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Nigerian transgender, Ms Iris Sahhara Henson emerges as the winner in the World Transgender pageant, Eat Bulaga in the Philippines yesterday.
An excited Sahhara wrote wrote on her facebook page:
“OMG! I won. I am still not sure it is a reality! Maybe I’ll wake-up from this amazing dream in a minute! My arm is turning red from me constantly pinching myself to wakeup from this beautiful dream! I am overwhelmed with love! Philippines is truly my home away from home. Thank you to the Eat Bulaga show and production team for giving us the platform to exhibit our intelligence and creativity in positive ways on the longest daytime national television show in the world! Shock is an understatement to how I feel right now!”
