Around 30 trans women have taken part in a trans beauty pageant held in Tel Aviv this week, reports Pink News.
The ‘Miss Trans Israel’ pageant, the first-ever trans beauty pageant to take place in Israel was organized by Israela Stephanie Lev. Lev said living as a trans woman in Israel had been “terrible” in the past, but that now things were improving.
“Definitely we are achieving, enlightening the people to accept and empower transsexuals,” she told the Associated Press.
Contestants such as Abu Hanna, a 21-year-old whose family is Catholic Arab took part in the pageant, the report stated. “I have something to give the people”, Hanna said, going on to say “We are normal people. This is normal.
A pageant final will take place in May, and the winner is to represent Israel at the Miss Trans Star international pageant.
