More than 100 hopefuls vied Saturday for the title of India's most beautiful transsexual at the country's first such pageant for members of the marginalised community, an organiser said.
The event in the southern city of Chennai was unique in a country where transsexuals live on the fringes of society, drawing 120 contenders between the ages of 20 and 35 from across India, A.J. Hariharan told AFP.
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Dressed in a flowing yellow gown with matching earrings, a demure Thai business student wept and embraced her rivals after being crowned the world's most beautiful transsexual.
Dressed in a flowing yellow gown with matching earrings, a demure Thai business student wept and embraced her rivals after being crowned the world's most beautiful transsexual.
Kareena, a 25-year-old model from the western financial hub Mumbai walked away with top honours, while 23-year-old Romi, a beautician from the northeastern state of Manipur, was second.
Local favourite Padmini, 25, a dance instructor, bagged third place.
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She loves children and her lifelong dream is to be a wife and a mother, but the raspy voice and masculine frame betray the fact that Leona Lo was born a man.
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"We had a meeting of the transgender community some months ago where we discussed various events to bring community members into society," Hariharan said.
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A month after she was crowned the world's most beautiful transsexual, Japanese TV personality Ai Haruna wants her country to be more tolerant toward people of diverse sexual orientations.
A month after she was crowned the world's most beautiful transsexual, Japanese TV personality Ai Haruna wants her country to be more tolerant toward people of diverse sexual orientations.
"We thought it would create an opportunity for the transgender community to showcase their skills, create a platform to address the problems they face - discrimination, marginalisation and misconception."
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A 25-year-old Spanish man who was born a woman is pregnant with twins. Ruben Noe Coronado interrupted the process of changing genders to preserve the female reproductive organs...
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In November, eunuchs - men who have been castrated - claimed victory in a long-standing campaign to be listed as "others," distinct from males and females, on electoral rolls and voter identity cards.
And in July, Delhi High Court decriminalised gay sex between consenting adults by declaring a colonial-era ban on homosexuality unconstitutional.
Source-AFP
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