Wednesday, February 24, 2010

India Crowns Its First Transgender Beauty Queen



Veteran Bollywood actor Zeenat Aman and Celina Jaitley crowned Bobby from Manipur, 'Super Queen,' beating 17 other contestants, this weekend. This is the first pageant of its kind in India. In a nation where transgender individuals are often seen as outcasts the stage was a perfect place for them to show off and feel safe. Sponsors of the event have promised to help the participants by setting up a separate school for the people of the community, "With an aim to cure the stigma attached to the community, we have decided to set up a technical school in Thane especially for them which will take care of the proper grooming," said Sunil Saldanha, MD of VCare, who sponsored the contest.



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