Leeds teen's model ambition for pageant title


Published on Monday 7 May 2012 10:43

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Jackie Green

Sex-change teen and aspiring model Jackie Green is another step closer to being crowned Miss England.

Jackie, 18, from Leeds, became the youngest person in the world to undergo full gender reassignment surgery on her 16th birthday.

But after sharing her emotional plight Jackie has successfully clinched the public vote to secure her place in the Miss England semi-final.




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Sex-change beauty queen: Transgender teenager wins place in the Miss England semi-final


Jackie Green will be the first transgender contestant to reach the semi-finals of the national pageant
   


By Lucy Thornton | 8 May 2012 03:00


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Walk this way: Jackie and other beauty contestants at the Miss Model Zed competition


A teenager who had the world's earliest sex change at just 16 has moved a step closer to becoming the new Miss England.

Jackie Green, now 18, has clinched the public vote and will be the first transgender contestant to reach the semi-finals of the national pageant.

Jackie, who was asked to enter the beauty contest by scouts who knew nothing about her sex swap past, said: "I'm ecstatic to get through. I never expected it