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Miss Universe Canada yanks transgendered contestant from pageant

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http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...ks-transgendered-contestant-from-pageant?bn=1

The Miss Universe Canada organizers concede Jenna Talackova is a “real girl,” but that doesn’t mean they will let her in their beauty pageant.

Talackova, a Vancouver native, will not be competing in this year’s Miss Universe Canada pageant because she was born a male.

According to Denis Davila, national director of Miss Universe Canada, the rules set by the Miss Universe franchise state that each contestant must be a “naturally born female.”

According to Davila, Talackova claimed on her registration form she was born a female. He said he suspected otherwise and asked her about it on Mar. 13, when she admitted she was not.

She was pulled from the contest the same day.

“She feels like a real girl and she is a real girl. She didn’t expect people to question it,” Davila said.

“She was hoping we could put her back in the competition, but the rules are very clear and there’s no way we can go back on it.”

Talackova could not be reached for comment Friday night. In a YouTube interview posted in 2010, she says she knew she was a female at the age of 4 and began hormone therapy at 14. She surgically changed her gender a few years ago when she was 19.

“I regard myself as a woman with a history,” Talackova says in the video, winking.

Davila insisted there is no bad blood between Talackova and Miss Universe Canada, and that they wish her the best.

“She was excited about the competition. Just because she can't compete doesn't mean we stopped loving her.”
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there is a bikini pic, too. :\

what do you guys think about this? Perhaps a Miss Universe: Transgender Edition could be started.
 
I'd have changed the rules to allow it, and left her in. Of course, I don't really care that much. Pageants are the epitome of useless fluff.
 
Sounds fine to me. I have no beef with transgendered, but sorry, I'll never consider them anything other than their born gender... something about X and Y chromosomes.
 
The Miss Universe Canada organizers concede Jenna Talackova is a “real girl,” but that doesn’t mean they will let her in their beauty pageant.

Talackova, a Vancouver native, will not be competing in this year’s Miss Universe Canada pageant because she was born a male.

According to Denis Davila, national director of Miss Universe Canada, the rules set by the Miss Universe franchise state that each contestant must be a “naturally born female.”

According to Davila, Talackova claimed on her registration form she was born a female. He said he suspected otherwise and asked her about it on Mar. 13, when she admitted she was not.

She was pulled from the contest the same day.

“She feels like a real girl and she is a real girl. She didn’t expect people to question it,” Davila said.

“She was hoping we could put her back in the competition, but the rules are very clear and there’s no way we can go back on it.”

Talackova could not be reached for comment Friday night. In a YouTube interview posted in 2010, she says she knew she was a female at the age of 4 and began hormone therapy at 14. She surgically changed her gender a few years ago when she was 19.

“I regard myself as a woman with a history,” Talackova says in the video, winking.

Davila insisted there is no bad blood between Talackova and Miss Universe Canada, and that they wish her the best.

“She was excited about the competition. Just because she can't compete doesn't mean we stopped loving her.”
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This article is either full of lies or has a large amount of spelling errors. It's poor "journalism" either way.
 
Herr Kutz said:
This article is either full of lies or has a large amount of spelling errors. It's poor "journalism" either way.
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Spelling Errors? No sorry it's not, especially post op. Really rude and just a dick move not using the correct pronouns. I spend a lot of time around transgender people and if a person thinks and feels like they are a girl, then they are a girl. Gender isn't just if you have a penis or vagina.
 
allenk09 said:
Spelling Errors? No sorry it's not, especially post op. Really rude and just a dick move not using the correct pronouns. I spend a lot of time around transgender people and if a person thinks and feels like they are a girl, then they are a girl. Gender isn't just if you have a penis or vagina.
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No. One born a man, dies a man. :colbert:
I refer to trannies by their "original" genders.
 
Gargen said:
Sounds fine to me. I have no beef with transgendered, but sorry, I'll never consider them anything other than their born gender... something about X and Y chromosomes.
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This and if you want to have this operation then go for it but don't expect special treatment because you had it after lying about it and getting caught.
 
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allenk09 said:
Spelling Errors? No sorry it's not, especially post op. Really rude and just a dick move not using the correct pronouns. I spend a lot of time around transgender people and if a person thinks and feels like they are a girl, then they are a girl. Gender isn't just if you have a penis or vagina.
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I spend a lot of time around people who believe in God. If a person thinks and believes there is a God, then there is a God...


See how silly your argument is?
 
For such a silly little content, it hardly matters. It's not like the fact that she used to be a man gives her an advantage. For something as shallow as this, if someone wants to put an android into the competition, and it wins, what does it matter?
 
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