Girl of the Week: Rinrada Yoshi Thurapan

This is the 5th part of my series about real world T-girls and Cosplayers, who are inspirations to us all! 

Rinrada Thurapan, better known as Yoshi Rinrada, is a transgender woman from Thailand.  She was born in the male sex but always identified herself as a female while growing up.  Yoshi yearned to be a female since she was 15 years old, especially when she grew up surrounded by girls.  Yoshi studied communication arts at Bangkok University and gained notice in Thai films and television comedies.  But her earliest fame came from her work as a female model while she was still a teenager, which made her face recognized throughout Thailand from when she was 18 years old. 

In 2017, Yoshi was crowned Miss Tiffany Universe.  In 2015, she had had gender confirmation surgery.  After winning Miss Tiffany Universe, she was able to represent Thailand in the Miss International Queen pageant the next year, where she finished as second runner-up.  The person she admires most, her idol in many ways, is Treechada “Poyd” Petcharat (featured in Part 4 of this series), who won Miss Tiffany and Miss International Queen in 2004. Yoshi feels fortunate that she and other transgender women have people such as Poyd as role models and as voices of wisdom. 

“Continue to be a good person,” Yoshi insists, “and eventually the special things in you will shine out for the world to see and accept you for who you are.”  She is a beauty and an inspiration for others. 

And here she speaks in her own words. 💗

Lovely!  May you have continued success, Yoshi! ^.^