International Business Times
Jenna Talackova Banned From Miss Universe Canada Finals: The World's Best-looking Transsexuals A transsexual finalist has been axed from the Miss Universe Canada beauty pageant after it was discovered that she was born male. Jenna Talackova, 23, was...
Los Angeles Times
26 am As far as Miss Universe Canada is concerned, it seems the "Miss" part of the competition has to start at birth particularly for ousted contestant Jenna Talackova, who was born male and who said she self-identified as female at age 4 and...
E! Online
Getty Images Jenna Talackova was disqualified from competing in Miss Universe Canada because she is a transgender woman. A rep for the Miss Universe Organization (which is owned by Donald Trump ) tells E! News that the "rules currently state that all...
ThecounT.com
A transgender, who was a male then became a female, has just been disqualified from the 2012 Miss Universe Canada competition. Rules for the competition currently state that all contestants must be naturally born females', with no exceptions. A...
International Business Times
Talackova, a six-foot-one blonde, underwent a sex change surgery in 2010. In a video for the 2010 Miss International Queen transgender and transsexual competition in Thailand, Talackova said she realized her identity was a woman at four-years-old and...
International Business Times
Text Size Jenna Talackova, a 23-year-old woman from Vancouver, wanted to contest and win a beauty pageant like so many other girls do. The only difference between Talackova and the others is that she has undergone a sex change surgery to transform...