20 Nov 2020

First transgender Miss Intercontinental NZ shares story

From Checkpoint, 5:54 pm on 20 November 2020

Aotearoa's first-ever transgender Miss New Zealand contestant was the star turn at the first-ever transgender awareness event held in New Plymouth. Arielle Keil made history earlier this month when she won the title of Miss Intercontinental New Zealand. Today she's in Taranaki to share her story with transgender youth and the wider community. Our Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin went along.