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The woman from Kolkata was crowned as the first winner of this transgender beauty pageant

  Nitasha Biswas

Nitasha, a trans woman who hails from Kolkata, was named the first Miss Transqueen India in Gurgaon on Sunday.Nitasha, 26, is currently pursuing Masters in Business Management in Kolkata.
Loiloi from Manipur bagged the first runner-up position and Ragasya from Chennai was crowned the second runner-up. There are 16 finalists represented some of the Indian states.

The winner will represent the country at the Miss International Transqueen to be held next year in Thailand.
Transgender people are often self-stigmatised, or lack confidence to pursue any career that they choose to. They are often made to think that are not good enough for anything besides begging or some menial work." Reena Rai, founder of Suhani Dreamcatchers, the event-management firm organising the beauty pageant, said.
We want to change this. Our beauty pageant and its grooming sessions offer hope and is a symbol for change. We want transgenders to get respectable, mainstream work in fashion, film, TV, and alike avenues," she said.
The participants, who were selected after auditions of 1,500 transwomen, have gone through a rigorous training by several grooming experts who have earlier been a part of many beauty pageants.
The winner will be crowned by Miss Transsexual Australia International 2017 Laetica Phylliscia Raveena.