1.8 m tall, 140 kg beauty competes in beauty pageant

TPO - Beauty Pancake Vann attracted attention when participating in Miss Universe Cambodia 2024. She is transgender, 1.8 m tall, and weighs 140 kg.

On March 5, the Miss Universe Cambodia organizing committee posted an article stating that beauty Pancake Vann was the first contestant of this year's season, attracting the attention of beauty fans.

Pancake Vann is a transgender beauty with an impressive height of 1.8 m and weight of 140 kg. Her appearance has caused fierce controversy on beauty forums.

Pancake Vann is 29 years old, an actress and social media influencer in Cambodia. She often posts pictures of herself wearing revealing outfits that show off her plus-size figure.

Many people believe that although the Miss Universe organization has become more open to plus-size beauties, Pancake Vann's beauty is not suitable for most beauty pageants today.

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Pancake Vann attracted attention when competing in Miss Universe Cambodia.

"She is beautiful and confident but not suitable for a beauty pageant", "She probably just signed up for fun", "I don't know if this girl can overcome public criticism when participating in this contest"... are comments from netizens about Pancake Vann.

As for Pancake Vann, she said she wanted to participate in the Miss Universe Cambodia 2024 contest to challenge and change herself. Previously, she was a hot-tempered and argumentative person, but the beauty wanted to train herself to become calmer and more perfect.

Starting in 2022, Miss Universe organizers will allow transgender, plus-size, married, and childbearing women to compete. This new rule remains controversial.

On February 23, many international beauty forums posted a video recording a closed meeting between Ms. Anne Jakrajutatip - the owner of Miss Universe and the contest's team. In the clip, Ms. Anne affirmed that the Miss Universe contest will not limit age, allowing transgender women, married women, and women with children to participate, but will not let these people win.

Ms. Anne also affirmed that allowing transgender and plus-size women to compete was only to increase audience reach and business. The female billionaire was then heavily criticized. Many people thought that she was taking advantage of vulnerable groups of women such as transgender and plus-size women for personal gain.

In 2023, Nepal's representative - Jane Dipika Garrett was the only plus-size beauty at Miss Universe 2023 held in El Salvador. She eventually entered the top 20 and became the first plus-size beauty to enter the top in the history of the Miss Universe contest.

After Anne's statements were leaked on social media, Jane Dipika Garrett also spoke up to express her views.

"I knew the competition was rigged the moment I stepped on stage. I realized that girls like me who were given the widest possible criteria would never have a real chance to win," she wrote.

However, the beauty still said: "But that is reality and I am still happy for the experiences there and the foundation I built. I have lovely supporters and that is more important to me than the crown."

Sharing the same opinion with the transgender billionaire, many viewers predict that the group of contestants with expanded criteria such as married women, transgender people, and plus-size people have the opportunity to participate in Miss Universe, but their chances of winning are very low.

The Miss Universe Cambodia 2024 pageant is still accepting applications until June 15. The winner will represent Cambodia at the Miss Universe 2024 pageant in Mexico.

Duy Nam

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