PHOTOS: Spain Transgender Pageant
PHOTOS: Spain Transgender Pageant
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, participants wait on stage ahead of Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. Twenty-eight women representing as many countries competed last weekend to be crowned Miss Trans Star International, Europe’s largest beauty pageant for transgender women and one of a growing number of similar events aimed at celebrating a population more often condemned. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, Linni Rows Wiman, from Sweden, sits on the stage during an interval in the Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. Twenty-eight women representing as many countries competed last weekend to be crowned Miss Trans Star International, Europe’s largest beauty pageant for transgender women and one of a growing number of similar events aimed at celebrating a population more often condemned. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, Jey Jonnais, from Panama, applies make up ahead of the Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, Britanie Eichenholc, from France, applies make up ahead of the Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain, (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, Linni Rows Wiman, from Sweden, applies make up ahead of the Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain, (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, Victoria Caram, from Argentina takes part in the Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. To be eligible to compete, contestants are not required to have undergone gender reassignment surgery, but must have the face and figure that comports with traditional notions of what constitutes ideal feminine beauty. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, participants line up at the Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. Twenty-eight women representing as many countries competed last weekend to be crowned Miss Trans Star International, Europe’s largest beauty pageant for transgender women and one of a growing number of similar events aimed at celebrating a population more often condemned. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, participants performance at the Miss Trans Star International 2016 during a show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. Twenty-eight women representing as many countries competed last weekend to be crowned Miss Trans Star International, Europe’s largest beauty pageant for transgender women and one of a growing number of similar events aimed at celebrating a population more often condemned. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, the representative of Brazil, Rafaela Manfrini, smiles wearing the crown of the new Miss International Trans Star 2016, during a show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. To be eligible to compete, contestants are not required to have undergone gender reassignment surgery, but must have the face and figure that comports with traditional notions of what constitutes ideal feminine beauty. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, Britanie Eichenholc, from France, right, is seen silhouetted during her performance at the Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, participants wait on stage ahead of Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. Twenty-eight women representing as many countries competed last weekend to be crowned Miss Trans Star International, Europe’s largest beauty pageant for transgender women and one of a growing number of similar events aimed at celebrating a population more often condemned. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, participants wait on stage ahead of Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. Twenty-eight women representing as many countries competed last weekend to be crowned Miss Trans Star International, Europe’s largest beauty pageant for transgender women and one of a growing number of similar events aimed at celebrating a population more often condemned. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, Linni Rows Wiman, from Sweden, sits on the stage during an interval in the Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. Twenty-eight women representing as many countries competed last weekend to be crowned Miss Trans Star International, Europe’s largest beauty pageant for transgender women and one of a growing number of similar events aimed at celebrating a population more often condemned. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, Linni Rows Wiman, from Sweden, sits on the stage during an interval in the Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. Twenty-eight women representing as many countries competed last weekend to be crowned Miss Trans Star International, Europe’s largest beauty pageant for transgender women and one of a growing number of similar events aimed at celebrating a population more often condemned. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, Jey Jonnais, from Panama, applies make up ahead of the Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, Jey Jonnais, from Panama, applies make up ahead of the Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, Britanie Eichenholc, from France, applies make up ahead of the Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain, (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, Britanie Eichenholc, from France, applies make up ahead of the Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain, (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, Linni Rows Wiman, from Sweden, applies make up ahead of the Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain, (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, Linni Rows Wiman, from Sweden, applies make up ahead of the Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain, (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, Victoria Caram, from Argentina takes part in the Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. To be eligible to compete, contestants are not required to have undergone gender reassignment surgery, but must have the face and figure that comports with traditional notions of what constitutes ideal feminine beauty. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, Victoria Caram, from Argentina takes part in the Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. To be eligible to compete, contestants are not required to have undergone gender reassignment surgery, but must have the face and figure that comports with traditional notions of what constitutes ideal feminine beauty. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, participants line up at the Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. Twenty-eight women representing as many countries competed last weekend to be crowned Miss Trans Star International, Europe’s largest beauty pageant for transgender women and one of a growing number of similar events aimed at celebrating a population more often condemned. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, participants line up at the Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. Twenty-eight women representing as many countries competed last weekend to be crowned Miss Trans Star International, Europe’s largest beauty pageant for transgender women and one of a growing number of similar events aimed at celebrating a population more often condemned. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, participants performance at the Miss Trans Star International 2016 during a show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. Twenty-eight women representing as many countries competed last weekend to be crowned Miss Trans Star International, Europe’s largest beauty pageant for transgender women and one of a growing number of similar events aimed at celebrating a population more often condemned. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, participants performance at the Miss Trans Star International 2016 during a show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. Twenty-eight women representing as many countries competed last weekend to be crowned Miss Trans Star International, Europe’s largest beauty pageant for transgender women and one of a growing number of similar events aimed at celebrating a population more often condemned. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, the representative of Brazil, Rafaela Manfrini, smiles wearing the crown of the new Miss International Trans Star 2016, during a show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. To be eligible to compete, contestants are not required to have undergone gender reassignment surgery, but must have the face and figure that comports with traditional notions of what constitutes ideal feminine beauty. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, the representative of Brazil, Rafaela Manfrini, smiles wearing the crown of the new Miss International Trans Star 2016, during a show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. To be eligible to compete, contestants are not required to have undergone gender reassignment surgery, but must have the face and figure that comports with traditional notions of what constitutes ideal feminine beauty. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, Britanie Eichenholc, from France, right, is seen silhouetted during her performance at the Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
In this Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016 photo, Britanie Eichenholc, from France, right, is seen silhouetted during her performance at the Miss Trans Star International 2016 show celebrated in Barcelona, Spain. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)