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COPYRIGHT 2004 Las Vegas Review-Journal
BYLINE: SONYA PADGETT, REVIEW-JOURNAL
Tourists gathered in front of The Mirage volcano Thursday night expecting to see a one-of-a-kind show, but the eruption turned out to be only the opening act for a much more unique spectacle.
A group of 31 women sporting "Vegas chic" and trailed by a camera crew descended on the crowd, managing to steal the volcano's thunder mideruption by flashing flawless smiles and tossing perfect hair.
Granted, a group of glamorous, surgically enhanced women walking the Strip isn't that unique. But when those women are former men passing out invitations to the World's Most Beautiful Transsexual contest, they're bound to turn a few heads and stop some people in their tracks.
"No way," Frank, who refused to give his last name, said to his wife as he read about the Riviera event. It was billed by promoters as the first of its kind.
He and his wife, Annette, both visiting from Ohio, stood at the edge of the sidewalk on Las Vegas Boulevard South and Mirage Drive, staring unabashedly at the women who were surrounded by...
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