Miss International Queen

Miss International Queen

Formation	2004
Type	Beauty Pageant for Transgender women
Headquarters	Pattaya City, Chon Buri
Location	Thailand
Official language	English, Thai Interpreters provided
President	Alisa Phanthusak
Key people	Seree Wongmontha, PhD
Website	Official Website

Miss International Queen is beauty pageant for transgender women from different parts the world. It is held annually in Pattaya City, Thailand since 2004.^[1]

The mission of the pageant aims towards LGBT and Transgender awareness and equality in both society and workforce, while the monetary profits of the actual televised show goes to the Royal Charity AIDS Foundation of Thailand.

The current Miss International Queen is Trixie Maristela from the Philippines, who was crowned on 6 November 2015.

Pageant requirements

The contestants must have been born male, can be pre or post-operation and between the age of 18 to 35. In addition, participants can only represent their country of birth or that listed in their passport and must not have previously joined any magazine publication/website showcasing total frontal nudity. Previous winners or runner-up contestants are not allowed to join again. Repeat non-placement candidates are allowed to re-submit their credentials and application.

Only about 25 semi-final contestants chosen would go on to compete in the final round and are required to stay together for 2 weekss to participate in activities: photo shoots, luncheons with city's officials, dinner with the press, visit sponsors and community outreach, similar conditions to competitors in the female beauty pageant. The final show will be aired on live broadcast Thailand's television as well as live online streaming. Some of the pageant objectives are: creating transgender rights awareness among international communities, to build friendship, sportsmanship and exchange ideas between international LGBT communities.^[2]

Crown redesign

In 2011, the crown for Miss International Queen Crown was re-designed by an inspiration of butterflies and the crown of Lady liberty.

Charity trademarks

Miss International Queen® is a registered trademark of The organizer Tiffany's Show Pattaya Co., Ltd., world's largest transgender cabaret show since 1974 and sponsored by Tourism Authority of Thailand, Thai AirAsia.^[1] All proceeds from the final show are donated to Thailand's Royal AIDS Foundation.

Titleholders

YEAR	COUNTRY	WINNER	NATIONAL TITLE	VENUE	ENTRANTS
2016	10 March 2017 [3]			Pattaya City, Thailand	28
2015	Philippines	Trixie Maristela [4]	Miss Gay Manila	Pattaya City, Thailand	26
2014	Venezuela	Isabella Santiago	Miss Gay Venezuela	Pattaya City, Thailand	21
2013	Brazil	Marcela Ohio[2]	Miss T Brasil	Pattaya City, Thailand	25
2012	Philippines	Kevin Balot[5]	Miss Philippines	Pattaya City, Thailand	25
2011	Thailand	Sirapassorn Atthayakorn	Miss Tiffany's Universe	Pattaya City, Thailand	21
2010	South Korea	Mini Han[6]	Miss Korea	Pattaya City, Thailand	19
2009	Japan	Ai Haruna[7]	Miss Japan	Pattaya City, Thailand	30
2008	x No Contest Held Due to the Political Unrest in Thailand x
2007	Thailand	Tanyarat Jirapatpakon	Miss Tiffany's Universe	Pattaya City, Thailand	25
2006	Mexico	Erica Andrews^†[8]	Miss Trans Mexico	Pattaya City, Thailand	26
2005	United States	Mimi Marks	Miss USA Continental	Pattaya City, Thailand	25
2004	Thailand	Treechada Petcharat Marnyaporn	Miss Tiffany's Universe	Pattaya City, Thailand	26

Winners

YEAR	WINNER	1st RUNNER-UP	2nd RUNNER-UP
2015	Trixie Maristela	Valesca Dominik Ferraz	Sopida Siriwattananukoon
2014	Isabella Santiago	Nitsa Katrahong	Piyada Inthavong
2013	Marcela Ohio	Shantell D'Marco	Nethnapada Kanrayanon[2]
2012	Kevin Balot	Jessika Simoes	Panvilas Mongkol[5]
2011	Sirapassorn Atthayakorn	Miss Sahhara	Margaret
2010	Mini Han	Ami Takeuchi	Stasha Sanchez
2009	Ai Haruna	Kangsadal Wongdusadeekul	Daniela Marques[7]
2008	No contest due to Political Turmoil
2007	Tanyarat Jirapatpakon	Aleika Barros	Chanel Madrigal
2006	Erica Andrews	Patricia Montrecarlo	Ratravee Jiraprapakul
2005	Mimi Marks	Yu Ri	Tiptantree Rujiranon
2004	Treechada Petcharat	Arisha Rani	Ma. Cristina Dandan

List of contestants

Color key

•      Declared as Winner
•      Ended as runner-up
•      Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

The number of contestants are increasing year after year.

2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010
Brazil Lavine Holanda	Mexico Miranda Lambardo	Philippines Kim Marie Villagalano	Myanmar Tanya Maung	Singapore Marla Vera	Brazil Yasmin Dream	Sweden Alexandra
Myanmar Htar Htar	Belgium Andrea Van Brugghe	Brazil Rafaela Manfrini	Brazil Roberta Holanda	Russia Veronika	Nigeria Miss Sahhara	Japan Ami Takeuchi
Germany Naomi Yamaji	Philippines Michelle Binas	Vietnam Angelina May Nguyen	Australia Sharleng Gonzalez	Philippines Kevin Balot	Philippines Marianne Arguelles	Japan Shima Shyna
Malaysia Shazzyra Zahry	France Brittanie	South Korea Ribbon Park	Venezuela Chanel	USA [9] Ruby Bella Cruz [9]	Sri Lanka Chamila	Belgium Barbie Arcache Gauthier
Mongolia Amina	United States Adriana Mallea	Malaysia Cicie Sinclair	Philippines Godiva Marie Archachia	Venezuela Noa Herrera	Thailand Sirapassorn Atthayakorn	Philippines Bembem Radaza
Vietnam Bella	Japan Riyo Mizuno	Brazil Raika Ferraz	Japan Seri Fujinomiya	Turkey Deniz	China Lucky	Sri Lanka Chamila
Colombia Amethyst Dela Espriella	Thailand Sopida Siriwattananukoon	Japan Annabel Yu	Spain Carolina Medina	Angola Imanni Da Silva	Italy Marry de Francy	Singapore Cheryl Isabelle
Thailand Jiratchaya Sirimongkolnawin	Turkey Basak	Turkey Yanki Bayramoglu	Malaysia Nur Sajat Fariz	Thailand Panvilas Mongkol	France Herika Borges	Philippines Claire Harlow
Mexico Giselle Valero	Australia Sofiya Iya	Spain Cristini Couto	Thailand Nethnapada Kanrayanon	Philippines Miriam Jimenez	Venezuela Chanel	Philippines Chelsea Marie
Japan Maika Kunisaki	Laos Inleusa	Thailand Nitsa Katrahong	Australia Victoria Martin	Nicaragua Berdien Lavyeska Diedrish Blandino	Russia Varvara Strange	France Estelle Roeder
Italy Roberta Marten	Japan Satsuki	Chile Daniela Manyoma	Japan Annabel Yu	Brazil Jessika Simões	Colombia Yania	Canada Jenna Talackova
Indonesia Lily Bakrie	Italy Nicole Fontanell	Myanmar Myo Ko Ko San	Indonesia Angeline Hanum	Japan Tukishima Beni	Philippines Hazel Andrada	Nepal Meghana Lama
Myanmar Shaung Than Zin	Malaysia Catherina Chandran	Nicaragua Ithzelle Berdrinadxy	Philippines Andrea Justine Aliman	Spain Nikki Normanson Mascenon	India Malaika	Brazil Michelly X
Nepal Aniee Lama	Philippines Trixie Maristela	Mongolia Solongo	South Africa Anastasia South	Guam Matrica Mae Centino	USA Silkie O' Hara Munro	South Korea Mini
Philippines Sabel Gonzales	Turkey Zuzi Narin	Russia Veronica Svetlova	Brazil Marcela Ohio	Indonesia Leha Angel Lelga	Japan Karin Fujikawa	Philippines Miranda Diana Kerr
India Bishesh Huirem	Mexico Brenda Contreras	Philippines Maria Venus Gomez	Venezuela Nohemi Montilla	Brazil Bianca hotpink	Venezuela Noa Herrera	Thailand Nalada Thamthanakorn
Brazil Nathalie De Oliveira	Myanmar Nan Htet Htet Moon	Venezuela Isabella Santiago	Malaysia Patricia Asyeera Wong	Japan Yuki Tachibana	Lebanon Margaret	Philippines Nixie Salonga
Philippines Stacy Biano	Laos Ninlamon Phimpha	Laos Piyada Inthavong	South Korea Arisa South	Philippines Michelle Montecarlo	Germany Alessandra Vargas	USA Stasha Sanchez
Venezuela Andrea Collazo	Brazil Valesca Dominik Ferraz	Brazil Mariah Fernanda	United States Shantell D'Marco	Mexico Morgana	Philippines Michelle Binas	USA Sunny Dee Lite
Malaysia Star	Australia Taliah	United States Samira Sitara	Japan Akiho Nakagawa	Romania Tanja	France Estelle Roedrer	Ecuador Susi Villa
Peru Kayra	Philippines Francine Garcia	Japan Lilia Kisaragi	Brazil Veronica Haddad	Philippines Stefania Cruz	Cuba Yuni Carey
Japan Yuma Suzuki	Japan Sora Sakuragi	Cuba Yuni Carey	Philippines Kristina Cassandra Ybarra	USA [10] Sunny Dee Lite [10]	Chile Vanessa
United States Camille Anderson	Malaysia Nur Hendra Ikram		India Angela	French Polynesia Feleu Myroina
Laos Savannakhet	Singapore Priyanka Raichanel		Germany Renata Ferreira	USA [11] Mokha Montrese [11]
Egypt Laura Lawrence	Mauritius Anthea Diane		Singapore Anne Patricia Lee	Indonesia Dewi Fortuna
Cambodia Reelawadee	Peru Dayana Valenzuela
Spain Mishella
Mexico Italia Navarrete

See also

• List of beauty contests

References

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