For the first time the pageant’s history, an out gay woman will take the stage. Glamour spoke to Miss Myanmar about facg discrimatn her home untry and reprentg the LGBTQ muny on the world stage.
Contents:
- MISS UNIVERSE IS BREAKG BARRIERS WH ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT
- NEW MR GAY ENGLAND CROWNED AFTER WOWG JUDG WH ‘LOVE LETTER TO TRANS MUNY’
- MISS UNIVERSE CELEBRAT S FIRST OPENLY GAY NTTANT
- FOR BETY AND COUNTRY: GAY FILIPO MEN THE WORLD OF PAGEANTS
- FOR CHA'S GAY COMMUNY, THE SHOW DON'T GO ON
- MEN PETE FOR MISS GAY CROWN PAGEANT-OBSSED VENEZUELA
- GAY PAGEANT MAKP
- MISS GAY AMERI 2022
- GAY BETY PAGEANT CANVAS PRTS
- THE BETY OF MISS GAY AMERI
- GAY BETY PAGEANT
MISS UNIVERSE IS BREAKG BARRIERS WH ITS FIRST OPENLY GAY CONTTANT
Gay bety pageants the Philipp are more than jt displays of w and spectacle, and may be a ccial platform not only to wele all nuanc of genr self-exprsn, but also to advance the LGBTQ agenda. * gay pageant makeup *
Gay World was Wilbert Tg Tolento, reunts Rodgil Flor of the Kagandahang Flor bety mp, which handl all the trag needs of the Philippe legate to the Mr. It was a good start for the Philipp arguably the most prtig gay pageant the world.
Gay World and way back before Tolento was part of 2009, he has been nsired as a magnate of sorts of pageants for gays and bisexuals the untry. “Wilbert Tolento is nsired to be the Donald Tmp of pageants for gay men, ” says Ryan Soto, one of Tolento’s long-time llaborators. In 2003, Soto and Tolento started a bath hoe and entertament lounge bs lled the Fahrenhe Cafe and Fns Center, which beme an exclive meetg place and membership club for gay men.
NEW MR GAY ENGLAND CROWNED AFTER WOWG JUDG WH ‘LOVE LETTER TO TRANS MUNY’
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It was the first pageant exclively for gay men the Philipp, and has now bee an annual tradn and one of the longt nng gay pageants the untry. This then snowballed to a strg of siarly brand specialized pageants for gay men: Miss F Universe, a ntt for gay men and bisexuals, and a play on the origal Miss Universe; Miss Earth Fahrenhe, which advot for environmental volvement for gays; and Fahrenhe Look of the Year, which is Mr.
MISS UNIVERSE CELEBRAT S FIRST OPENLY GAY NTTANT
Mr Gay England, Mr Gay Europe and Mx Drag England were crowned a kaleidospic bety pageant that focsed on muny. * gay pageant makeup *
Fahrenhe’s unterpart for younger gays and bisexuals — all tablished by Tolento.
Gay World Philipp Organizatn (MGWPO), which handl the overall productn of the natnal pre-pageant before movg onto the ternatnal stage, wh Soto and Flor beg members of the board of directors.
FOR BETY AND COUNTRY: GAY FILIPO MEN THE WORLD OF PAGEANTS
Swe Z Htet om Myanmar, where homosexualy is crimalized, me out as gay shortly before Sunday's Miss Universe petn Atlanta, Geia. * gay pageant makeup *
Gay World’s Philippe reprentative, and after a pre-pageant show wh an dience of around 3, 000 at the UP Theater last year, the tle was won by 36-year-old John Fernanz Raspado. Gay World is an advocy pageant, ” says former "I Am PoGay" wner John Raspado. Three years ago, Raspado me out ABS-CBN’s Showtime segment, “I Am PoGay, ” a black su vt and leather tie, sgg a slightly sensual rendn of “Sway” a tenor voice.
“Bee when I joed ‘I Am PoGay, ’ people would say that I was straight. So there’s a nnotatn that … a person like me who’s buff, wh a mtache, manly lookg, jog a gay ntt [would make them say], ‘Are you really gay?
FOR CHA'S GAY COMMUNY, THE SHOW DON'T GO ON
Organizers say the pot of Mr. Gay Cha, the untry's first gay bety pageant, was to prent a posive image of Che homosexuals. While the pageant was hailed as a sign of creasg tolerance, police shut down the event an hour before showtime. * gay pageant makeup *
Gay World Philipp pre-pageant, where om now on, not only uld he exprs himself to a larger dience, but he uld also make a stand for for himself and for gay men general. “Bee [John is] jog a gay pageant, people expect him to be effemate, ” says Soto. Gay World leans toward a more holistic visn of empowerg gay men, the MGWPO and the rt of Tolento’s pageant brands, as a rponse to the untry’s perceptn of LGBTQ, uphold the breakg of stereotyp.
There are gay men who are the armed forc and other profsnal fields … We are also troducg gays om the different nservative sectors such as the Mlim muny and the Filipo-Che muny. It has been an spiratnal and motivatnal tool for gay men to really be fortable about who they are.
The typ of gay pageants, for example the Miss Gay, are really graed our society right now.
MEN PETE FOR MISS GAY CROWN PAGEANT-OBSSED VENEZUELA
In the popular Miss Gay Venezuela petn, men don elaborate wigs and layers of makp to show off their skills what they ll "the art of transformatn." * gay pageant makeup *
Naman, the [image of the] mascule lookg, the mascule actg gays, ’s [gradually] gog to mastream. Gay World Philipp Organizatn (MGWPO), and a -founr of other gay pageants the untry. “Sometim, you doubt if this [ndidate] is really gay, ” explas Flor.
“But then aga, of urse, nobody will e out and jo a pageant and brand himself as gay if he is not gay.
GAY PAGEANT MAKP
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Gay World Philipp gaed more televisn exposure, some straight men even attempted to jo for the prize money, which is higher than that of a nventnal male pageant. This is largely bee the gay pageant hg on the procs and format of hetero pageants — an issue pable of sparkg a double edged bate.
MISS GAY AMERI 2022
Are you to bety pageants? If so, let’s troduce you to one of the most prtig bety pageants the USA, Miss Gay Ameri. * gay pageant makeup *
On one hand, there is the aforementned specialized problem, and on the other, the fact that this sort of screeng procs template has been effective for bety pageants everywhere, and the same way, should be applied to every aspirg dividual, gay or not. Gay World has had a lot of gay men really see the value of g out, " he says. "It has been an spiratnal and motivatnal tool for gay men to really be fortable about who they are.
GAY BETY PAGEANT CANVAS PRTS
Gay World n take pri settg self apart om other nventnal pageants, terms of s prry and foc on advoci and LGBTQ issu. Gay World is an advocy pageant, ” answers Raspado, when asked about the pageant’s edge over others.
Gay World, [John is] the ambassador of the LGBTQ muny so he really has to have a ep volvement on all the projects that will be beneficial for the muny. Gay World, "bee we've nquered everythg, all the pageants for women, and now ’s time for gay men to she ternatnally. Flor adds, “‘Di ba everyone will be happy if the bt gay man the world is a Filipo?
It’s taken 67 years, but when 90 bety pageant hopefuls stt their stuff across the stage for the Miss Universe petn this Sunday, December 8, they will be joed by the pageant’s first openly gay nttant—and ’s about pageant world isn’t pecially known for s clivy. Last year Miss Universe had s first openly trans nttant, and this year, for the first time ever, Miss Ameri, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA are all black beg the first out gay woman Miss Universe’s history, Miss Myanmar Swe Z Htet is helpg to wre the next chapter pageant reprentatn. They are verbally teased and beaten, and beg gay is, “punishable wh a lengthy stt prison.
THE BETY OF MISS GAY AMERI
And she’d be makg a real splash the pageant world as the first openly gay wner to be crowned at that level.
On Saturday (Augt 20), The Alnwick Garn Northumberland was transformed wh queer culture as hosted, for the send time, the fals of Mr Gay England, Mx Drag England, and the new addn of Mr Gay Europe. They were also subjected to a wrten exam ttg their gay knowledge, and an dience vote. David Allwood soped the tle of Mr Gay England 2022, while the former Mr Gay England, Pl Dennison, took home the tle of Mr Gay Europe 2022, and Lavenr Love was named Mx Drag England 2022.
Allwood is a choreographer and durg lockdown he lnched productn pany Homoparody, which supports LGBTQ+ chari. It was the lnch of his pany that spired Allwood to enter the Mr Gay England pageant, after fdg joy dog muny work.
GAY BETY PAGEANT
He told PkNews: “Mr Gay England is not like an old school bety pageant, ’s more of a way of dog good for your muny and a platform to let your voice be heard.