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MANAGUA, Niragua (AP) — Carlos Castro hugged his mother and wept after the announcer named him Miss Gay Niragua 2014. It was the culmatn of a lot of work by the 19-year-old agronomy stunt and the begng of a lot more. Castro, known as Amerika Ithzell Korkobas Berdradxy, will now vis several provc the Central Amerin natn the role of Miss Gay Niragua seekg to raise awarens about sexual diversy and genr inty and to help fight discrimatn. "I'm happy, ecstatic, satisfied bee the work was not easy. There were months of twalk, makp that helped me and other bety queens to prepare," said Castro, who won the ntt a shy purple gown rated wh beads and rhton. "I thk the judg liked my charisma and my huy and that I'm crazy on the nway." Dozens of nttants parad down the stage of a hotel dorium Managua last week wearg exuberant tradnal drs, eveng gowns embellished wh sequ and feathers and swimsus as they peted the bety pageant. Castro, who reprented the provce of Leon, received a tiara valued at $2,000, a sh prize of $5,000 and the opportuny to travel to Thailand as Niragua's reprentative Miss Queen Internatnal. For six months prr to the pageant, nttants attend workshops about sexual diversy and HIV. They also vised people livg wh HIV, and helped young victims of discrimatn by buyg them food and rgated metal sheets to strengthen their hom. "The event is important to raise awarens society, for people who are sexually diverse to be uned and for the girls to start enrichg their genr inty," said Miss Gay Niragua's anizer, Jul Sanchez. "It's also a way to fight agast homophobia."