I Interviewed Toronto's Most Popular Transsexual Model
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5/27/13
By Alan Jones
Before the Canadian news cycle was inundated by a series of political scandals, resignations, and smoke-outs, a decidedly minor controversy occurred within the pages of Canada's Sun Media newspaper chain. On Tuesday, Xtra revealed that one of the paper's "SUNshine Girls" (the scantily clad women who appear on Page three of every issue) was actually Amelia Maltepe, a transsexual model from Toronto by way of Bangladesh.
To their credit, Sun Media seems unconcerned with the revelation, even though they were unaware of Amelia's sexual identity. Sun Media may have a contentious history with Canada's LGBT community, but, as Toronto Sun's editor-in-chief Mike Wallace told Xtra "she's cute and we ran her photo." He also let it slip that Amelia was not the first trans woman to become a SUNshine Girl.