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FILE - In this May 15, 2009 file photo contestants ...
AP - Hier, 15h23FILE - In this May 15, 2009 file photo contestants gather on stage during competition at the Miss Tiffany's Universe contest in Pattaya, Thailand. The annual transvestite beauty pageant attracts contestants from all over Thailand. Thailand has issued rules making sex change surgery more difficult, including a requirement that potential candidates cross-dress for a year, over fears that some patients are rushing into the operation, a medical association said Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File)