India: Transgender beauty pageant celebrates diversity

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India's first international transgender beauty pageant has no age limits and is open to all body sizes and shapes. Organizer Naaz Joshi hopes "Miss Universe Trans" will drive societal change.

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00:00 of a woman or her age does not define somebody beautiful.

00:05 So that motivated me to start Miss Universe Transcompetition,

00:08 which is inclusive of all age groups and inclusive of all shapes and sizes.

00:12 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:15 It's a platform which gives every girl the voice.

00:35 It is not just a winner, winner.

00:37 Every girl here who comes is a winner, and we crown everyone.

00:40 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:43 I have one message to all of you is just follow your dream,

00:59 because everyone has dream, and also ask me too.

01:06 Firstly, I am a boy, but now I am a transgender woman,

01:10 and be a role model and also a stronger transgender woman

01:15 to stand here for represent my country.

01:18 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:21 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:24 I have a tagline called no discrimination.

01:43 I want a discrimination-free society for my girls.

01:47 I want discrimination-free society for all my trans sisters around the world.

01:51 (gentle music)

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