Die Beautiful (2016)

Evocative and provocative, this offbeat biography revolves around Trisha Echevarria (Paolo Ballesteros), whose birth name is Patrick, a transgender woman whose sexuality and dream to become a beauty queen were greatly opposed by her father (Joel Torre), causing her to leave their house and live on her own together with her best friend Barbs (Christian Bables).

At present, Trisha is already dead. She died after collapsing during her pictorials as the newly crowned Binibining Gay Pilipinas. Her wake is being held at Happy Endings Funeral Homes under the care of her gay friends. Everyday, Trisha undergoes makeup transformations into different female celebrities, which she owes to the makeup skills of her best friend Barbs. The best friends enjoyed doing make-up transformations together when Trisha was still alive.

Trisha's adopted daughter Shirley Mae (Inah de Belen) arrives with her boyfriend. She cries and apologizes to her adoptive mother for rebelling against her before when Trisha unceasingly pushed her to join beauty pageants even if Shirley Mae didn't want to do so anymore. She tells Barbs that she is pregnant, thus, making her unable to fulfill Trisha's dream for her to be a beauty queen.

Meanwhile, Iza Calzado who crowned Trisha in Binibining Gay Pilipinas also visits the wake at the time when Trisha's makeup transformation is Iza's face. In another makeup transformation, the gay funeral parlor owner, Flora (Lou Veloso), was amazed by Trisha's look and asks for a selfie with the corpse dressed as Miley Cyrus. Flora later uploads the picture on Facebook without Barbs' consent. The photo goes viral, making Trisha's wake an attraction even for people who did not know her in life, much to Barbs' disapproval.

Couturier Eugene Domingo also visits the wake after knowing about the viral photo. She was appalled by the gown Trisha was wearing as Julia Roberts from the Runaway Bride and bought a fabulous white gown for Trisha to wear. Flora points out that corpses can't be dressed normally so they would have to cut the back part of the gown so they can put it on Trisha. Despite being hesitant at first, the couturier cuts the gown.

During the seven days of Trisha's wake, flashbacks of the glamorous life Trisha had lived as a son/daughter, brother/sister, mother, girlfriend, wife, and a beauty queen were shown. What were the challenges faced by Patrick to become Trisha? How did Trisha fulfil her dream of becoming a beauty queen? What was the journey of her life?