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Title: India hosts its first ever transsexual beauty pageant
Post by: Shana A on December 20, 2009, 08:04:14 AM
Post by: Shana A on December 20, 2009, 08:04:14 AM
India hosts its first ever transsexual beauty pageant
Relax News
Sunday, 20 December 2009
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/india-hosts-its-first-ever-transsexual-beauty-pageant-1846049.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/india-hosts-its-first-ever-transsexual-beauty-pageant-1846049.html)
More than 100 hopefuls vied Saturday for the title of India's most beautiful transsexual at the country's first such pageant for members of the marginalised community, an organiser said.
The event in the southern city of Chennai was unique in a country where transsexuals live on the fringes of society, drawing 120 contenders between the ages of 20 and 35 from across India, A.J. Hariharan told AFP.
Hariharan is founder secretary of the Indian Community Welfare Organisation (ICWO), which put on the contest and works for the rights of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people in Chennai.
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Sunday, December 20, 2009 7:30 PM IST
Miss India Transgender Contest
Nalini Ravichandran
http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Miss+India+Transgender+Contest&artid=rRN4Hzdgau0=&SectionID=lifojHIWDUU=&MainSectionID=lifojHIWDUU=&SEO=Miss+India+Transgender&SectionName=rSY|6QYp3kQ= (http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Miss+India+Transgender+Contest&artid=rRN4Hzdgau0=&SectionID=lifojHIWDUU=&MainSectionID=lifojHIWDUU=&SEO=Miss+India+Transgender&SectionName=rSY%7C6QYp3kQ=)
CHENNAI: For a change, the hoots sounded encouraging this time around. For, they came from fellow community members as some 120 contestants walked the ramp at a pioneering beauty competition for transgenders on Saturday.
The country's first-ever Miss India Transgender contest — at the city's Hotel Vijay Park — also saw candidates vying for titles for the most beautiful hair, eyes, skin and walk.
A relatively short Mumbaikar in her 20s won the Miss India title. Kareena Shalini, dressed in a pink sleeve-less gown, didn't blink one second when she replied in Hindi to a crucial question from the jury of tele-serial artistes and transgender contestants from earlier regional-level shows. "I'll not only protect the person, but would also ensure she got out of the trouble," the wheatish-complexioned transgender said in a deep-throated voice, when asked if she would give refuge to a transgender who is a murderer.
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India holds first Miss India Transgender beauty pageant
December 20, 6:33 PM
Matt Kailey
http://www.examiner.com/x-12237-Transgender--Transsexual-Issues-Examiner~y2009m12d20-India-holds-first-Miss-India-Transgender-beauty-pageant (http://www.examiner.com/x-12237-Transgender--Transsexual-Issues-Examiner~y2009m12d20-India-holds-first-Miss-India-Transgender-beauty-pageant)
India held its first-ever transsexual beauty pageant on December 19, according to Yahoo! News. Apparently, the contest was called the Miss India Transgender Pageant, and it was organized by the local trans community in an effort break down barriers between India's transgender and transsexual population and the country's mainstream society.
In addition to the overall title of Miss India, the pageant presented awards in subcategories such as Miss Beautiful Hair, Miss Beautiful Eyes, and Miss Beautiful Skin.
The article states that the event was unique in a country where transsexuals live on the fringes of society.
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A Miss India Contest with a Difference
Syed Ali Mujtaba, Ph.D. - 12/21/2009
http://globalpolitician.com/26117-india (http://globalpolitician.com/26117-india)
Kareena Shaline of Mumbai, Romi of Manipur and Padmini of Coimbatore, Tamilnadu were declared first, second and third at MISS INDIA contest for the Transgender Community held in Chennai on December 19, 2009. In a well attended function, the Miss India title was awarded to the successful contestants by Ms. G. Jayalakshmi, Deputy Director, Women Welfare, Directorate of Social Welfare.
Around 800 Transgender community members and representatives working for transgender community across the country participated in the program. The event created an opportunity to discuss about stigma, discrimination, violence, marginalization, ill treatment, denial of treatment, privacy, quality of life, access to the medical facilitates for the Transgender Community.
Around 120 Transgender took part in the Miss India Contest. They represented different states like Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry , Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra , Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Manipur.
Relax News
Sunday, 20 December 2009
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/india-hosts-its-first-ever-transsexual-beauty-pageant-1846049.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/news/india-hosts-its-first-ever-transsexual-beauty-pageant-1846049.html)
More than 100 hopefuls vied Saturday for the title of India's most beautiful transsexual at the country's first such pageant for members of the marginalised community, an organiser said.
The event in the southern city of Chennai was unique in a country where transsexuals live on the fringes of society, drawing 120 contenders between the ages of 20 and 35 from across India, A.J. Hariharan told AFP.
Hariharan is founder secretary of the Indian Community Welfare Organisation (ICWO), which put on the contest and works for the rights of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people in Chennai.
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Sunday, December 20, 2009 7:30 PM IST
Miss India Transgender Contest
Nalini Ravichandran
http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Miss+India+Transgender+Contest&artid=rRN4Hzdgau0=&SectionID=lifojHIWDUU=&MainSectionID=lifojHIWDUU=&SEO=Miss+India+Transgender&SectionName=rSY|6QYp3kQ= (http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Miss+India+Transgender+Contest&artid=rRN4Hzdgau0=&SectionID=lifojHIWDUU=&MainSectionID=lifojHIWDUU=&SEO=Miss+India+Transgender&SectionName=rSY%7C6QYp3kQ=)
CHENNAI: For a change, the hoots sounded encouraging this time around. For, they came from fellow community members as some 120 contestants walked the ramp at a pioneering beauty competition for transgenders on Saturday.
The country's first-ever Miss India Transgender contest — at the city's Hotel Vijay Park — also saw candidates vying for titles for the most beautiful hair, eyes, skin and walk.
A relatively short Mumbaikar in her 20s won the Miss India title. Kareena Shalini, dressed in a pink sleeve-less gown, didn't blink one second when she replied in Hindi to a crucial question from the jury of tele-serial artistes and transgender contestants from earlier regional-level shows. "I'll not only protect the person, but would also ensure she got out of the trouble," the wheatish-complexioned transgender said in a deep-throated voice, when asked if she would give refuge to a transgender who is a murderer.
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India holds first Miss India Transgender beauty pageant
December 20, 6:33 PM
Matt Kailey
http://www.examiner.com/x-12237-Transgender--Transsexual-Issues-Examiner~y2009m12d20-India-holds-first-Miss-India-Transgender-beauty-pageant (http://www.examiner.com/x-12237-Transgender--Transsexual-Issues-Examiner~y2009m12d20-India-holds-first-Miss-India-Transgender-beauty-pageant)
India held its first-ever transsexual beauty pageant on December 19, according to Yahoo! News. Apparently, the contest was called the Miss India Transgender Pageant, and it was organized by the local trans community in an effort break down barriers between India's transgender and transsexual population and the country's mainstream society.
In addition to the overall title of Miss India, the pageant presented awards in subcategories such as Miss Beautiful Hair, Miss Beautiful Eyes, and Miss Beautiful Skin.
The article states that the event was unique in a country where transsexuals live on the fringes of society.
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A Miss India Contest with a Difference
Syed Ali Mujtaba, Ph.D. - 12/21/2009
http://globalpolitician.com/26117-india (http://globalpolitician.com/26117-india)
Kareena Shaline of Mumbai, Romi of Manipur and Padmini of Coimbatore, Tamilnadu were declared first, second and third at MISS INDIA contest for the Transgender Community held in Chennai on December 19, 2009. In a well attended function, the Miss India title was awarded to the successful contestants by Ms. G. Jayalakshmi, Deputy Director, Women Welfare, Directorate of Social Welfare.
Around 800 Transgender community members and representatives working for transgender community across the country participated in the program. The event created an opportunity to discuss about stigma, discrimination, violence, marginalization, ill treatment, denial of treatment, privacy, quality of life, access to the medical facilitates for the Transgender Community.
Around 120 Transgender took part in the Miss India Contest. They represented different states like Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry , Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra , Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Manipur.