Tarnrarin Chansawang,18,(C) waves for the audience after being named Miss Jumbo Queen at an elephant ground at a zoo in Nakhon Pathom province about 56 km (35 miles) south of Bangkok , May 1,2005. The first runner-up,Kemika Sookprasongdee,18(L), and second runner-up,Phanchan Ahkrakul, 23(R), stand between Chansawang. The contest is held to select the contestant who best exhibits the characteristics of an elephant by virtue of her grace, elegance and size, and the winner will lead a jumbo banquet and help promote elephant conservation causes in Thailand. [Reuters]

Miss Jumbo Queen contestants line up on the stage during the pageant at an elephant ground at a zoo in Nakhon Pathom province about 56 km (35 miles) south of Bangkok, May 1,2005. The contest is held to select the contestant who best exhibits the characteristics of an elephant by virtue of her grace, elegance and size, and the winner will lead a jumbo banquet and help promote elephant conservation causes in Thailand. [Reuters]