2010 Miss International Queen Photos And Video

While I'm waiting to find out who won Miss Amazing Philippine Beauties last night, the video and photos from the 2010 edition of Miss International Queen are starting to get posted to the Net.  

The Swimnsuit Competition.video

Miss International Queen 2010 Is...

  

Miss Korea,  Mini Han!

1st Runner up was Ami Takeuchi of Japan

2nd Runner up was Stasha Sanchez of the USA. (Damn)

Stasha has been one of my fave pageant sistahs for years and I was hoping she'd not only bring that Miss International Queen title back to the USA, but in the process become the first African-American to win it.

The last African-American contestant to participate in the Miss International Queen pageant was my homegirl Domanique Shappelle in 2006  

The Japanese girls almost pulled off the back to back wins.  2009 queen Ai Haruna won it last year 

Once the pics get posted on the Net from the pageant I'll post them here.

Thailand's First TDOR Ceremony

The 'Land of Smiles' has the most well known and open trans community on the planet, but surprisingly until this year had never had a TDOR memorial ceremony.

Prempreeda Pramoj Na Ayutthaya and the Thai Transgender Alliance decided to change that this year.   She organized Thailand's first TDOR which was held in Bangkok's Centara Grand Hotel.   It's also talking place as the Miss International Queen trans pageant is being conducted in Pattaya this week.    

Congrats to our Thai sisters on a successful and historic TDOR event. 

2010 Miss International Queen Pageant Gets Underway

The 2010 edition of the world's most well known trans beauty pageant gets underway this week in Pattaya, Thailand  with 25 transwomen from around the world competing for the chance to be crowned the successor to 2009 queen Ai Haruna of Japan.

The finals will be televised live on Thai television Friday night Thai time (Thursday our time)  and over the years have garnered international new coverage.

The Thais take their pageants seriously, and this one gets treated with the same level of respect they do with any cis pageant.   Winner gets $10,000 USD and a nice prize package.

While we're waiting for this week's Miss International Queen contest to play out, here's some YouTube video from last year's pageant and the announcement of the 2009  ten finalists.