It's Labor Day weekend, and one tradition that has happened in Chicago since 1980 is the Miss Continental Pageant.It's the nationally respected and premier trans pageant for professional female illusionists and takes place at Chicago's Park West Theater.
Last year's winner Armani Stevens will be passing on her crown to her successor, and the road to the 200-11 crown will start with the preliminaries on Sunday, September 5.
The preliminary field will be whittled down to the 12 ladies who will compete for the crown on Labor Day evening.
One former Miss Continental who went on to mainstream success is 2001 winner Candis Cayne. She later became the first transwoman to appear in a recurring prime time role as a transwoman when she joined the cast of the short lived ABC series Dirty Sexy Money as Carmelita Ranier.
If you're in the Chicago area and are interested in checking out the event, you can check and see if they still have reserved tickets for sale by calling 312-527-9338.
