Secret beauty pageant for Indonesia's transgender women

Indonesian transgender model Qie Nabh Tappii holds her trophy after winning the final round of the Miss Waria Indonesia 2016 pageant for transgenders in Jakarta, Indonesia. - EPA

Twenty-eight-year-old Pie Nabh Tappii won the title of Miss Transgender Indonesia, facing off competition from 18 other contestants.

"I am happy, but I want to cry as well... I didn't expect this," Tappii told AFP after being crowned.