Miss Trans Pakistan

Miss Trans Pakistan is a pageant for the trans women of Pakistan founded by Sonia Ahmed. It is part of the Miss Pakistan World pageant.

History
In 2020, during COVID-19, the Miss Pakistan World pageant moved from Toronto Canada to Lahore, Pakistan. The first Miss Pakistan World crowned in Pakistan in August 2020 was Areej Chaudhary.This allowed the pageant to expand to allow trans women to become part of Pakistan's pageantry.

The pageant brought attention to the plight of trans women in Pakistan through their titleholders. The news of the crowning of the first Miss Trans Pakistan was the most read news in Pakistan and came in the top ten news of the year in Pakistan's leading English newspaper Dawn.

On 23 May 2021, Miss Pakistan World announced that it would allow trans women to compete in a separate pageant called Miss Trans Pakistan. On 23 May 2021, the first Miss Trans Pakistan was announced. The crowning ceremony took place in Lahore, Pakistan on 25 May 2021.

Shyraa Roy became the first trans woman to win the Miss Trans Pakistan 2021 title.

On Jan 31, 2022, the crowning ceremony of Miss Pakistan was held in a much bigger way and new titles were introduced.

On May 31, 2023, the next transgender girl crowned by Areej Chaudhary on the soil of Pakistan was Alina Khan. Khan was known for her role in the movie Joyland.