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...third year law student, as Miss King's 2008. On stage, she spoke of her ambitions to become a human rights lawyer, made references to the works of Jane Austen and dispelled myths about her Thai background. "Before you ask," Roberts told the judges, "I'm not a ladyboy or a mail-order bride." In that sense, the pageant just might have slayed some stereotypes after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A British Row Over College Beauty Pageants | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...issue featured an article that jokingly compared stereotypes of homosexuals and Asian men, employing a barrage of allusions and puns that ranged from the politically incorrect (“Ryan Seacrest Hair: Shellacked spikes, just like that crazy cool Americaaaaaaaan!”) to the tasteless (“Ladyboy fingers: Soft and long. Perfect for both waxing on and waxing off, plucking the koto, or gripping the kendo stick”) to the downright obscene (“Delicate features: refreshed by a cup of hot tea or a hot night of teabagging...

Author: By Rena Xu, | Title: The Perils of Tolerating Discrimination | 5/24/2004 | See Source »

...Ladyboy Fingers: Soft and long. Perfect for both waxing on and waxing off, plucking the koto, or gripping the Kendo stick,” read the commentary on the depicted man’s hands...

Author: By Risheng Xu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Details Magazine Sparks Protest | 4/19/2004 | See Source »

...what a carnival of otherwordly weirdness this alternative World Cup starter turns out to be. Think costumes by Vivienne Westwood and stage directions by Salvador Dali. Each of the teams is led out by the silicone jiggle of a "ladyboy" (Thailand's English term for transsexuals) to the off-key oom-pah-pahs of the prison brass band. Stubble shows through sweat-beaded pancake as the transsexuals teeter in stiletto heels on the turf. Miss Nigeria has an Afro wig, Miss England a ball gown and crown. Miss Japan is mincing in a kimono. Miss America has a jerry-rigged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gaaoooool! | 6/17/2002 | See Source »

...There were also sets of postcards featuring Mongla's ladyboys in nipple-revealing evening wear. They starred in the official Mongla calendar, too. January showed a dazzling ladyboy swinging in the crook of an elephant's trunk; December had two ladyboys badly superimposed against a New Hampshire autumn. It was by far the cheapest, shoddiest, tackiest souvenir I had ever seen. I bought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burmese Daze | 1/28/2001 | See Source »

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