official name became the Air New Zealand Galaxy Queen Beauty Pageant. In 2017 the pageant was sponsored by Digicel Tonga. The 2021 pageant's theme was 'Ending Gender-based Violence'. Reception Days after the inaugural event in 1993, a transphobic educational official suggested that schools had a role in the increasingly visible number of leitis in Tonga. In 2018 pageant contestants were featured in the documentary Leitis in Waiting which portrayed the difficulties faced by the leitis community in Tonga. The same year, the pageant celebrated its silver jubilee, celebrating twenty-five years of success. Pageant winners 1993: Vivian Charlie. 1994: Fiona Gibson. 1995: London Koloamatangi. 1996: Lee Mubai Yang. 1997: Shima Langi. 1998: Kumu Hina. 1999: Janice Fruean-Zimmerman Baice. 2000: Ireen Shauna. 2001: Lee Mubai Yang (Feliuaki Taulanga). 2002: Pauline Edward Taufa. 2003: Sonia Honey. 2004: Phylesha Brown-Acton. 2005: Sabrina Latu. 2006: Coco Chandelier. 2007: Maya Douglas. 2008: Selena D'Angelo. 2009: Fatima Gyllenhaal Halafihi. 2010: Tararina Brown. 2011: Venus Brown. 2012-2013: Jayleen Veer Kaho 2014: Leila Heihei. 2015-2016: Diamond Vea. 2017: Natasha Finau. 2018: Kaina Handerson Tauvaka. 2019-2020: Marina Cocobutter. 2021: Lavenda Mosay References External resources Photos from the 2004 Competition More Photos from 2004 More Photos from 2004 Miss Galaxy Queen 07-08, Coco Chandelier - Knock on Wood Gender in Oceania Events in Tonga Transgender beauty pageants Transgender in Oceania