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Miss Spain becomes first openly lesbian national beauty queen

Miss Spain becomes first openly lesbian national beauty queen
Patricia Yurena
Patricia Yurena

Miss Spain has revealed she is in a lesbian relationship, becoming the first openly gay national beauty queen.

Patricia Yurena, 24, revealed in an Instagram photo that she is in a relationship with singer Vanesa Cortes. The image (below) was captioned “Romeo and Juliet.”

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Yurena, who has won her country’s title twice in 2008 and 2013, was runner up the 2013 Miss Universe competition.

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