Pageants

[Stavros]

I have not been to a pageant recently, but I am aware of quite a few taking place around the world.

There is a Miss Trans Europe pageant taking place in Hamburg, Germany on the 30th September 2023. I can't find a website for it though I know one of the competitors -they are mostly Filipinas living in Germany.

There are snippets from the 2022 pageant on TikTok here-

miss trans europe 2022｜TikTok Search (https://www.tiktok.com/discover/miss-trans-europe-2022)


The prestigious Miss International Queen was held in Thailand last month, the link below is to one of many on Youtube:


https://www.youtube.com/live/dV9ZMcTcNm0 (https://www.youtube.com/live/dV9ZMcTcNm0?si=7YLVd9cq1ZrHXJ8W)

There are more, there is one held in Barcelona every year which has a high reputation. I will try to find more links.

[Stavros]

I am now told the Miss Europa pageant will be held in the Statdhalle in Düsseldorf not Hamburg, but no other details, it doesn't appear on the Stadthalle website as I assume it is a private function.

The Miss Trans Star in Barcelona will be held on October 14th this year.

MISS TRANS STAR International Pageant | Barcelona | Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/missstarintl/)

[Stavros]

Sorry about this, but I have now been told the location is the Stadthalle in a town called Erkelenz, which is south-west of Dusseldorf. The pageant is called Binibining Europa, maybe Miss Europa as I think Binibining is just Tagalog for pageant. There is probably a Facebook site. It appears to be organized by Filipinas living in Germany/ Europe.

One of the contestants, Lea Pascua, not known to me personally, live in Tenerife, and is interviewed here; scroll down for other links to Trans pageant people in Europe.

Video interview with Lea Pascua Miss Tenerife in Miss Trans Spain 2023 (ilpiccolemagazine.tv) (https://www.ilpiccolemagazine.tv/interviste-concorrenti-e-vincitrici/video-intervista-a-lea-pascua-miss-tenerife-in-miss-trans-spagna-2023/)

[Stavros]

Pageants are serious business. My first experience and probably my last. More than four hours of tedium enlivened by the parades of themed costumes, swimwear, evening gown, and Q&A, the allegation being some of the contestants were given the questions (and probably the answers) in advance. Did the best girl win? Hard to say as they were all from the Philippines but living for the most part in Northern Europe (with their partners) eg Germany, Denmark and Norway, I think the winner lives in the latter. She looked glamorous and gorgeous but plain if still beautiful in the hotel at breakfast the following morning. The 'team' I was with was not disappointed, as some actually do it for fun. Those of you old enough to remember, may like to know Asunta Mae was contestant No 1, still ravishingly good looking but these days living in Denmark- she has won so many pageants big and small, but I am told she is also one of the ones who treats it as a party rather than a competition so was probably not bothered she didn't win though she was in the final 8.

I am told there is going to be a video. I will post a link if it surfaces somewhere, probably on Facebook. It will probably not be like the spectacles one can see in Thailand, but it was interesting in its own way. For those interested in such things, most of the people there were either friends or relatives of the contestants, there being little advance publicity, and there were not many, ahem, 'spares' of any gender, and though I was told there would be an After Party, we didn't go and I don't think it happened anyway.

[Stavros]

This is as good as it gets, but at over 5 hours you may want to fast forward!

Binibining Europa 2023 Grand Coronation night #BinibiningEuropa2023 | By GOrabells Production | Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/gorabells.production/videos/6663080660436506/)

[Stavros]

The site has been updated with more photos

GOrabells Production | Berlin | Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/gorabells.production)

[Stavros]

I am told there will be a Trans Pageant in Nice, France later this month, but I don't yet have any details.

Meanwhile, this may interest some of you-

THE GIST WITH IMANNI: Discussion About Miss Trans Global pageant 2023 | THE GIST WITH IMANNI: @imannidasilva chats with the president of Miss Trans Global Organisation, Miss saHHara , about the upcoming Miss Trans Global... | By Miss Trans Global | Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MissTransGlobal/videos/the-gist-with-imanni-discussion-about-miss-trans-global-pageant-2023/170158075843159/)

[Stavros]

Not sure about the Nice pageant, but there is a Miss T France is held in Paris- this is from last year

Édition 2022/23 - Miss T France (misstransfrance.com) (https://misstransfrance.com/edition-2022-23/)

MISS FRANCE AT MISS INTERNATIONAL QUEEN - Miss T France (misstransfrance.com) (https://misstransfrance.com/les-miss-france-au-miss-international-queen/)

[Stavros]

This Miss Trans Global was held in London recently, here is the 2 hour+ video. No surprises the winner was from Thailand.

MISS TRANS GLOBAL 2023��GRAND FINAL CORONATION DAY | �������� ���������� ������������ �������� �� ���������� ���������� �������������������� ������ In this grand final coronation episode, our top 10 finalists showcased their creativity, advocacy,... | By Miss Trans Global | Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MissTransGlobal/videos/894131595391357)

[Stavros]

Short video worth seeing, Miss Peru is mucho picho, I think that's what its called.

Miss Trans International - Miss Trans International (https://www.misstransinternational.com/)

[Stavros]

A short clip from the pageant in Nice held earlier this month


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBDzZbRkH9E

[Stavros]

YouTube offers the restored 4k version of Frank Simon's documentary, The Queen [1968]

I cant prove it, but I think this was the first trans pageant that was ever recorded. I first came across it when a screening was listed in one of the early editions of Time Out. I actually had the second issue, but lost it, as few people at that time thought Time Out would ever expand in the way that it has.

It was also hugely influential to me personally, as there was next to nothing trans in the media in the late 1960s and early 1970s, other than appearances of Danny La Rue on television, plus his revue (which I went to see at the Palace Theatre in Cambridge Circus), and some cameo performances in some films. I don't count the cross dressing of comedians such as Dick Emery, Stanley Baxter or the Two Ronnies. I even made sure that on my first visit to San Francisco I went to Finocchio's, though it opened in 1936 so was not a venture of The Queen's start, Rachel Harlow (aka Richard Finocchio) (she is from Philadelphia and was Hostess in club called Harlow's there. See link below). Fun fact: the night I went, Bob Fosse and his wife were seated at a nearby table.

It remains a compelling film to watch, though it also shows how RuPaul's dismal Drag Race has not advanced from the 1960s, which is hardly surprising given RuPaul's lack of intelligence. Whatever.

This is still amazing. Enjoy!

A Gender Variance Who's Who: Rachel Harlow (1948–) pageant winner, model, nightclub hostess, restaurateur (zagria.blogspot.com) (https://zagria.blogspot.com/2015/01/rachel-harlow-1948-pageant-winner-model.html)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-k19RnpqZA

[Stavros]

Janeth Diaz from Mexico

MISS INTERNATIONAL TRANS (@missinternationaltrans) • Instagram photos and videos (https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5o8e2Kxg4t/)

[Stavros]

The Queen Philippines pageant was held in Cebu over the weekend. This is the Facebook page I assume photos and videos will be loaded in the week ahead.

Queen Philippines Pageant | Cebu City | Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/queenphilspageant/)

[fab]

https://scontent-man2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/450623393_863611709148019_8313182377759112032_n.jp g?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=6ee11a&_nc_ohc=ajr92T9vNBMQ7kNvgGNh_83&_nc_ht=scontent-man2-1.xx&oh=00_AYAXccS0Ao0vSlQ2IobMxoExZSf7ATA6_7kU2WKAUFfS _w&oe=66C1F62B

[Stavros]

The tall woman won the top prize, Miss Queen Universe

MisOr bet crowned Queen Philippines Universe 2024 - PROGRESS WATCH: Metro Cagayan de Oro and Northern Mindanao (metrocdodev.com) (https://metrocdodev.com/2024/08/11/misor-bet-crowned-queen-philippines-universe-2024/#google_vignette)

But some not happy with her Q&A


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l64YLv4bSqU

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[rodinuk]

…. and video quality could have been better


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5geWnohYWWI

[Stavros]

…. and video quality could have been better



I agree, and even more disappointing as they consider that pageant to have been the most prestigious in the Philippines.

[Stavros]

Miss Queen Universe

https://scontent.flhr4-4.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/449066915_853018536874003_4073771032814623590_n.jp g?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=zmCHeRyMWGcQ7kNvgGh2Sv6&_nc_ht=scontent.flhr4-4.fna&oh=00_AYBZw95N93BWg_Ybyzlo_Wx0kD-Lbq_NrFoxJKQXlE_Y2w&oe=66C93EE4

[Stavros]

A few more

Ariana Grande is in this one...not her, the other one!


https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/tfc/07/28/bathing-suit-the-netherlands12.jpg
Miss Queeniverse: Queen of Filipino Trans kinoronahan | ABS-CBN News (https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/07/28/23/miss-queeniverse-queen-of-filipino-trans-kinoronahan)

More here from this pageant
2023 | Miss Queeniverse (https://missqueeniverse.com/2023-2/)

This website has clips from various pageants mostly in London
THE QUIDNUNC QUEEN (https://quidnuncqueen.blogspot.com/)

[Stavros]

A new pageant scheduled to take place in Antwerp, Belgium on Saturday December 7th

MISSQUEEN•UPDATES | Miss International Trans 2024 Have Tickets, Book Your Place Final Saturday, December 7 Antwerp, Belgium 19:00 local time Belgium | Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/missqueenupdates/p/DAeLpXjTyyK/)

[BostonBad]

These pagents are some of the best places to meet top of the line ts women.

I dated a Colombian ts that won several contests in New England. Never tried her semen tho. She wanted a dom, so I dommed her and never shared my semen eating adventures with her.

[sd123223]

These pagents are some of the best places to meet top of the line ts women.

I dated a Colombian ts that won several contests in New England. Never tried her semen tho. She wanted a dom, so I dommed her and never shared my semen eating adventures with her.

We need to get your book published B-Man.

[BostonBad]

We need to get your book published B-Man.

I actually contacted Book Baby, the publisher. They refused my content.

[sd123223]

I actually contacted Book Baby, the publisher. They refused my content.

That's ashame did thry have trouble knowing whether to publish it as a work of fiction or non-fiction?
Its disappointing as I can see you on the cover in an Irish Shamrock Hoodie and Celtics Cap drinking out of a Got Milk mug of yummy ball milk with a wide shit eating grin on your face. That book needs to be in all the airports by Xmas let me make some inquiries on your behalf.