Miss Transqueen India

Miss Transqueen India

Formation	2017
Type	Beauty pageant
Headquarters	New Delhi
Location	India
Official language	English Hindi
Founder	Reena Rai
Key people	Manoj Rai (Managing Partner)
Website	www.transqueenindia.com

Miss Transqueen India is an Indian beauty pageant exclusively for transgender individuals. Founded and chaired by cisgender woman Reena Rai, the pageant's winner represents India at Miss International Queen. Transgender actress Navya Singh serves as the pageant's Brand Ambassador. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

History

The founder began trying to bring her project into the limelight in November 2016 but struggled due to lack of sponsorship. The first ever Miss Transqueen India was held at Gurugram, New Delhi where 16 contestants, selected from among 1500 transgender people across 10 states, competed for the crown. ^[4]

Format

After auditions, contestants compete in several rounds including evening gown, swimsuit, traditional wear, and question-answer. ^[5]

Titleholders

Year	Delegate	State/Region
2024	Arshi Ghosh	Mumbai
2022	Namitha Marimuthu	Chennai
2020	Shaine Soni	Delhi
2019	Nithu R. S.	Bangalore
2018	Veena Sendre	Chhattisgarh
2017	Nitasha Biswas	West Bengal

Representatives to International Pageants

The following trans queens have represented India in the major international beauty pageants for transgender women, Miss International Queen in Thailand.

Miss International Queen

Color key

•   : Declared as Winner
•   : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
•   : Ended as one of the Finlaist/Semi-finalists
•   : Unplaced but given special award(s)

Year	Delegate	Hometown	Competition performance
			Placements	Special award(s)
2004	Arisha Rani	New Delhi	1st Runners-up	1 Special Award Best in Evening Gown
2011	Malaika Desingh	New Delhi	Unplaced
2013	Angela	New Delhi	Unplaced
2017	Bishesh Huirem	New Delhi	Unplaced
2018	Nitasha Biswas	West Bengal	Unplaced	1 Special Award Top 15 – Miss Talent
2019	Veena Sendre	Chhattisgarh	Top 12	1 Special Award Top 12 – Miss Talent
2020	Nithu R. S.	Bangalore	Unplaced	1 Special Award Top 13 – Miss Talent
2022	Namitha Marimuthu	Chennai	Top 11	1 Special Award Miss Popular Vote
2024	Arshi Ghosh	Mumbai	Unplaced

The Miss Transqueen India organization did not send a delegate to Miss International Queen in the years 2005–2010, 2012, 2014–2016 and 2023.

References

1. "India crowns its first transgender beauty queen". cnn.com. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
2. "At Delhi mall, transgenders say with pride they're Born This Way". The Times of India. 12 September 2018.
3. "Photos: Striding towards empowerment through Miss Trans Queen India 2019". Hindustan Times. 5 October 2019.
4. "First-ever transgender beauty pageant to be held in Gurugram". indiatoday.com. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
5. "Trans Queen India 2017: A pageant where transgenders can aspire to get crowned". Hindustan Times. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-29.