Rikkie Valerie Kollé (born 6 April 2001) is a Dutch transgender model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Nederland 2023 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2023.[1][2] Kollé was the first transgender woman to win the Miss Nederland title,[3][4] and was only the second ever transgender woman to enter the Miss Universe contest.
Rikkie Kollé | |
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 Kollé in 2022 | |
| Born | 6 April 2001 Hoorn, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Model |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss Nederland 2023 |
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Career
editKollé began modelling on Holland's Next Top Model (season 11).[5] In 2019, Kollé reached the final of the Elite Model Look contest in the Netherlands.[6]
In 2023, Kollé participated in the Miss Netherlands pageant. She was selected as one of the finalists and ultimately won the title, becoming the first transgender woman to win Miss Netherlands. During her participation in the competition, she spoke about her desire to dedicate herself to addressing the long waiting lists in transgender care in the Netherlands.[7]
In 2024, Kollé was one of the participants in the 24th season of the RTL 4 program Expeditie Robinson. She was the fourth to be eliminated, finishing in seventeenth place. In 2025, she participated in the television program The Floor VIPS.[8] Kollé also took part in De kwis met ballen that year.
Personal life
editReferences
edit- ↑ Power, Shannon (12 July 2023). "Exclusive: Transgender Miss Netherlands winner speaks out after backlash". Newsweek.
- ↑ "Miss Netherlands: Male model 'broke boundaries' with beauty pageant win". 12 July 2023 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- 1 2 3 "Miss Nederland-finalist Rikkie Kollé: "De queer community ligt wereldwijd onder vuur"". winq.nl (in Dutch). 3 June 2023.
- ↑ "Amsterdamse Rikkie Kolle (22) wint als eerste trans vrouw Miss Nederland". Het Parool (in Dutch). 9 July 2023.
- ↑ "Helders model Rikkie grijpt naast titel Holland's Next Top Model". Noordhollands Dagblad (in Dutch). 22 October 2018.
- ↑ "Helderse Rikkie (18) maakt kans op internationale modellencarrière: "Dit is mijn droom!"". www.nhnieuws.nl.
- ↑ Matthijs van Els (3 June 2023). "Miss Nederland-finalist Rikkie Kollé: "De queer community ligt wereldwijd onder vuur"". Winq (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ↑ "The Floor krijgt een VIPS-editie en deze BN'ers doen mee". TVgids.nl (in Dutch). 3 March 2025. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ↑ Ferrer, Isabel (13 July 2023). "Rikkie Kolle, the first trans woman to be crowned Miss Netherlands: 'With this title, I have a greater opportunity to speak up for my community'". EL PAÍS English.
- ↑ "Rikkie Valerie Kolle Becomes First Transgender Model To Be Crowned Miss Netherlands". NDTV.com.
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