Miss Utah Became The First Openly Bisexual Miss USA Competitor
Rachel Slawson won the title of Miss Utah, and this spring she will be the first openly bisexual woman to compete for the title of Miss USA.
After her win, Rachel posted on Instagram opening up about how her experiences with being suicidal and getting treatment in a mental health facility changed her life.
“The last time I tried to end my life I was 19 years old, and it was the night I lost Miss Utah USA. 'Why wasn’t I enough?' This is my 7th pageant, my 5th time competing at Miss Utah USA, and tonight I finally experienced hands down the biggest dream of my life,” she wrote in her emotional post.
“After a few trips to the psych ward, being diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder (the reason I had such an extreme reaction to losing a pageant) and finally coming to terms with who I am as a queer woman. And the only difference between tonight, and the night I left broken hearted wishing I wasn’t alive, is that I knew I was enough before I arrived,” she continued.
Rachel came out last year and while talking with ‘Teen Vogue’ she said about being the first openly bisexual person to compete with Miss USA that “that's very exciting and [it's an honor] to get to participate. It's a [milestone] for the entire LGBTQ and pageant community.”
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