Miss Transqueen India
Formation | 2017 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | New Delhi |
Location | |
Official language | English Hindi |
Founder | Reena Rai |
Key people | Manoj Rai(Managing Partner) |
Website | www.transqueenindia.com |
Miss Transqueen India is an Indian beauty pageant for the transgender people over India. Reena Rai is the founder and also the chairperson of the organization. The winner of the pageant will represent India at Miss International Queen [1].
The reigning Miss Transqueen India is Nithu R S from Banglore .
History
The founder was working on the project to make it into limelight since November 2016 but, due to lack of sponsorship the project was full of struggle. The first ever Miss Transqueen India was held at Gurugram, New Delhi were 16 contestants competed for the crown selected from among 1500 transgender people across 10 states[2].
Format
The contestants will go through several rounds after the audition and making to finals. The pageant includes evening gown, swimsuit, traditional wear, and question-answer rounds.[3]
Titleholders
Year | Delegate | State/Region |
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2018 | Nitasha Biswas | West Bengal |
2019 | Veena Sendre | Chhattisgarh |
2020 | Nithu R S | Banglore |
Representatives to International Pageants
The following trans queens have represented India in the major international beauty pageants for transgender women, Miss International Queen in Thailand.
Miss International Queen
- Color key
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as Runner-up
- Ended as one of the Finalists or Semi-finalists
Year | Delegate | State/Region | Placement | Special Awards |
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2018 | Nitasha Biswas | West Bengal | ||
2019 | Veena Sendre | Chhattisgarh | Top 12 | |
2020 | Nithu R S | Bangalore | Miss Talent - Top 13 |
References
- ^ "India crowns its first transgender beauty queen". cnn.com. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ "First-ever transgender beauty pageant to be held in Gurugram". indiatoday.com. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ "Trans Queen India 2017: A pageant where transgenders can aspire to get crowned". hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 2017-11-29.