https://www.scmp.com/rss/330974/feed Laurel Tuohy is an American travel and lifestyle journalist based in Bangkok. Her bylines appear in Travel + Leisure, BBC Travel, The Wall Street Journal, and Vice. Her favorite subjects include quirky resorts and vintage architecture, though her heart is easily won by houseboats and pretty plunge pools. Favorite hotel room feature? A high-quality in-room coffee maker. Follow her @laureltuohy on Instagram. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Miss International Queen 2019, arguably the world’s most prestigious trans pageant, crowned its latest winner in Pattaya, Thailand on Friday. History was made when judges selected their first queen of African descent, Miss USA Jazell Barbie Royale. Jazell is more than a pageant girl. She is a full-time HIV awareness advocate with a message to spread, a cabaret performer and an opera singer. Her historic win moves the pageant, which featured 20 candidates from as many countries this year, forward... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3002133/first-black-queen-thailands-transgender-pageant-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3002133/first-black-queen-thailands-transgender-pageant-china?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Mar 2019 06:00:12 +0000 If you are Bill Bensley, the world that the rest of us know is not the only one you inhabit. For the prolific designer, each project has its own realm, based on a backstory he makes up and uses to inform every decision from wall art, to doorknobs and lobby soundtracks. His latest, Shinta Mani Wild, is the fourth in his own Bensley Collection and has a wild tale to match. The exclusive, remote 15-tent eco camp in southwestern Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains sits on a parcel the size of Central... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people-events/article/2187293/what-its-be-bill-bensley-designer-whimsical-resorts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people-events/article/2187293/what-its-be-bill-bensley-designer-whimsical-resorts?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Feb 2019 04:02:38 +0000