Thailand transvestite beauty pageant

Description:Ahead of the coronation late Friday, the diverse group of competitors packed into a bustling dressing room to lacquer on lipstick and primp their hair as an army of stylists buzzed around them. When Siripahawarin Mongkhonphanmani went to compete in this year's Miss Tiffany's Universe pageant in Thailand's seaside resort Pattaya, she considered it a once-in-a-lifetime experience. This year is its 13th anniversary. Despite high levels of education, many transgender people struggle to secure full-time work in professions outside the entertainment and sex industries. Same sex marriage is also still not legally recognised, and up until , transgenders were considered mentally ill by the army. Of this year's 28 contestants, 75 percent of them were students pursuing their bachelor's degrees in Thailand's prominent universities such as Mahidol University, Bangkok University and Khonkaen University.

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