Contestant prepare backstage during the annual transgender beauty contest of Miss International Queen 2018 at Pattaya city, in Chonburi province, Thailand, 09 March 2018. Twenty-seven international contestants are participating in the annual beauty contest for transgender women which aims to promote the tourism industry in the resort city of Pattaya and create a positive image of transgender people. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)





Contestant Longsy Sinakhone of Laos prepares for the final show of the Miss International Queen 2018 transgender beauty pageant in Pattaya, Thailand March 9, 2018. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A contestant prepares backstage before the final show of the Miss International Queen 2018 transgender beauty pageant in Pattaya, Thailand March 9, 2018. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A performer prepares backstage before the final show of the Miss International Queen 2018 transgender beauty pageant in Pattaya, Thailand March 9, 2018. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A contestant prepares backstage before the final show of the Miss International Queen 2018 transgender beauty pageant in Pattaya, Thailand March 9, 2018. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Contestant Anahi Cristobal Altuzar of Mexico (C) prepares backstage during the annual transgender beauty contest of Miss International Queen 2018 at Pattaya city, in Chonburi province, Thailand, 09 March 2018. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)





Contestant prepare backstage during the annual transgender beauty contest of Miss International Queen 2018 at Pattaya city, in Chonburi province, Thailand, 09 March 2018. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)





Contestant Yuko of Japan prepares backstage during the annual transgender beauty contest of Miss International Queen 2018 at Pattaya city, in Chonburi province, Thailand, 09 March 2018. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)





Contestant prepare backstage during the annual transgender beauty contest of Miss International Queen 2018 at Pattaya city, in Chonburi province, Thailand, 09 March 2018. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)





Contestant Nguyen Huong Giang of Vietnam (R) prepares backstage during the annual transgender beauty contest of Miss International Queen 2018 at Pattaya city, in Chonburi province, Thailand, 09 March 2018. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)





Contestants prepare backstage during the annual transgender beauty contest of Miss International Queen 2018 at Pattaya city, in Chonburi province, Thailand, 09 March 2018. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)





Contestant Izabele Coimbra of Brazil (R) prepares backstage during the annual transgender beauty contest of Miss International Queen 2018 at Pattaya city, in Chonburi province, Thailand, 09 March 2018. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)





Contestant Yuko of Japan (L) prepares backstage during the annual transgender beauty contest of Miss International Queen 2018 at Pattaya city, in Chonburi province, Thailand, 09 March 2018. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)





Contestant Jacqueline of Australia (C) prepares backstage during the annual transgender beauty contest of Miss International Queen 2018 at Pattaya city, in Chonburi province, Thailand, 09 March 2018. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)





Contestants prepare backstage during the annual transgender beauty contest of Miss International Queen 2018 at Pattaya city, in Chonburi province, Thailand, 09 March 2018. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)





Contestants prepare backstage during the annual transgender beauty contest of Miss International Queen 2018 at Pattaya city, in Chonburi province, Thailand, 09 March 2018. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)





Vietnam's Nguyen Huong Giang (L), one of twenty-seven contestants, performs on stage during the annual transgender beauty contest of Miss International Queen 2018 at Pattaya city, in Chonburi province, Thailand, 09 March 2018. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)





Australia's Jacqueline (L), one of twenty-seven contestants, performs on stage during the annual transgender beauty contest of Miss International Queen 2018 at Pattaya city, in Chonburi province, Thailand, 09 March 2018. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)





One of the twenty-seven contestants, (2-L) performs on stage during the annual transgender beauty contest of Miss International Queen 2018 at Pattaya city, in Chonburi province, Thailand, 09 March 2018. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)





Contestants pose on stage during the annual transgender beauty contest of Miss International Queen 2018 at Pattaya city, in Chonburi province, Thailand, 09 March 2018. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)





Newly crowned Vietnam's Nguyen Huong Giang (C) waves after winning the annual transgender beauty contest of Miss International Queen 2018 at Pattaya city, in Chonburi province, Thailand, 09 March 2018. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)





Newly crowned Vietnam's Nguyen Huong Giang (R) waves after winning the annual transgender beauty contest of Miss International Queen 2018 at Pattaya city, in Chonburi province, Thailand, 09 March 2018. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)





Newly crowned Vietnam's Nguyen Huong Giang (R) gesture after winning the annual transgender beauty contest of Miss International Queen 2018 at Pattaya city, in Chonburi province, Thailand, 09 March 2018. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)





Newly crowned Vietnam's Nguyen Huong Giang (C), with first runner up Australia's Jacqueline (R) and second runner up Thailand's Rinrada Thurapan, (L) pose for photos after the annual transgender beauty contest of Miss International Queen 2018 at Pattaya city, in Chonburi province, Thailand, 09 March 2018. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)





Newly crowned Vietnam's Nguyen Huong Giang (C), with first runner up Australia's Jacqueline (R) and second runner up Thailand's Rinrada Thurapan, (L) during the annual transgender beauty contest of Miss International Queen 2018 at Pattaya city, in Chonburi province, Thailand, 09 March 2018. (Photo by Narong Sangnak/EPA/EFE)