Congratulations to Mikki Nicholson, the 32-year-old trans Scrabble whiz who just claimed Britain’s Scrabble national championship, beating out a 20-time champ with the word “obeisant,” earning 86 points — all while wearing a pink wig and PVC dress. Nicholson has only been playing Scrabble for five years after learning the game online. Among the words she used to take home the top $2,405 prize: “nads.” I thought slang wasn’t allowed?
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Mikki Nicholson, The New Trans Scrabble Champ
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Lynn
Congratulations to Ms. Nicholson, she has accomplished what few can do. However, I hope she will consider consulting a professional makeup artist before getting a national photograph again. And perhaps consider a more age-appropriate look.
UMB
The picture on the BBC website is a little more… flattering:
[img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/49727000/jpg/_49727045_scrabblechamppa.jpg[/img]
The article in the Sun is horribly transphobic at best, guess which one Queerty took the photo from…