Miss Tiffany Universe 2015
Beauty Réal T
ransgenders have been in the news a lot lately. American Bruce Jenner, once known as the World’s greatest athlete, recently came out fully as a woman and is now known as Catilyn. Many news sources have described her as the most famous openly transgender person in the world.
That could be so based on Twitter. In about four hours after Caitlyn opened her new Twitter account it became the fastest growing account ever to reach 1 million followers. Not only did Caitlyn reach new heights in followers, her name quickly became a top trending topic on Twitter. The previous record holder for this milestone of fastest growing Twitter account was President Barack Obama, who began tweeting from his account on May 18. It took POTUS about five hours to reach 1 million followers In Thailand the most famous beauty contest for Transgenders is the Miss Tiffany’s Universe contest which was held on May 8th at the Tiffany’s Show Theater in Pattaya. Broadcast live on National Thai television, the beauty pageant captures the attention of the south-east Asian kingdom every year, with winners often going on to careers in television or modelling. After 3 hours of competition to narrow down the field of 30, this year’s winner was announced to an excited and appreciative audience. Twenty-two year old Sophida Siriwatananukul, Nicknamed Nong Bai Mon, a student at the Rachapat University in the Ayutthaya Province was crowned Miss Tiffany Universe 2015. “I feel very happy for winning the title,” she said through a translator. “My life is forever changed. The biggest blessing is I always had the full support from my family, who also came to support me in the competition,” “All transgender people deserve to live the life they want and I feel proud to represent them.”
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June 15 - July 15 , 2015