Miss Tiffany Universe: Public health student wins (photos, videos)

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22-year-old public health student from Ayutthaya chosen from 30 contestants to represent Thailand at Miss International Queen, world's largest international transgender beauty pageant.

Miss Tiffany Universe: Public health student wins (photos, videos)

The winner and runners-up are pictured before the curtain closes. (Photos by Kitja Apichonrojarek)

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Public health student crowned Miss Tiffany

9/05/2015
dpa News agency & other

Sophida Siriwatananukul, 22, (nickname Nong Bai Mon), a student at the Rachapat University in Ayutthaya Province was crowned Miss Tiffany's Universe 2015, Thailand's largest transgender beauty pageant, in the beach resort city of Pattaya on Friday evening. (See Facebook page here and YouTube page here).

The 22-year-old public health student was chosen from a field of 30 contestants, and will represent Thailand at the Miss International Queen pageant later this year, the world's largest international transgender beauty pageant.

Pink bikinis were all the rage in the swimming suit contest.

The winner of the pageant won 120,000 Baht in cash, a new car and other prizes, totaling over 1 Million Baht.

The pageant is organised by Tiffany's Show, one of the largest transvestite cabaret shows in the country, located in Pattaya, 100 kilometres southwest of Bangkok.

An action-packed cabaret show, that Tiffany's is famous for, was part of the night's entertainment at the beauty pageant (See YouTube below)

The Miss Tiffany Universe contest was launched in 1998 in tandem with the government's Amazing Thailand Year, a publicity campaign that emphasised the country's unique tourist attractions.

It was also aimed at creating a positive image for transgender people, who struggle to find jobs outside of the entertainment and tourism industries.