‘Flawless’ Thai student wins world’s first international gay pageant
Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 07:44:58 +0000
BANGKOK—Blessed with flawless skin and a flashing smile, Thai college student Treechada Petcharat beat 23 challengers to win the world’s first international transvestite beauty pageant, organizers said Sunday.
The 19-year-old cross-dresser, looking for all the world like the woman her birth certificate refutes, was crowned Miss International Queen Sunday beating transvestites and transsexuals from 10 Asian countries, France and Germany.
After rounds showing off his figure in swimwear, an evening gown and national costume, the student emerged triumphant, richer by $7,000 and with a tiara for his well-coiffured hair.
Asia secured a clean sweep with contestants from India and the Philippines taking second and third spots at the pageant in the Thai coastal resort Pattaya, well-known for its relaxed attitude to all things sexual.
Although the competition was the first international one, Thailand has long held contests to crown the country’s transvestites, who are widely accepted in most of predominantly Buddhist Thailand.
“We were successful with our first international beauty pageant and we will keep organizing them for the coming years,” said Alisa Phanthusak of organizers Tiffany Show Pattaya.
Beauty pageants are extremely popular in Thailand and the government is lobbying hard to host the Miss Universe contest next year.
One of the country’s most famous is the annual Jumbo Queen for large-sized women while Miss Spinster is for mature single beauties aged 28 or over.
Thailand now awaits next month’s staging of the Miss Air Hostess pageant.
–AFP