Miss Trans Pakistan

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Miss Trans Pakistan
Formation2021
Type Beauty Pageant
Headquarters Toronto, Canada & Lahore, Pakistan
Location
Membership
Official language
English, Urdu, Punjabi
President
 Sonia Ahmed (since 2021)
Parent organization
 Miss Pakistan World (2021–Present)
Website Miss Trans Pakistan Official website

Miss Trans Pakistan is a pageant for the trans women of Pakistan founded by Sonia Ahmed. [1] [2] It is part of the Miss Pakistan World pageant.

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History

In 2020, during COVID-19, the Miss Pakistan World pageant moved from Toronto Canada to Lahore, Pakistan. The first Miss Pakistan World crowned in Pakistan [3] in August 2020 [4] was Areej Chaudhary.This allowed the pageant to expand to allow trans women to become part of Pakistan's pageantry.

The pageant [5] brought attention to the plight [6] of trans women in Pakistan through their titleholders. [7] The news of the crowning of the first Miss Trans Pakistan was the most read news in Pakistan and came in the top ten news [8] of the year in Pakistan's leading English newspaper [9] Dawn.

On 23 May 2021, Miss Pakistan World [10] announced that it would allow trans women to compete in a separate pageant called Miss Trans Pakistan. [11] On 23 May 2021, [12] the first Miss Trans Pakistan was announced. The crowning ceremony took place in Lahore, Pakistan on 25 May 2021. [13]

Shyraa Roy [14] [15] became the first trans woman to win the Miss Trans Pakistan 2021 title. [16] [17]

On Jan 31, 2022, the crowning ceremony of Miss Pakistan was held in a much bigger way and new titles [18] were introduced. [19] [20]

On May 31, 2023, the next transgender girl crowned by Areej Chaudhary on the soil of Pakistan was Alina Khan. [21] Khan was known for her role in the movie Joyland. [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28]

Titleholders

YearRepresentativeFromHost cityHost country
2024 & 2025TBATBA Lahore Pakistan
2023 & 2024 Alina Khan [29] [30] Lahore, Punjab
2021 & 2022 [31] [32] [33] Shyraa Roy [34] Sialkot, Punjab

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