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Contestant (The)

Country: Venezuela, Mexico, Language: Spanish, 78 mins

Archived Trailer: NOT YET REVIEWED | Documentary | 2021

Original Title

La Candidata

Director: Ronald Rivas Casallas, Emil Guevara
Writer: Ronald Rivas Casallas, Emil Guevara
Producer: Rubén Sierra Salles, Emil Guevara, Ronald Rivas, Marianela Illas, Rafael Simón Pereyra, Juan Bernardo González, Arturo Pereyra

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Argenis, Yanvaldo, Carlos, Eduardo and Javier have something in common: they will compete in the Miss Gay Venezuela, a trans beauty contest where the man who most resembles a “Miss” wins. For several weeks, we follow them in their preparations for the final night of the contest, seeing how that illusion is built: that of being a beauty queen for one night. The event is the excuse and the ideal setting to find ourselves with wishes, fantasies and the search for a dream come true. They look for the beautiful and feminine to achieve a desire: to be admired and recognized as the most beautiful trans in the contest.

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