Transgender queen crowned in Thailand as coronavirus limits crowd

By Jiraporn Kuhakan

 

Thailand's Ruethaipreeya Nuanglee and Brazil's Ariella Moura kiss Mexico's Valentina Fluchaire after she won crown at the final show of the Miss International Queen 2020 transgender beauty pageant in Pattaya, Thailand March 7, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

PATTAYA (Reuters) - After temperature checks for contestants and with a smaller crowd than last year because of coronavirus fears, Mexico's Valentina Fluchaire was crowned in Thailand as winner of what is billed as the world's biggest transgender pageant on Saturday.

 

Although Miss International Queen 2020 went ahead, unlike many events canceled around the world since the coronavirus outbreak emerged in China, the crowd was markedly smaller than in previous years, with many empty seats.

 

Organizers had advised anyone who felt unwell not to attend. To allay worries, the entire venue in the seaside resort city of Pattaya was disinfected the day before the event by staff in protective suits.

 

The contestants all had their temperatures taken with hand scanners before being allowed to go on stage in national costumes, swimsuits and glamorous evening gowns.

 

Fluchaire hailed her victory as a win for all trans-women in Latin America.

 

"This is for you, I made this for you," she said.

 

The second and third place went to contestants from Brazil and Thailand.

 

Thailand was the first country outside China to record an infection with the new coronavirus, but with only 50 cases recorded so far, it is no longer even in the 20 worst affected countries.

 

With the infection rate slowing in China too, the Chinese contestant hailed efforts to stop the spread of the virus there.

 

"I'm so proud of my country. It's like a lesson for everyone, for the earth, we can get through it," said the contestant, who gave her name just as Lacey to conceal her identity because of prejudice.

 

The annual pageant the pageant was in its 15th year. Thailand has built a reputation as a place with a relaxed attitude toward gender and sexual diversity since homosexuality was decriminalized there in 1956.

 

But activists say LGBT+ people face discrimination and stigma in schools, the workplace and health facilities, and are often rejected by their families.

 

(Editing by Matthew Tostevin)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-03-08

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4 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Thailand was the first country outside China to record an infection with the new coronavirus, but with only 50 cases recorded so far, it is no longer even in the 20 worst affected countries.

I wonder why ? 

Edited March 8, 20206 yr by metisdead
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They can't even be number 1 in what they should excel in simply because "she" couldn't answer a question.

 

Not even a hub of transgenders. 

 

 

56 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

I wonder why ? 

No mystery. 

Very very limited testing. 

I see no face masks - Anutin will be displeased!

That definitely needs a face mask...

Edited March 8, 20206 yr by mok199

Some callous troll posts and replies have been removed.

 

Off topic posts have been removed. 

7 hours ago, Jingthing said:

No mystery. 

Very very limited testing. 

Some say that it is harder for the virus to transmit in higher temperatures, only heresay though.

10 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Transgender queen crowned in Thailand as coronavirus limits crowd

There no such thing as a transgender Queen. It's Either Male or Female. One either got Them or Not.????

F'ing A. They're f'ing gorgeous. If I met them on the street, I think I'd have no clue they are transgender individuals. I'd definately date them

13 minutes ago, curlylekan said:

F'ing A. They're f'ing gorgeous. If I met them on the street, I think I'd have no clue they are transgender individuals. I'd definately date them

 

From the OP photo, Miss Trans from Mexico looks like he/she's got pretty darned large hands!

 

11 hours ago, Pravda said:

They can't even be number 1 in what they should excel in simply because "she" couldn't answer a question.

 

Not even a hub of transgenders. 

 

 

Eventually, the hub of fake transgender people/ladyboys? 

 

 

 

  

11 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

From the OP photo, Miss Trans from Mexico looks like he/she's got pretty darned large hands!

 

Maybe a very large...aeehh heart as well? 

Fascinating !

Not  the  contestants.

The commentators !

Denialists  or ?

Not  my  spec but in terms  of appearance scrub  up  well enough . lol

4 hours ago, Dumbastheycome said:

Fascinating !

Not  the  contestants.

The commentators !

Denialists  or ?

Not  my  spec but in terms  of appearance scrub  up  well enough . lol

Et tu Brutus

wow, I didn't even know about the event, and I'm living in Pattaya.

 

how do you guys keep current about events in your city in Thailand?

5 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

From the OP photo, Miss Trans from Mexico looks like he/she's got pretty darned large hands!

 

Plenty of western women have big hands too. 

27 minutes ago, tgw said:

how do you guys keep current about events in your city in Thailand?

Spy network!

I've never seen the actual pageant, but the nightly show they do is pretty entertaining.

11 hours ago, curlylekan said:

F'ing A. They're f'ing gorgeous. If I met them on the street, I think I'd have no clue they are transgender individuals. I'd definately date them

Taller than you, big hands, big feet, suspect voice & if there's an apple beware of the banana!

Edited March 9, 20206 yr by hotchilli

23 hours ago, Jingthing said:

No mystery. 

Very very limited testing. 

Ahhhh, following the US model

 

If you don't look, you won't see

If you don't see, 

There's nothing there.

15 minutes ago, kwonitoy said:

Ahhhh, following the US model

 

If you don't look, you won't see

If you don't see, 

There's nothing there.

Yes the US has also so far also done limited testing but for a mix of reasons including the initially designed tests were defective. 

 

There are some things we can know by now though. 

 

If the virus has already arrived in a country then 

 

More testing means more known cases. 

 

But also some good news. 

 

 

More testing even of people mildly ill will reveal a lower mortality rate. 

 

South Korea has done very extensive testing and they're showing a mortality rate of about half of one percent. That's much higher than seasonal flu but much lower than the scary numbers like 5 percent. 

 

However if you're 80 with chronic lung disease then of course the personal risk is very high.

 

.5 percent or 1 percent may not sound that horrible but if over half the world is infected by this and it's very very infectious, do the math, that's a disaster. Yes some credible experts are suggesting such a massive infection rate is possible or even probable. 

 

So everyone should be taking this seriously. It can probably be at least slowed down for the first year or so before there is a vaccine. 

Edited March 9, 20206 yr by Jingthing

12 hours ago, curlylekan said:

F'ing A. They're f'ing gorgeous. If I met them on the street, I think I'd have no clue they are transgender individuals. I'd definately date them

Hotter than 95% real women 555

The Thai contestant  was nicely made up. I was going to say pretty, until I checked out some other photos. It's basically a super skinny guy with some breast implants and a lot of makeup. Unfortunately, the boy legs give it away.  When we get naked, we don't always have the same sex appeal. I sure don't ????  That being said The Thai contestant  did rather well for a TG.

 

 

22 hours ago, digger70 said:

There no such thing as a transgender Queen. It's Either Male or Female. One either got Them or Not.????

No one seems to see the difference between  transgender and transvestite

Change sex and change clothes.

 

9 hours ago, geriatrickid said:

The Thai contestant  was nicely made up. I was going to say pretty, until I checked out some other photos. It's basically a super skinny guy with some breast implants and a lot of makeup. Unfortunately, the boy legs give it away.  When we get naked, we don't always have the same sex appeal. I sure don't ????  That being said The Thai contestant  did rather well for a TG.

 

 

Maybe you're a bit like me. Look ok in jeans and shirt but in the bedroom ass cheeks like spaniels ears dont do much for the fairer sex

????????????

1 hour ago, overherebc said:

No one seems to see the difference between  transgender and transvestite

Change sex and change clothes.

 

Nah, you either got them at Birth or not, If you got them your Male if you Haven't got them your Female  There isn't a Compromise. ????

59 minutes ago, digger70 said:

Nah, you either got them at Birth or not, If you got them your Male if you Haven't got them your Female  There isn't a Compromise. ????

What if they've been chopped off.

I suppose you could join a choir as a latter day castrato ??

????

Edited March 9, 20206 yr by overherebc

3 minutes ago, overherebc said:

What if they've been chopped off.

I suppose you could join a choir as a latter day castrato ??

????

Don't matter if you born with them that's it your male chopped of later doesn't make a difference. ????

18 hours ago, tgw said:

wow, I didn't even know about the event, and I'm living in Pattaya.

 

how do you guys keep current about events in your city in Thailand?

https://inspirepattaya.com