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Meet transgender Mongolian beauty queen breaking barriers

Make-up artist Solongo Batsukh wants to dispel the image of transgender women being only sex workers or strippers living on the fringes of society. [Courtesy]

Make-up artist Solongo Batsukh braves Mongolia's below-freezing temperatures in just a skimpy black dress and light pastel pink coat -- the country's trailblazing transgender beauty queen wants to look good in any weather.

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