is ceding . . . Like the various candidates, [Talackova] is wished the good luck by Mr. Trump.”
Talackova eventually completed in the main 12 of the Miss Canada expo and was one of four competitors granted “Miss Congeniality.” She didn’t progress to the Miss Universe exhibition that year.
Quick forward six years. 
Ponce, who is from Pilas in southern Spain, recognized it had been troublesome now and again to live as a lady “in a general public where everybody said I couldn’t do that” — yet credited her family for supporting her.
“They’re my establishment so my life could unfurl,” Ponce told Today.com. “They made sure that I didn’t have a horrible adolescence. They are my quality.”
The last parts of the Miss Universe exhibition were communicated live Sunday. Miss Philippines, 24-year-old Catriona Gray, was delegated the 2018 champ.