A SCOTTISH woman has won the Miss Transgender United 2015 contest.
Jai Dara Latto, 22, a make-up artist from Walkerburn in the Scottish Borders tweeted about her victory in the top UK-wide event.
Ms Latto, who is a volunteer with the Scottish Transgender Alliance, Scottish Borders LGBT Equality and the TIE Campaign, won the Glasgow heat in August.
After being presented with her award at a glittering ceremony in London on Sunday evening, Ms Latto thanked organisers for what she described as a “life changing experience”.
Ive been crowned the winner of Miss Transgender uk 2015.... I WON!!! Thank you Rachael Bailey for this life... http://t.co/d9jERYyKl1
— Jai dará Latto (@LattoJay) September 28, 2015
In an interview with The Herald Magazine earlier this month, Ms Latto said she hoped to be a positive role model and use her voice to get transgender issues heard.
“It is a slow process,” she said. “The transgender community is where the gay community was around 10 or 15 years ago. We want to catch-up to that.”
She added: "People often look at us as freak shows, drag queens or view transgender as being a fetish. I want to show we are normal people, who go to work and lead simple lives."
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