Miss Transqueen India

Miss Transqueen India
Formation 2017
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters New Delhi
Location
Official language
English
Hindi
Founder
 Reena Rai
Key people
 Manoj Rai(Managing Partner)
Abheena Aher(Analysis)
Website Official website

Miss Transqueen India is an Indian beauty pageant for the transgender people over India. Reena Rai is the founder and also the chairperson of the organization. The winner of the title will represent India at Miss International Queen and the first runner-up will too represent the nation at Miss Transsexual Australia[1].

The first and the reigning Miss Transqueen India is Nitasha Biswas from Kolkata[2].

History

The founder was working on the project to make it into limelight since November 2016 but, due to lack of sponsorship the project remained unsuccessful. The first ever Miss Transqueen India was held at Gurugram, New Delhi were 16 contestants competed for the crown selected from among 1500 transgenders across 10 states[3].

Format

The contestants will go through several rounds after the audition and making to finals. The rounds include evening gown, swimsuit, traditional and the at the final question answer round[4].

Titleholders

Edition Hometown Name Location
2017 Kolkata Nitasha Biswas Gurugram, New Delhi

Representatives to international pageants

The following transqueens have represented India in the international beauty pageants, the two major international beauty pageants for transgenders.

Winner Runner Up Finalist/Semifinalist Unplaced

Miss International Queen

YearMiss Transqueen IndiaStatePlacementSpecial Awards
2018 Veena Sendre Chhattisgarh
2017 Nitasha Biswas West Bengal
2016 Bishesh Huirem Manipur
2006 Phylliscia Hsuan Maharashtra
2004 Arisha Rani Karnataka 1st runner-up Best Evening Gown - Winner

Miss Transsexual Australia

The first runner-up of Miss Transqueen India will be titled Miss Transsexual India and will represent her country at Miss Transsexual Australia.

References

  1. ↑ "India crowns its first transgender beauty queen". cnn.com. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  2. ↑ "Meet Nitasha Biswas, the winner of Miss Transqueen India 2017". indiatoday.com. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  3. ↑ "First-ever transgender beauty pageant to be held in Gurugram". indiatoday.com. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  4. ↑ "Trans Queen India 2017: A pageant where transgenders can aspire to get crowned". hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
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