Miss Gay & Miss Transsexual to be crowned

Miss Gay Australia International 2018 winner Esther Rix and Miss Transsexual Australia International 2017 winner Laeticia Raveena. Photo: Damjan Janevski

By Goya Dmytryshchak

The competition will be fierce when contestants from around the country and overseas converge at Williamstown next month for the Miss Gay & Miss Transsexual Australia International beauty pageant.

Event founder and Seddon resident Gayzha Davao held the first pageant 10 years ago at a St Kilda nightclub, attracting an audience of about 300.

About 1000 people are expected at this year’s contest.

“Miss Gay & Miss Transsexual Australia International is a celebration of drag queens and transgender women,” Ms Davao said.

“We have had a wonderful 10 years of working to increase the visibility of, provide a voice for, and, promote inclusion, diversity and equality for the LGBTQIA+ community.”

Themed ‘Colours of Diversity’, the event is sponsored by Hobsons Bay council as part of Midsumma Westside.

A showcase of some of the past winners and current contestants, titled

Showgirls, will be staged at the Pride of our Footscray community bar on January 31.

The Miss Gay & Miss Transsexual Australia International is on February 2 from 6-10pm at Williamstown Town Hall.

Details and tickets, visit www.midsumma.org.au/program/mgamt19

 

Goya Dmytryshchak