First Openly Gay Woman Competes for Miss California

Mollie Thomas’ announcement of her intention to run for Miss California in this weekend’s pageant stirs a very sacred pot. Pageants are typically reserved for the proper, the straight, and the narrow. She is anything but. The spirited 19-year-old was raised both on a horse farm in Pennsylvania and in Manhattan by an American mother and a French father. She doesn’t recall an official coming out, saying her family has always been aware, supportive, and progressive. Thomas says, “My family is so open and accepting that I knew very young who I was and who I loved.”

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