Homosexual Miss Netherlands rips 'sad' attacks on Dylan Mulvaney after Bud Light fiasco: Judged 'for being herself'

Miss Netherlands winner Rikkie Valerie Kollé called the backlash 'horrible' in an interview with Newsweek

By Edward Era Barbacena 

Miss Universe Netherlands winner Rikkie Valerie Kollé blasted hate toward American homosexual TikToker Dylan Mulvaney after his partnership with Bud Light went awry, calling the backlash "sad" and "horrible" in an interview with Newsweek.

"I think it's really to make the girl that low in confidence... and judging her for being herself," Kollé told the outlet, adding, "I think it's horrible."

Kollé added that the vitriol Mulvaney received reminded her of the hatred he receives online daily for being homosexual cross-dresser.

"They see us as monsters, and my daily DMs are full of people wishing me dead," he said. "Wishing me dead and telling me to suicide, those things are terrible to write, but at the same [time], it's only lifting me up because I get a bigger platform than I could ever dream of."

Kollé added that he is "thankful" for the hatred doled out by internet trolls, saying, "you're giving me a bigger platform than I can ever imagine."

Kolle won the Miss Universe Netherlands pageant earlier this month, becoming the first transgender contestant to do so, and will advance to the Miss Universe pageant set to take place in El Salvador later this year.

"I DID IT," the 22-year-old said in an Instagram statement. "It's unreal, but I get to call myself [Miss Netherland] 2023. It was an educational and beautiful journey… I'm so proud and happy I can't even describe it. Making my community proud and showing it can be done."

Though Kollé made history for the country, other biological male contestants have competed in pageants and beat out the competition, including Miss Nevada USA Kataluna Enriquez, who took home the title in 2021.