The World's Most Beautiful Transsexual Contest is a beauty pageant that was held in Las Vegas

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 in 2004 that selected the "most beautiful" transsexual in the world.

Jahna Steele

Jahna Steele

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 was the mistress of ceremonies for the pageant

Beauty contest

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, in which 35 transwomen competed. Contestants were required to provide proof of their original sex, and both pre-operation (pre-op) and post-operation (post-op) transwomen were allowed to enter the contest.

The pageant featured four competition stages:

• swimwear
• evening gown
• talent competitions
• interviews

Entertainment Tonight

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and The Howard Stern Show were among the many media organizations that covered the pageant, which was also made into a documentary

Documentary

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 entitled Trantasia

Trantasia

Trantasia is a mainstream feature-film documentary chronicling 6 contestants in the first ever 'World's Most Beautiful Transsexual Pageant'...

which aired on Showtime. Three of the contestants featured in the pageant and documentary later reunited to appear in their own reality television series Wild Things

Wild Things (TV series)

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.

The 2004 winner was Chicago

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 showgirl Mimi Marks

Mimi Marks

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, who had won the "Miss Continental Pageant

Miss Continental

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" in 1992. Erica Andrews (Miss Continental 2004) was the first runner-up and Lucie Marie Pereyra was the second runner-up In addition, both Mimi and Erica have won the "Miss International Queen" contest in Pattaya

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, Thailand

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; Marks in 2005, Andrews in 2006.

Other category winners included:

• Erica Andrews, "Best Talent"
• Lucy Marie Pereyra, "Best Swimsuit"
• Tara Willow Desy, "Miss Congeniality"

Original 2004 Contestants

• Alecia Cienega
• Stupid Boy
• Cézanne
• Cassandra Cass
• CoCo Van Cartier
• Danielle Hunter
• Delilah Paris
• Dorae Saunders
• Erica Andrews
• Ireen Sue
• Jurnee Abigail
• Kayla
• Kristina Marie
• Lana Blake
• Maria Roman
• Marie

• Mimi Marks
• Milissa Ravin
• Montana Navarre
• Nicole Xtravaganza aka Nikki Exotika
• Ruby Kay
• Sonovia
• Susan B. Whitney
• Tamalah Taylor
• Tara Willow Deasy
• Tiara Russell
• Tiffany Pagie
• Venus Envy
• Vi
• Victoria 'Porkchop' Parker

Other transsexual pageants

• The Amazing Philippines Beauty Contest is another annual pageant that is strictly opened to transsexuals, transvestites, and other transgendered competitors. Held in Manila
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  , the 2006 winner was Maria Romano Monte Carlo, who defeated 27 rivals for the crown. She went on to compete in the Miss International Queen pageant in Thailand
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   in 2007.

External links

• Trantasia official website
• Trantasia on the Internet Movie Database
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