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VIDEO | From beauty queen to civil rights advocate

Started by Shana A, May 21, 2012, 09:05:29 AM

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Shana A

May 21, 2012, 09:05:29 AM
VIDEO | From beauty queen to civil rights advocate
May 21, 2012 - 4:10am By CASSANDRA SZKLARSKI   The Canadian Press

Lawyer calls on pageants to end discrimination

http://thechronicleherald.ca/canada/98495-video-from-beauty-queen-to-civil-rights-advocate

TORONTO — Transgender trailblazer Jenna Talackova lost her bid to become Miss Universe Canada over the weekend but said Sunday that her history-making appearance has awarded her a much more meaningful role as a civil rights champion.

"I never thought I would be wearing (the) crown of an advocate and it feels really good, I feel very honoured," Talackova said one day after losing the Miss Universe Canada title to fellow Vancouverite Sahar Biniaz.

"I was training for eight months, I was very dedicated and all of a sudden I was disqualified and for something that was so unjust. And now I'm a heroine in a lot of people's eyes and it's just made me so humbled and I wake up pinching myself."
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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Shana A

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May 21, 2012, 10:55:24 PM
I'm very impressed with Jenna's activism!

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