Transgender beauty queen back in pageant
Mike Strobel, QMI Agency
First posted: Monday, April 02, 2012 07:39 PM EDT
http://www.torontosun.com/2012/04/02/transgender-beauty-queen-back-in-pageant?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=recommend-button&utm_campaign=Transgender+beauty+queen+back+in+pageant (http://www.torontosun.com/2012/04/02/transgender-beauty-queen-back-in-pageant?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=recommend-button&utm_campaign=Transgender+beauty+queen+back+in+pageant)
TORONTO – A transgender beauty queen who was ousted from the Miss Universe Canada pageant will get to compete after all — so long as she can prove she's a she.
Jenna Talackova, 23, will be allowed to strut the Miss Universe Canada stage with the other 60 finalists, the pageant owned by mogul Donald Trump has decided.
"The Miss Universe organization will allow Jenna Talackova to compete in the 2012 Miss Universe Canada pageant provided she meets the legal gender recognition requirements of Canada, and the standards established by other international competitions," reads a statement by Trump headquarters in New York City.
Well, what do you know?
:eusa_clap: Right on!!! :eusa_dance: I hope she does really well
"Legal requirements..." meaning having had SRS, right?
I think that be one thing... next in line of equality all ggs will then also have their privates check?
Well come to the next beauty pageants...
Axélle
PS: anyone qualified that wishes for the job when it comes up?
fantastic news! Finally, we are getting somewhere in this world.
One gold star to Mr. Trump! It is nice to see some of us really pass! However:
In another vein to the pageant scene, I remember there was a tanning contest sponsored by a certain tanning lotion company in SoCal in the 60's and 70's that was open to 'Caucasian' women only. That pagent went on for years without nary a buzz until a few naturally light skinned Hispanic (Latin American) women entered the contest and started winning the prizes. There was an uproar from the women of European descent over the ruling that said the these Hispanic women were Caucasian, even though they are a mix of mainly Spanish, German and Mesoamerican (various southern Indian tribes including Inca, Aztec, Mayan, Yaqui, Mosquito, etc.). This uproar made it to the Ann Landers column, but the Euro-descent people didn't get much support from her either.
They had the contest for a few years after that then it had lost the fan base due to that decision plus the growing concerns about skin cancer and aging. This may happen here when the ciswomen lose the interest in these pageants.
Joelene.
This wasn't the first time a transgender woman was disqualified from the Miss Universe Pageant, why's her case taking notice?
Quote from: Axélle-Michélle on April 02, 2012, 11:31:42 PM
"Legal requirements..." meaning having had SRS, right?
I think that be one thing... next in line of equality all ggs will then also have their privates check?
Well come to the next beauty pageants...
Axélle
PS: anyone qualified that wishes for the job when it comes up?
You mean like the Pope?
Nice to see common sense prevail.
Quote from: spacial on April 03, 2012, 05:59:40 AM
You mean like the Pope?
Weeeeeeeell, they actual CHECK the pope having male plumbing - still do! Believe it or not.
The reason? There was one pope, that gave birth during a procession quite some time back - so now one has learned, hasn't one.
To have a dangle is one of the last qualifiers that are checked before his election is confirmed.
Trans man in waiting for the post aught to take note... bottom surgery be a MUST if wanting to qualify. Just like (I guess) it be the case at those female beauty pageants, hum.
Axélle
This is great news!!
I had been following this issue since it hit the mainstream news sources...such a beautiful girl...no reason in the world for her NOT to be able to compete.
hats off to common sense for sure :)
Jenna Talackova: Will She Compete?
By Stephen M. Silverman
Monday April 02, 2012 09:50 PM EDT
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20584007,00.html (http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20584007,00.html)
Reversing its position of last week, when it denied transgender contestant Jenna Talackova from competing, organizers of the Miss Universe pageant have now said she may walk down its runway, with certain provisos.
And it still remains to be seen if she will.
"The Miss Universe Organization will allow Jenna Talackova to compete in the 2012 Miss Universe Canada pageant provided she meets the legal gender recognition requirements of Canada, and the standards established by other international competitions," Michael D. Cohen, executive vice president and special counsel to Donald Trump, who owns the competition, said in an e-mailed statement Monday evening.
• Reporting by JANET MOCK
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Trump overrules rejection of transgender beauty queen
By R.T. Watson | LOS ANGELES | Tue Apr 3, 2012 9:20pm EDT
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/04/entertainment-us-usa-transgender-pageant-idUSBRE83301Z20120404
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Canadian model Jenna Talackova attends a news conference in Los Angeles, California April 3, 2012. Talackova, a transgender beauty queen who was dropped from the Miss Universe Canada competition by pageant representatives, has been given the green light to go by the Donald Trump-led Miss Universe Organization. The 23-year-old will, however, need to prove that she meets the ''legal gender recognition requirements of Canada'', according to local media. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
(Reuters) - Businessman Donald Trump has overturned a decision by the Miss Universe Organization, which he owns, to disqualify a Canadian transgender beauty pageant contestant because she was not a "naturally born" female.
Jenna Talackova, a tall blonde who underwent gender-reassignment surgery at age 19 and holds legal documents affirming her identity as a woman, wants pageant organizers to go further and drop eligibility rules she calls discriminatory.
Quote from: Axélle-Michélle on April 03, 2012, 11:36:07 AM
Weeeeeeeell, they actual CHECK the pope having male plumbing - still do! Believe it or not.
The reason? There was one pope, that gave birth during a procession quite some time back - so now one has learned, hasn't one.
That may have something to due with the legend of "Pope Joan."