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For 24-year-old Sokal, her triumph in one of Bangladesh most prestigious beauty contests was not only a personal victory but one that sent a message of hope.
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Bangladeshi trans woman Yasin Ahmed Sokal always wanted the freedom to dress like her sisters, but never in her wildest dreams did she imagine being showered with applause at a beauty pageant in her conservative homeland.