:!! MISSOSSOLOGY'S OWN IYATS23 WON THE CROWN FOR MISS TRANSSEXUAL AUSTRALIA 2013, A national pageant in Australia based in Melbourne.
TRANSGENDER QUEENS CROWNED 2 February 2013, Yarraville Club, Melbourne Vic.
Two talented transgenders were crowned Miss Gay and Miss Transsexual Australia in an alternative pageant that was attended by hundreds including the Mayor of the city of Maribyrnong, Catherine Cumming, in a community club in Yarraville, West of Melbourne, Australia.
Sofiya Iya Cocaina Vergara, a Transsexual based in Perth WA, outshined eleven other finalists and was crowned Miss Transsexual, while Gabriella Louise Mendoza, a performer based in Philip Islands Victoria, bested ten other candidates for the Miss Gay title.
Bringing out to the community awareness and understanding of the transgender community, the pageant on it's fourth year is an annual event supported by the Midsumma Festival which is Melbourne's LGBTI's (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual and Intersex) month long celebration.
This year's pageant theme is Colours of Australia, celebrating the diversity of the Australian culture.
Both winners are Australian citizens with Filipino nationalities/origins.
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BACKGROUND NEWS
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MIDSUMMA FESTIVAL COMMUNITY EVENT
MISS GAY & MISS TRANSSEXUAL AUSTRALIA 2013
Presented by
VICTORIAN SECRETS PROMOTIONS
With it's mission of bringing awareness for better understanding and acceptance in the community, the MISS GAY & MISS TRANSSEXUAL AUSTRALIA 2013 beauty pageant, showcases the best among Australia’s pageant queens, transsexuals and crossdressers on February 2, 2013 (Saturday) starting at 7 pm at the Yarraville Club, 135 Stephen Street, Yarraville Victoria.
Twenty two contestants from all over Australia will battle for the crowns and titles with their stunning costumes, talent, fierce attitude, wit and cheeky humour.
Last year’s winners Martini Ice - Miss Gay Australia, a Brisbane based drag artist and Vannessa Roberts - Miss Transsexual winner, a Melbourne based Les Girl, will crown this year’s winners. Theme for this year's pageant is Colours of Australia, to highlight and celebrate diversity of culture and tradition existing within the Australian community.
Miss Gay & Miss Transsexual Australia started as an annual alternative beauty pageant for gay men, cross-dressers, drag queens and transsexuals. The pageant, which started with humble beginnings in 2009, has since grown in proportion and presence not only in Victoria but interstate. This competition embraces diversity in the LGBTI community and provides a safe space for people-like-us (PLUs) to share their beauty and showcase their talents to the general audience. The pageant now sees more nation-wide representatives, and winners from past years have gained exposure from the pageant as they were given opportunities to perform in the many popular clubs in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Many are now established personalities and performers. These winners have also been given much exposure in their respective local, national and international media.
The objectives of this event are as follows: to foster better understanding and acceptance of the LGBTI community; to offer a well organised international pageant competition for cross-dressers, drag queens, transgenders and transsexuals in Australia and from around the world; to provide an opportunity and a platform for cross-dressers, drag queens, transgenders and transsexuals to express their creativity and talent in a wider audience; to build friendship and exchange ideas among international lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender/transsexual communities; to support the annual gay celebrations of the Midsumma Festival and Pride March in Melbourne (by parading the candidates and winner during the Pride march).
The talent portion highlights the event as each candidate performs their unique talents – be it live singing, impersonation, drag number, exotic dancing and stand up comedy where the loudest cheering and screaming from fans and audience will be expected in the spirit of competition.