Solongo Batsukh is a Mongolian

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and

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. As of 2018, she was one of the few openly

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people in Mongolia. Solongo Batsukh was born Bilguun Batsukh and grew up as a boy in

Dundgovi Dundgovi or Dundgobi ( mn, Дундговь, ''Middle Gobi'') is one of the 21 aimags (provinces) of Mongolia. It is located in the south of the country, approximately south of Ulaanbaatar. Its capital is Mandalgovi. Dundgovi is the second leas ...

province. She learnt about different gender identities as a student, and whilst working at an

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organisation, she realised she was a woman and began

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. Batsukh works as a model and make-up artist. She became a celebrity in Mongolia in 2014, after participating in

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, a transgender beauty pageant held in Thailand. She later participated in

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2018. She advocates for

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in television appearances and on social media.

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* Mongolian LGBT people Transgender female models People from Dundgovi Province Mongolian models Make-up artists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Mongolia-bio-stub

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