I don't think this beauty contest is meaningless. This beauty contest has given many people a stage to express themselves to a great extent, because only through such an authoritative and official competition can these transgender people feel that they are no different from others in essence, and only in this way can they really treat each other without hesitation.
Venus in China, for example, also had sex-change surgery. I think people's life is really interesting, completely in their own hands. I think such people are very happy, because they dare to pursue the life they want, instead of being influenced by those rumors and never daring to take the step in their hearts.
Now it is 20 19, there is no secular prejudice, why you should not be a man because you are a sissy, and so on. There are still some elderly people or people with particularly pedantic ideas in China who do still have this idea, but for most people, this is no longer regarded as a very strange thing, and everyone can show their true self without any relationship.
To sum up, I think this kind of beauty pageant is really a good thing, which can give many people a stage to show themselves and stand up without formality. This is also a more humane place in Thailand, and I support it very much.