Marion Mageo, better known by the stage name Marion Malena, is a multiple beauty pageant winner who identifies as a Fa'afafine. Malena is an

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n who resides in

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. Malena was a

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titleholder in 2005 and a Miss American Sevens titleholder in 2007. Malena won several multi-ethnic transgender pageants such as Miss Gay Asian Pacific Islander International, Miss UTOPIA International, and Miss Northwest.

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