THAI businesswoman and transgender advocate Anne Jakapong Jakrajutatip has announced that her company JKN Global Group, a media and content conglomerate, has acquired the ownership of the Miss Universe Organization from IMG.

For 71 years, the pageant has been one of the longest-running and most-watched competitions in the world. With the entrance of the 43-year-old business mogul, she became the first woman to own the Miss Universe Organization.

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