Filipina wins transgender pageant in Thailand

PATTAYA, Thailand, June 25 (Reuters) – Filipina Fuschia Anne Ravena was topped Miss Worldwide Queen 2022 on Saturday at a contest in Thailand billed because the world’s largest and hottest transgender pageant.

The 27-year-old enterprise proprietor beat 22 different contestants for the crown, with the second and third place going to contestants from Colombia and France, respectively.

“My first message to everyone seems to be to unfold love and peace and unity as a result of that’s a very powerful factor that we do as of the second and what’s occurring on the earth proper now,” stated Ravena who wore a glittery-silver night robe.

The pageant, which was halted for nearly two years due to the pandemic, resumed within the Thai seaside city of Pattaya throughout Delight Month to additionally have a good time gender equality, stated Alisa Phanthusak, the CEO of Miss Tiffany Present, the organiser.

The competition, which brings collectively transgender folks from around the globe, was launched over a decade in the past to assist transgender girls really feel extra accepted by society.

Thailand has one in every of Asia’s most open and visual lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities, including to its picture of tolerance and attraction as a liberal vacation vacation spot for overseas vacationers.

However activists say Thai legal guidelines and establishments have but to mirror altering social attitudes and nonetheless discriminate towards LGBT+ folks and same-sex {couples}.

Writing by Orathai Sriring
Modifying by Frank Jack Daniel

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