Grand Marshal
JAZELL BARBIE
ROYALE
CMis s International Queen entral Florida performer
Jazell Barbie Royale was
crowned Miss International
Queen in March of this
year. The Miss International Queen
Pageant is the largest transgender
beauty pageant in the world and has
been held in Pattaya City, Thailand
since 2004.
Royale became the fi rst black trans
woman to take the crown as Miss
International Queen and the fi rst
contestant from the U.S. to win the top
prize since Mimi Marks in 2005.
It was such an accomplishment that the
City of Orlando recognized Royale with a
proclamation and ceremony at City Hall
declaring April 11, 2019 as “Jazell Barbie
Royale Day.”
Royale was joined on the steps of
Orlando City Hall with Mayor Buddy
Dyer, City Commissioner Patty Sheehan,
Parliament House Entertainment Director
Darcel Stevens, Orlando Police Captain
Jim Young, Bliss CARES Medical Director
Dr. Roberto Ortiz and many of Royale’s
family, friends, fans and supporters.
Royale is known in the Central
Florida community as a performer at the
Parliament House and an LGBTQ advocate
with Bliss CARES, a nonprofi t organization
in Orlando whose mission is to treat and
prevent HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and other
STDs in the local area. Royale’s platform
in both the pageant and during her reign
as Miss International Queen is HIV/AIDS
awareness and education around the HIVpreventative
drugs PrEP and PEP.
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