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‘To inspire all the women’: Transgender businesswoman after buying Miss Universe pageant

Anne Jakkapong Jakrajutatip, the CEO of the Thailand-based JKN Global Group, bought the global beauty pageant organisation for $20 million.

Scroll Staff
Oct 29, 2022 · 02:46 pm

Anne Jakapong Jakrajutatip, CEO of JKN Global Group, is the first woman owner of the Miss Universe Organization. pic.twitter.com/zcN6aGR7A6

— Miss Universe (@MissUniverse) October 28, 2022

Tycoon and celebrity Jakapong ‘Anne’ Jakrajutatip is the new owner of Miss Universe. The Thai trans woman wants to use the pageant to inspire women. pic.twitter.com/xeqPhduhmW

— South China Morning Post (@SCMPNews) October 29, 2022
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