Participants wait backstage during the Miss Wheelchair India beauty pageant in Mumbai November 26, 2014. Seven women from across India participated in the country's second wheelchair beauty pageant, which aims to open doors for the wheelchair-bound in modelling, film and television, according to organisers. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)

Angela Ponce, 24, (R) gets help from a fellow contestant getting dressed to compete in the "Miss World Spain" pageant in Estepona, southern Spain, October 25, 2015. Ponce, the first openly transsexual woman to compete to represent Spain at the Miss World pageant, was eliminated in the first knockout round. But Ponce already feels like a winner, she said, because her participation has brought visibility for the transgender community. "We need to educate society for diversity", Ponce said. (Photo by Susana Vera/Reuters)

Miss Utah Krissia Beatty competes in the swimsuit competition during the first night of preliminaries of Miss America at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, September 8, 2015. (Photo by Mark Makela/Reuters)

Miss New York Jamie Lynn Macchia waves during the 2016 Miss America pageant “Show Us Your Shoes” parade Saturday, September 12, 2015, in Atlantic City, N.J. (Photo by Michael Ein/The Press of Atlantic City via AP Photo)

Contestants compete in the swimsuit segment of the Miss Venezuela 2016 pageant in Caracas, Venezuela October 5, 2016. (Photo by Marco Bello/Reuters)

Vian Salman, center, smiles with fellow contestants after she was crowned the new Miss Iraq during the Miss Iraq contest in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 25, 2017. (Photo by Karim Kadim/AP Photo)

Miss South Carolina Suzi Roberts competes in the swimsuit competition of the 97th Miss America Competition in Atlantic City, New Jersey U.S. September 10, 2017. (Photo by Mark Makela/Reuters)

Miss Universe contestant Carolina Duran of Costa Rica, center, reacts to a TV network's drone as others prepare to pose from the deck of the yacht Happy Life prior to cruising to a beach resort in Batangas province Thursday, January 19, 2017 at the Philippine Navy headquarters in Manila, Philippines. Eighty-six candidates from around the world are vying for the title to succeed Pia Wurtzbach from the Philippines. The competition takes place on Jan. 30. They are, from left, Cherell Williamson of Bahamas, Rebecca Rath of Belize, Hildur Maria of Iceland, and Chanelle de Lau of Curacao. (Photo by Bullit Marquez/AP Photo)