BRAZIL-TRANSGENDER-BEAUTY-PAGEANT

Raika Ferraz smiles after winning the Miss T Brasil 2013 transgender beauty pageant in Rio de Janeiro on October 22, 2013. The Association of Transvestites and Transsexuals in Rio de Janeiro (Astra Rio) organizes the second edition of the beauty pageant, in which 31 contestants under 35 years old compete for the title to then participate in the Miss International Queen 2013 in Pattaya, Thailand on November 1. AFP PHOTO/YASUYOSHI CHIBA