Transgender Miss Universe candidate: publicity stunt or civil rights triumph?
By Paula Newton, CNN
updated 3:27 PM EDT, Sat May 19, 2012
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Toronto (CNN) -- Jenna Talackova, the 23-year-old woman who forced Donald Trump and his Miss Universe Canada pageant to end its ban on transgender contestants, is set to take the stage Saturday night and she says she's in it to win.
But in an interview with CNN several hours before showtime, the 6-foot-1 blonde Canadian seemed a bit weary, because the spotlight is still squarely on her gender transformation.
"Like I always say, my family didn't understand, so why would I expect anybody else to understand and then they got to know me and they loved me," Talackova said.