Miss Universe allows transgender contestant back into competition

[Jazzy]

A beauty pageant has booted a contestant out the competition after discovering the buxom blonde was born a boy.

The Miss Universe Canada organizers threw out Jenna Talackova when they found out she had undergone surgery to become a woman.



The transgendered contestant had already successfully reached the finals in the Miss Vancouver pageant before she was banned from continuing in the competition.



Although the pageant organizers described Talackova as a ‘real girl’ they disqualified her arguing that the rules state that each contestant must be a ‘naturally born female.’



According to Denis Davila, the national director of Miss Universe Canada, Talackova claimed on her registration form she was born a female.



But becoming suspicious Davila confronted the 23-year-old about her sex change and the contestant admitted she was actually born a male.



Despite her pleas to stay in the pageant her confession meant that she was pulled from the contest that same day.



'She feels like a real girl and she is a real girl. She didn’t expect people to question it,' Davila told thestar.com.



'She was hoping we could put her back in the competition, but the rules are very clear and there’s no way we can go back on it.'



The decision from the Miss Universe Canada pageant, which is owned by Donald Trump, has sparked outrage with people calling for Jenna to be reinstated into the contest.



Read more (pictures and video included): http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ss-Universe-Canada-pageant.html#ixzz1q8VEQWO4



Question: Do you agree with the decision to boot her out? Why or Why not?

 

[Jazzy]

the rules state that each contestant must be a ‘naturally born female.’

That about sums it up. She went in there, lied and got caught. I 100% agree with the decision.

 

[Evil Eye]

Looks like they changed their minds.

New York (CNN) -- After initially disqualifying a transgender contestant, organizers of the Miss Universe beauty pageant have reversed course saying she can participate.

Full story: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/03/world/americas/miss-universe-transgender-contestant/

 

[Jazzy]

I agree this is bullshit! Rules state you have to be born a female. No matter what this male does to appear to be a female, he's still a male. You can alter the outside but you can't change the inside!