The lawsuit was filed by Anita Green, who said the Miss United States of America pageant violated an Oregon anti-discrimination law when it barred her from competing in 2019.
By REBECCA BOONE, The Associated Press
Wednesday’s 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed by Anita Green, who said the Miss United States of America pageant violated an Oregon state anti-discrimination law when it barred her from competing in 2019. She was preparing to compete in the Miss United States of America’s Miss Oregon pageant when she said the organization rejected her application because it did not consider her to be a “natural born female.”
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