Rachel Slawson was recently crowned Miss Utah USA, meaning she'll be the first openly bisexual contestant to compete in Miss USA
in November that she came “out of the closet” in early 2019 because “there were lots of spiders and it was hard to breathe.”Miss Universe’s First Openly Gay Contestant Came Out Days Ago: ‘I Just Started a New Chapter’
“But when I hear how much hatred still lives in the world, towards people with different sexualities, mental health issues, or a confusion between the two, I have to speak up,” she wrote. “My bipolar disorder and my sexuality are part of what make me beautiful, and I want people who see my competing on the stage, to embrace the imperfect facets of themselves, too,” she said.When she’s not competing on stage, Slawson also works as a suicide prevention advocate for the Crisis Text Line and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, according to the outlet.“All I ever wanted is to save 15-year-old me’s from the pain and struggle that I dealt with.
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