Miss Universe Canada disqualifies transsexual contestant: She was born a boy

[lhorenzoo]

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Miss Universe Canada disqualifies transsexual contestant: She was born a boy - Yahoo! News UK


Miss Universe Canada officials have banned 23-year-old transsexual Jenna Talackova from participating in the pageant finals to be held in Toronto in May, 2012. The Vancouver contestant was one of sixty-five women chosen to compete in the national contest (which is owned by Donald Trump). The Daily Mail Reports that Denis Davila, national director of Miss Universe Canada, asserts that every contestant must be a "naturally born female." Critics of the decision claim that the rules do not specifically address *** change or plastic surgery.

The statuesque blonde Talackova is calling it a human rights issue. She says that she knew she was a girl by age four, started hormone therapy at fourteen, and had *** reassignment surgery at nineteen. She's previously competed in both transsexual and women's beauty pageants. "All I can say is that they disqualified me because I'm not 'natural born,' she told the National Post. "[That] doesn't make sense because since I was conscious, I always felt this way."

After being kicked out of the pageant, Talackova, whose twitter account has since been locked, tweeted, "I'm disqualified, however I'm not giving up. I'm not going to just let them disqualify me over discrimination." Online support for the beauty queen is growing. So far, over twenty-one thousand people have signed a petition demanding she be allowed to compete. It reads, "She is a woman and deserves to be treated as any other woman would be."

Talackova, who says she is not doing interviews until she consults a lawyer, describes herself as, "a woman with a past."

Do you think Jenna Talackova should be allowed to compete in the Miss Universe Canada pageant? Let us know in the comments below.

[lodyl]

hay naku ning mga Badinger Z.... adto nalang unta na sila sa ilahang kaugalingon nga beauty contests oi... mosagol man hinuon sa mga pure girls/women nga competition... alang alang, itsapwera jud ning buing...

[lhorenzoo]

boss lody,insist man gyud siya na she kenw she was a girl by age four pa ,according to the news report, hehehehhe,iya kasingkasing jud boss kay girl jud siya,mao na bisan lumsan na sa papa di na siya syokoy,sirena na siya.

[AlbertCruz]

I'd tap that booty

[kit_cebu]

where's sanity these days? ? ?

maybe profiling being transgender as "psychological problem" as it was back then...........this is way too much "right" they speak of....

[muchacha00]

grabiha... di naman gud ta kahibaw ani kong dili nato tokion ni sila... hehehe

[lhorenzoo]

mailad na ka boss,pagbantay jud..

[StingerRay]

genetically and physically, he's a male. But due to scientifically aid of modern drugs & surgery, he transforms into a female. If the candidate is very vocal about his gender since birth, why lie your gender status in a female pageant competition? Honesty is the best policy. Doesn't make sense - prestigious pageant for FEMALE (naturally born) competiton is petitioned by transgender contestant? SMH

[lodyl]

boss lody,insist man gyud siya na she kenw she was a girl by age four pa ,according to the news report, hehehehhe,iya kasingkasing jud boss kay girl jud siya,mao na bisan lumsan na sa papa di na siya syokoy,sirena na siya.

Nakabasa pud ko sa news bai... ning ulbo akoang kaspa oi.... naa pay supporter ang buing... kayasa oi.... tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk.....

[lodyl]

kayasa ning buing oi... sa requirement palang nga FEMALE (NATURALLY BORN), hagbong na ang kanahan... bwahahahahahahaha.........