Formation 2004 President Alisa Phanthusak | Location Thailand | |
Type Beauty Pageant for Transgender women Headquarters Pattaya City, Chon Buri Official language English, Thai
Interpreters provided | ||
Miss International Queen is the world's largest and most prestigious beauty pageant for transgender women from different parts of the world. It is held annually in Pattaya City, Thailand since 2004.
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The mission of the pageant aims towards LGBT and Transgender awareness and equality in both society and workforce, while the monetary profits of the actual televised show goes to the Royal Charity AIDS Foundation of Thailand.
The current Miss International Queen is Jiratchaya Sirimongkolnawin from the Thailand, who was crowned on 10 March 2017.
Pageant requirements
The contestants must have been born male, can be pre or post-operation and between the age of 18 to 35. In addition, participants can only represent their country of birth or that listed in their passport and must not have previously joined any magazine publication/website showcasing total frontal nudity. Previous winners or runner-up contestants are not allowed to join again. Repeat non-placement candidates are allowed to re-submit their credentials and application.
Only about 25 semi-final contestants chosen would go on to compete in the final round and are required to stay together for 2 weeks to participate in activities: photo shoots, luncheons with city's officials, dinner with the press, visit sponsors and community outreach, similar conditions to competitors in the female beauty pageant. The final show will be aired on live broadcast Thailand's television as well as live online streaming.
Some of the pageant objectives are: creating transgender rights awareness among international communities, to build friendship, sportsmanship and exchange ideas between international LGBTQ communities.
Crown redesign
In 2011, the crown for Miss International Queen Crown was re-designed by an inspiration of butterflies and the crown of Lady liberty.
Charity trademarks
Miss International Queen® is a registered trademark of The organizer Tiffany's Show Pattaya Co., Ltd., world's largest transgender cabaret show since 1974 and sponsored by Tourism Authority of Thailand, Thai AirAsia. All proceeds from the final show are donated to Thailand's Royal AIDS Foundation.
List of contestants
The number of contestants are increasing year after year.