This Saturday night was the island’s Fafafine Pageant. The fafafine are part of the island’s transgender culture, and they frequently hold pageants. This one lived up to the usual pageant reputation: crazy outfits, oiled escort men, jumps into the pool, and a whole lot of panty hose to hold everything in. One of the early entertainment numbers set the tone for the night when she ramped up her performance by jumping into the pool (with a white shirt and mini skirt on) and offering a little synchronized swimming number. The move wasn’t totally thought out since the stage was built over the water and was pretty high.. the led to many failed attempts getting out. She finally threw one leg over the edge and ungracefully plopped herself back up. It got the audience rolling. As with drag shows, most of the night included lip sync numbers. As time went on, each candidate tried to out do the others which led to a lot of panty flashes. And what pageant is complete without a swimsuit number. Yup, the fafafines paraded in bikinis. Thankfully they somehow managed to keep everything tucked and secured! After all the votes were in, Pearl (age 39) was proclaimed the island queen. She wasn’t my favorite since Keisha, my vote, did the splits about 400 times throughout the night. Until the next pageant I will leave you this image...
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