Rikkie Valerie Kolle biography: 13 things about Miss Universe Netherlands 2023

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Rikkie Valerie Kollé is a Dutch-Moluccan actress, model and beauty queen. She was born biologically male and her birth name was Rik Kollé.

Kollé is based in Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands. Here are 13 more things about her:

In 2012, she changed her first name from Rik to Rikkie.
In 2013, she started taking puberty blockers.
In 2017, she started taking female hormones.
She competed against 10 other contestants in “Holland’s Next Top Model” Season 11, which aired on RTL5 from September 3, 2018 to October 29, 2018. She was second runner-up to Soufyan Gnini.
From May 2019 to June 2019, she worked for the clothing brand Steps.
In August 2019, she visited Utrecht, Netherlands.
In February 2020, she visited Notting Hill, West London, England, United Kingdom.
In December 2020, she was in The Hague, Netherlands.
In 2021, she was included on a waiting list of individuals who want to undergo sex reassignment surgery.
On March 26, 2022, she was at Chicago Social Club in Amsterdam, Netherlands. On May 24, 2022, she was at Land’s End in Cornwall, England.
In December 2022, the date of her sex reassignment surgery was confirmed. She underwent the operation on January 31, 2023.
On July 8, 2023, she competed against eight other Miss Nederland 2023 candidates at the AFAS Theater in Leusden, Utrecht and won the title, making her the first transwoman to be crowned Miss Nederland.
She was 22 years old when she represented the Netherlands at Miss Universe 2023 on November 18, 2023 and competed against 83 other candidates at the José Adolfo Pineda Arena in San Salvador, El Salvador. She was unplaced but she made history as the first transwoman to represent the Netherlands in Miss Universe.

Published by Conan Altatis