Officials and contestants
announce this year’s Miss International Queen contest.
Manoon Makpol
More than 20 transvestites from 17 countries will vie for the
title of “Miss International Queen” at the Tiffany Theater Nov. 4.
Tiffany Show Assistant Managing Director Alisa Phanthusak
said transvestites and transsexuals from Chile, France, Germany, Japan, Lebanon,
the Philippines, Russia, Sri Lanka and Venezuela will be among those competing
against Miss Tiffany Universe 2011 winner Sripassorn Athgayakorn and Thailand’s
other top women of the second category.
At an Oct. 10 press conference, previous winners Trichda
Maanyaporn and Thanyaras Jirapanpakorn helped detail a schedule that will see
contestants compete in preliminary rounds in Bangkok and Pattaya Oct. 31- Nov.
3. Profits from the show will benefit the Chai Pattana Foundation, a royal
development-projects charity.
Fans can vote this year for their favorites online at
RipleysThailand.com. The finals will be broadcast on Channel 9 and in more than
30 countries around the world.
