


Top five contestants, Miss South Africa Zozibini Tunzi, Miss Puerto Rico Madison Anderson, Miss Colombia Gabriela Tafur Nader, Miss Thailand. Browse 4,094 miss africa pageant stock photos and images available or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. Brazil has recently seen a surge in the numbers of transgender models gracing the catwalk. 4,094 Miss Africa Pageant Premium High Res Photos. They are going to be so proud that I won,' she adds.įerraz and the other contestants also have home-grown international trans-models to look up to.

'I respect myself and because of that the people in my community and my family respect me. I have been taking hormone tablets for more than four years now to create my curves and increase my bust size and I am really happy with the results,' Ferraz says confidently. 'I don’t need this operation, I already feel like a woman. 'There was a bit of teasing, but because I was very confident, it didn’t affect me and they soon gave up out of boredom,' said the 5ft 8in tall transvestite.Īt Monday night's event, there were representatives from the hospital in Thailand who would provide the surgery of choiceĪs she accepted her prize to shouts of 'gostosa, linda, maravilhosa’ (hot, beautiful, wonderful) Ferraz revealed she doesn’t want to do the transgender surgery but will opt for cosmetic procedures to make her face even more feminine. But I decided that this was what I wanted to do and no one was going to change my mind. The crown of Miss Trans Brazil 2013 was won by Raiica Ferraz, a stunning 21-year-old hairdresser from São Paulo who tells the Mail Online that from an early age she only ever played with dolls and at 17 she challenged the taboos in her school by dressing as a woman. Sharing the catwalk are saleswomen, video editors, a psychologist and students. Most of the candidates have jobs working in the beauty industry, as models and make-up artists.īut it would be wrong to conclude the competitors are only restricted to this area of employment. Bikini contests that shocked the pageant world Updated : Jun 4, 2018, 16: views Bikini contests have faced a lot of criticism and public outrage overtime for various reasons. Flaunting it: The show is sponsored by the government's Social Assistance and Human Rights Department as part of the campaign to combat homophobic violence in the country
