Top finishers in November’s Miss
Mimosa Queen transvestite beauty pageant make merit by releasing sea turtles
into the wild.
Patcharapol Panrak
Top finishers in November’s Miss Mimosa Queen transvestite beauty
pageant made merit by releasing sea turtles into the wild in Sattahip.
Mimosa Managing Director Jirachot Kaewsathien led winner Nisamanee Lertwonpong,
22, a student from Srinakharinwirot University, and runners-up Pachonwan
Khantipinyo, 19, and Pattarawarin Bunprasert, 22, to the Royal Thai Navy’s Sea
Turtle Conservation Center Jan. 31.
Jirachot shelter director Boonchoo Muangmaithong that the transvestites, by
winning the pageant, had improved their position in life and that he encouraged
them to do work on behalf of society.
The contestants released 6 turtles raised at the center into the sea and
presented Adm. Luechai Ruddit with 10,000 baht for turtle food.
The Nov. 14-17 Miss Mimosa pageant featured 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 had to be Thai men 18-30 years of age, unsigned to any modeling or
sponsorship contract, drug-free and good English speakers.
