PHOTOS + VIDEO :Brazilian Bags Miss International Transgender contest

A Brazilian has won the 9th Miss International Queen transgender beauty pageant in Thailand, with US and Thai contestants placing second and third. Marcelo Ohio won first prize which included 300 000 baht ($9 677), a crown with real  gemstones and free surgery “for anything” at a famed plastic surgery clinic in Bangkok, organizers said.

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The pageant held in the beach resort of Pattaya since 2004, ended around midnight Friday. US citizen Shantell D’Marco came second in the beauty pageant, with Thai contestant Nethnapada Kanrayanon placing third.'



Marcelo Ohio of Brazil celebrate with the trophy after winning the International Queen 2013 Transexual beauty contest in Pattaya on November 1, 2013. Twenty-five contestants from 17 countries competed in Pattaya for the Miss International Queen title. AFP PHOTO / PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP/Getty Images
Marceki Ohio of Brazil, center, is congratulated by the two runners-up from Thailand Nethnapada Kanrayanon, left, and Shantell D’Marco of the US, right, after winning the crown at the Miss International Queen 2013 transgender beauty pageant in Pattaya, southeastern Thailand Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

Marceki Ohio of Brazil, left, is congratulated by Miss International Queen 2012 Kevin Balot of the Philippines, right, after winning the Miss International Queen 2013 transgender beauty pageant in Pattaya, southeastern Thailand Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)