Deputy Mayor Verawat Khakhay, along with
Auttaphol Wannakij, director of the TAT Pattaya Office and Jirachot
Kawsathian, Mimosa Director announce the upcoming contest.
Warunya Thongrod
Pattaya will be getting its third transvestite beauty pageant after the
Mimosa in Jomtien Beach announced its contest Nov. 14-17.
Flanked by top city and tourism officials, Mimosa Managing Director
Jirachot Kawsathian announced the Miss Mimosa Queen Thailand at a press
conference at the Sukhumvit Road mall Oct. 9.
Mimosa is looking for Thai transvestites and transsexuals new to beauty
pageants, banning winners or second-place finishers in the established
Miss Tiffany and Alcazar Beauties pageants from participating.
Contestants must be Thai men 18-30 years of age, unsigned to any
modeling or sponsorship contract, drug-free and good English speakers.
The winner of the pageant will take home 200,000 baht in cash and
prizes, Jirachot said. He said the motivation to form yet another
transgender pageant came from a seemingly insatiable appetite for
ladyboys in Pattaya’s tourist market.
For more information, see Mimosa’s Facebook page at
Facebook.com/mimosapattaya.
