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World’s Most Beautiful Ladyboy Models

Amanda Valentine Dela Cruz
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There are plenty of gorgeous ladyboys around the world. However, some ladyboys’ beauty is more celebrated with the help of the media and the modeling industry.

This list wasn’t created to make it seem like they’re better or more beautiful than those who are not on the list. It was only made to inform and introduce regular readers to some of the most beautiful ladyboy models in the entertainment world.

Thailand

When the talks of beautiful ladyboys are present, Thailand will never be left unmentioned. It’s not only known to be the land of smiles. It’s also famous for producing world-class ladyboy models and beauty queens.

Some of them are so famous that they don’t only appear in cameos and split-seconds. Some of these Thai ladyboy models are able to star in their own movies.

Nong Poy

Nong Poy, also known as Treechada Petcharat, rose to fame when she won the first edition of Miss International Queen. The world was left in awe after witnessing how ultra-feminine her features are. From her soft face to her slender and elegant physique, one’s going to have a truly hard time believing that she’s a ladyboy.

Poyd Treechada in a black, backless evening gown, standing in profile with a champagne glass, illuminated by the glowing “THE 7” event sign behind her.
Poyd Treechada shines at BMW’s “The 7” event – Instagram @poydtreechada

Winning the coveted title opened many opportunities for her. Apart from being one of the most successful ladyboy models in Asia, she also starred in blockbuster hits as a leading lady.

Her filmography includes the titles:

This list doesn’t even include her TV appearances.

As a model, she has already endorsed big companies such as Pantene, Furefoo, G-Net Mobile Phone, and more.

Yoshi Rinrada

Yoshi Rinrada, also known as Rinrada Thurapan, is a 23-year old ladyboy model who’s also from Thailand. Much like Nong Poy, what made her famous was not only her title as a beauty queen, she became popular because of her feminine beauty as well.

In Krabi, Thailand, Yoshirinrada poses in a clear forest spring, wearing a white shirt tied at the waist and wet from water.
Yoshirinrada soaking in Krabi’s stillness, May 2025 – Instagram @yoshirinrada

However, Yoshi’s fame is more celebrated in the social media world as she has an active YouTube channel. She has appeared in various music videos and TV shows.

One of her biggest modeling moments is when she was chosen to be an endorser for Pherone. Pherone is one of the most popular male-to-female hormonal medication brands being sold in Thailand.

Jiratchaya Sirimongkolnawin

Also known as Mo, she rose to fame when she won the most coveted title in Thailand for ladyboy beauty queen enthusiasts, Miss Tiffany Universe in 2016. Her success was followed shortly after winning the most prestigious beauty contest for transgender women around the globe, Miss International Queen.

Mo Jiratchaya in black dress at Dior Forever showcase in Bangkok, posing at the product counter during launch event.
Mo Jiratchaya at Dior Forever launch, Paragon, March 2025 – Instagram @mojiratchayaa

Not only is she a famous beauty queen and model in Thailand, but she was also an ambassador for the I For TG Women Programme. It’s supported both by the Thai and Italian Red Cross Society as the nation’s trans women’s health initiative program.

Patta Wiruntanaki

Also known as Nadia, her fame was not reliant on the biggest beauty pageant for ladyboys in Thailand, Miss Tiffany Universe. She veered her career from the mainstream pageant to winning Miss Mimosa Queen Thailand 2015.

Nadia Pota in sparkling white gown and feathers at Tiffany’s Show Pattaya, posing by a Christmas tree and festive decor
Nadia Pota at Tiffany’s Show Pattaya, December 2024 – Instagram @nadia.pta

She possesses a girl-next-door beauty that appealed to Thai men. She used her fame to expand her career from not only being a beauty queen and a ladyboy model. She’s also a well-known dancer in her country.

Mimi Tao

Mimi Tao is a Thai fashion model and LGBTQ+ advocate who made history as the first transgender model to appear on the U.S. reality television series Project Runway. Born in Khon Kaen, Thailand, Tao was ordained as a Buddhist monk at the age of 11, spending six years in monastic life. During this time, she found the space to explore her identity, ultimately embracing her true self as a transgender woman.

Mimi Tao standing confidently in a traditional Thai-inspired outfit, posing beside an ornate mirror with soft lighting.
Mimi Tao shines as a judge for Miss Tiffany Universe 2025 – Instagram @DHANRj_J43q

Following her departure from the monastery, Tao pursued modeling, inspired by Thai supermodel Rojjana “Yui” Phetkanha. After persistent efforts, Phetkanha agreed to mentor Tao, teaching her essential modeling skills. Despite facing challenges in the Thai and Singaporean modeling industries, she remained determined, eventually moving to the United States in 2017 to further her career.

In 2018, Tao’s career reached a milestone when she walked in 24 shows during New York Fashion Week. Her appearance on Project Runway in 2019 marked a significant step for transgender representation in mainstream media.

Beyond modeling, Tao is committed to advocating for transgender rights and inclusivity within the fashion industry. She continues to inspire many by sharing her journey and promoting self-acceptance.

Philippines

Just like Thailand, the Philippines is also known as a country that houses very beautiful ladyboys. However, unlike in Thailand, the Filipino ladyboy models are more popular internationally rather than in their own country.

Geena Rocero

Although Geena Rocero is technically American, her ethnicity is Filipino and she grew up in the Philippines. Geena Rocero’s career in the modeling industry is a bit more fashion-oriented, rather than for overall entertainment as she has worked as a runway model.

Geena Rocero in a black gown at Gold Gala 2024, wearing a pin supporting ceasefire and standing on elegant white stairs
Geena Rocero at Gold Gala, Los Angeles, May 2024 – Instagram @geenarocero

She was discovered when she was only 21 years old by a fashion photographer in a restaurant in Manhattan. She has appeared in Harper’s Bazaar, Candy Magazine, Bench Fashion Show, and she also became a Playboy Playmate of the Month.

However, what sets her apart from other ladyboy models is how she has risen to fame. She became quite popular after her TED Talk on March 31, 2014, which she did in honor of the International Transgender Day of Visibility.

She’s also the proud founder of Gender Proud that’s defined as, “an advocacy & awareness campaign that aims to advance the rights of all transgender individuals“.

Kevin Balot

Kevin Balot is one of the most popular ladyboy models in the Philippines. She’s famous for being the first Filipina to win the Miss International Queen title. Her fans gravitate toward her natural feminine beauty.

Kevin Balot on stage in Pattaya for the 15th Miss International Queen, wearing a beaded gown and posing gracefully
Kevin Balot at Miss International Queen, Pattaya, March 2020 – Instagram @kevinbalot

Although she’s not active in the entertainment industry, she has quite a following on social media. She’s the first Filipina ladyboy ambassador for Pantene and she has also endorsed Frontrow products.

Many young Filipino ladyboys aspire to be like her. She has the quintessential girl-next-door type of look that Filipinos really love. From time-to-time, she shares her political and societal statements on social media.

Francine Garcia

Francine is a stunning ladyboy model who fits the model archetype. She’s slender, tall, and has high cheekbones. She became a household name after winning the grand finals of one of the most prestigious beauty pageants for ladyboys in the Philippines called Super Sireyna.

Her winning answer showed her grit and knowledge. She impressed viewers when she quoted a clause from the Philippine constitution regarding the rights of not just a Filipino citizen, but of a human being.

Francine Garcia in Quezon City, surrounded by glam team, getting makeup and hair done for an event, July 2024
Francine Garcia getting ready in Quezon City, July 2024 – Instagram @iamfrancinegarcia

However, she recently faced controversies when she did a cameo for the 2020 Filipino comedy film Pakboys Takusa. In the movie, she was shown peeing while standing up after having a drunken and intimate bout with one of the leading men. As the latter wakes up and sees her peeing as a “man”, he immediately felt repulsed and disgusted.

Because of this, she received a lot of flak from the LGBTQIA+ community in the Philippines. They felt that she willingly became a part of reinforcing transgender stereotypes that further hurts the image of trans women in the Philippines.

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Fuschia Anne Ravena

The gorgeous ladyboy from the Philippines elevated the standards of Filipino ladyboy beauty after winning the coveted beauty title for ladyboys around the world, Miss International Queen. She didn’t possess the stereotypical feminine ladyboy looks.

Fuschia Anne Ravena in a robe, smiling while holding her Miss International Queen 2022 crown on a bed in Pattaya
Fuschia Anne Ravena, Pattaya, June 2022, after her Miss IQ win – Facebook @fus.ia.3

She has dusky skin and chiseled features as opposed to having white skin and delicate looks. Her polarizing ambiguous beauty captured the hearts of many Filipinos, which helped her gain support from the majority of her countrymen. She was often dubbed to be at par with the contestants of the world’s most famous beauty pageant, Miss Universe.

Lars Pacheco

She didn’t rise to fame like how most ladyboys did. The beauty pageant that catapulted her to stardom, Miss Q and A, is a segment from a Filipino noontime show called It’s Showtime. Instead of competing with the usual categories such as swimsuit, evening gown, and question and answer, the segment focuses on the ability of the contestants to debate.

Pacheco Lars poses in black blazer with feather cuffs for Queen Philippines 2024 promo campaign in August
Pacheco Lars ahead of Queen Philippines 2024 coronation – @pachecolars

Currently, she works as a social media influencer apart from being a TV personality and an endorser. One of the reasons why she is also popular is apart from her knack for getting her point across, she’s also feminine and passable.

Anne Patricia Lorenzo

Just like Lars, Anne rose to stardom with the help of Miss Q and A. But before gaining nationwide recognition, she has already appeared in various TV shows, one of them being one of the country’s most popular game shows, Wowowin.

Anne Patricia Lorenzo wears a pearl gown and crown after Miss Equality World 2024 pageant coronation event
Anne Patricia Lorenzo crowned at Miss Equality World 2024 – Instagram @annepatricialorenzo_diaz

She continued reaching the heights of her career when she joined the first edition of Miss International Queen Philippines, where the winner gets to represent the country as Miss International Queen. In that year, she competed with Lars Pacheco and Fuschia Anne Ravena and placed first-runner up.

Patricia Montecarlo

Another Miss Q and A contestant, Patricia was already revered in ladyboy pageantry in the Philippines long before the TV stint. She started rising to fame by joining local ladyboy beauty pageants and expanded her career when she became one of the stars of the Amazing Philippine Theater, the biggest Filipino ladyboy cabaret show in the country.

Patricia Montecarlo takes a sultry selfie with smoky eyes and a black top at Cuppage Plaza, Singapore, July 2016
Patricia Montecarlo, selfie at Cuppage Plaza, July 2016 – Instagram @patriciamontecarlo

As a ladyboy model, her first commercial was for the Philippines’ biggest cable company, Sky Cable. Currently, she’s active on Social Media where she connects with her fans to update them with her new ventures.

Rui Mariano

She’s one of the Philippines’ most followed ladyboys not just because of her traditional feminine beauty, but because of her hilarious videos and skits. But what’s polarizing about her is that she’s not only making a name in the entertainment industry as a ladyboy model, but she’s also a successful businesswoman.

Rui Mariano in a tan wide-brim hat and nude-toned makeup, posing in front of a matching beige background
Rui Mariano in studio shoot, August 2020 – Facebook @thefairygodbarbie

Rui is the ladyboy behind the highly-successful transgender beauty supplier The FairyGodBarbie. She caters to Filipino ladyboys from all walks of life who need HRT medications and beauty supplements.

Jana Larman

With over 600k followers on TikTok alone, Jana can be considered a household in the ladyboy community. Her statuesque and feminine beauty captivated the masses but what made them stay and consume her content is her humor. Also dubbed the balibag queen, she’s known for cheekily punching and throwing her camera.

Jana Larman smiles with eyes closed while holding her YouTube Silver Play Button for passing 100,000 subscribers
Jana Larman receives her YouTube Silver Play Button, January 2022 – Instagram @iamjanalarman

Because of her fame, she has acquired many partnerships with beauty brands to endorse different products.

Vietnam

Nguyen Huong Giang

She left a huge mark on the international stage when she was declared the first winner of Miss International Queen from Vietnam. It was not hard to figure out why she got the coveted title as she’s often dubbed as one of the most beautiful contestants of Miss International Queen.

Nguyễn Hương Giang poses in a pale pink draped gown, standing against soft pink geometric panels
Nguyễn Hương Giang in soft pink elegance, September 2022 – Facebook @jennifer.singer.395

Her success snowballed from being a winner to become a national director of Miss International Queen Vietnam. The pageant is held to select the ladyboy queen who will represent Vietnam in the annual Miss International Queen pageant.

Read also: Nguyen Huong Giang – A Transgender Beauty from Vietnam

Phung Truong Tran Dai

In 2022, she consistently topped many pageant enthusiast websites regarding their bet to win Miss International Queen that year. What made her popular was her naturally striking beauty. Some pageant fans from Vietnam shared that her beauty was similar to then Miss Universe, Demi Leigh Peters.

Phùng Trương Trần Đài in a red sequin gown with cape, arms open wide on stage, smiling confidently
Phùng Trương Trần Đài shines on stage, June 2022 – Facebook @trandaimiq.officialfanpage

Laos

Piyada Inthavong

Piyada, also known as Lingling, was born on November 13, 1992. She grew up with a happy childhood in an upper-middle-class family of doctors. Growing up in Champasak, Province, Laos, she wasn’t exposed to the ladyboy culture. Her eyes opened after a trip to Thailand when she witnessed how beautiful ladyboys were.

Piyada Inthavong seated in a modern café, wearing black, with a handbag and phone on the table
Piyada Inthavong at a café in August 2015 – Instagram @piyadainthavong

Years later, she decided to undergo a gender reassign surgery after getting the blessing of her conservative doctor father. She rose to fame when she joined Miss International Queen in 2014 and her name became more of a buzzword from the constant comparisons between her and Nong Poy, another famous ladyboy model.

Indonesia

This country is known for its people being predominantly Muslim. That’s why it’s surprising to find out that it also hosts one of the most beautiful ladyboys in the world.

Millen Cyrus

Albeit having known for controversies and scandals, Millen is famous in the world of social media.

Millen Cyrus
Regal portrait of Millen Cyrus in Bangkok, 2023 – Instagram @millencyrus

She’s known for her entertaining content and stunning beauty, evident with her more than a million following on Instagram alone.

Others

Because the world is filled with gorgeous ladyboy models, it’s going to be difficult to enlist all of the countries that have ladyboy models. In this section, the ones that will be mentioned will be coming from other regions and countries that haven’t been discussed above.

Anjali Lama

Anjali is a Nepalese beauty who has made a name for herself through modeling. Bollywood, a tough market to break-in into, was able to be penetrated with the help of Anjali’s looks.

Anjali Lama poses seated in a multicolored draped dress with pearl jewelry against a brown studio backdrop
Anjali Lama stuns in editorial shoot, 2021 – Facebook @Anjali.Lama.Official

She’s the first transgender woman to walk for the Lakme Fashion Week. The event is a big thing in the Indian entertainment world. Currently, Anjali is trying to be recognized as an international model.

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Amanda Valentine Dela Cruz
Amanda Valentine has been a writer for My Ladyboy Date for over 10 years. She writes various topics on trans dating and other trans-related content. Her personal experiences as a transgender woman have given her a unique point of view on trans topics. She has written 5 books on trans women’s relationships and has made it on Amazon’s best-seller list. Her book “Dating Transgender Women for Gentlemen” reached #3 on the Transgender Studies category on Amazon. Her love for writing started when she won a poetry contest in 4th grade which made her pursue a career in literature.

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