The National cited the internal memo regarding this new move in a report, claiming that the organisation "always sought to develop with the times and the newest decision was the inevitable next step."
Digital Desk: The Miss Universe pageant is expanding its eligibility for it competition making married women and mothers also eligible for participation.
The 72nd Miss Universe pageant will use the new format in 2023, and eligibility requirements such as marital status and parental status will no longer apply. According to the current regulations, the Miss Universe title winner must be single and must continue to be so until her tenure is over and a new winner is announced.
Over the years, mothers have never participated in the competition, and it has always been required of pageant winners to avoid getting pregnant while they are ruling and carrying out their duties.
Miss Universe 2020 Andrea Meza, a Mexican model and previous winner of beauty pageants, praised this move. She reportedly said, as reported by Insider "I honestly enjoy that this is happening. It was about time pageants modernised and welcomed women with kids, just as society is changing and women are now holding leadership positions where formerly only males could."
"There are many women who got married young or had children in their early 20s, and they always wanted to compete in Miss Universe, but they couldn't due to the rules. Because of these changes, such women can now begin or develop their professions in entertainment," Meza added.
The National cited the internal memo regarding this new move in a report, claiming that the organisation "always sought to develop with the times and the newest decision was the inevitable next step."
The memo allegedly stated, "We all think that women should have agency over their lives and that a person's personal decisions should not be a roadblock to their success."
According to the Insider story, before the regulation change, only women between the ages of 18 and 28 who had never been married and had no children were permitted to join. However, the age range will remain the same, according to Insider.
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