Flight Attendant Crowned Thailand’s Transgender Beauty Queen
Saruda Panyakham was declared the winner of the Miss Tiffany transgender beauty pageant in Bangkok on Sunday. The pageant winner identifies as as an American Airlines flight attendant. However the airline tells me that no one with this name works for the company.
Miss Tiffany’s Universe is a pageant for Thai transgender women and the winner represents Thailand at the Miss International Queen pageant.
Reader Jeff who was there, and shares this photo, offers that “She was very charming and made the strongest connection with the audience.”
I think this is fantastic. While airline uniform standards can be challenging doing your own thing outside of work and doing it well is admirable. I’ve never believed it’s a good idea to ‘bring your whole self to work’ (regardless of who you are). In Thailand this actually seems in some ways quite traditional, too! This pageant has been held annually since 1998.
