Friday November 17 8:22 AM ET
Beauty Queen Abdicates, Admits She Is Male

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Kesaraporn Duangsawan captured the hearts of the judges and walked away with 6,000 baht ($138) as first runner-up in a Thai beauty contest this month -- until organizers discovered the beauty queen was a man.

A police officer told reporters some of the contestants had complained of unfair competition saying Kesaraporn was actually male.

The disgraced 22-year-old beauty queen handed back the prize money through a friend on Thursday, five days after the annual Loy Krathong festival beauty pageant in the central Thai province of Ratchaburi.

Kesaraporn had asked only to keep the Miss Media runner-up sash as a momento, the police officer told reporters.

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Comment: Aren't you glad you weren't one of the judges who voted for this contestant?!

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), November 17, 2000

Answers

Shakes head and mutters to self "but I DID"

opps.

-- her judgeship (shh@aool.com), November 17, 2000.

...some of the contestants had complained of unfair competition saying Kesaraporn was actually male.

"Unfair competition"? I wonder how they arrived at that conclusion. I could understand if it was a weightlifting tournament but it was a beauty contest for chris' sake!

-- CD (costavike@hotmail.com), November 17, 2000.

You know, CD, I wondered about that myself. I didn't want to think of the possibilities :-)

-- Patricia (PatriciaS@lasvegas.com), November 17, 2000.

Is this the one? Maybe it's the lighting, but something seems not right about that crotch.

-- (isthat@gun.inyour.panties), November 17, 2000.