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Delhi News-Record
| 12 months ago
Newly-crowned Miss Universe Canada Sahar Biniaz was quick to embrace her duties. At an impromptu meet and greet with fans in Toronto on Tuesday, the 26-year-old beauty queen was drawing crowds almost as large as those flocking to see Prince Charles,...
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The Huffington Post
| 12 months ago
Read more share this story Transgender Miss Universe Canada contestant Jenna Talackova cracked the top 12 in the final night of the pageant. Although she didn't win, I was rooting for her the entire way, because over the past few weeks I've come to...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Jenna Talackova, the first transgender contestant to compete in the Miss Universe pageant, fell short in gaining the Miss Canada title on Saturday, but was placed in the top 12 of 62 contestants in Toronto...Talackova, who stands at six-feet-one-inch,...
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Leader Post Online
| 1 year ago
A civil rights breakthrough at Miss Universe Canada may not be universal. Miss Universe publicity director Brenda Mendoza says transgender competitors are welcome at all of its pageants around the world. But she says it's being left to the individual...
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Russia Today
| 1 year ago
British actor and comedian Stephen Fry, famed for his portrayal of Oscar Wilde, has voiced outrage over a law adopted in St Petersburg banning the promotion of gay lifestyles in Russia...Failing to make the top five, she has already made history as...
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The Globe and Mail
| 1 year ago
Video Video Video 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...
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Towleroad
| 1 year ago
The Boston Globe takes a stand on the deportation of same-sex spouses. Trans beautuy Jenna Talackova didn't become Miss Universe Canada last night : The crown went to Sahar Biniaz, an Indian-born, Iranian-raised actress from Vancouver. Biniaz, 26,...
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New Zealand Infotech Weekly
| 1 year ago
A transgender Canadian beauty contestant who was initially disqualified from taking part in the Miss Universe Canada pageant because she was not a "naturally born female" failed to win the crown but was awarded the title of Miss Congeniality. Jenna...
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TMZ
| 1 year ago
Miss Universe Canada ... but DID manage to win something else -- Miss Congeniality. Talackova took the stage Saturday night in Toronto -- along with 61 other Canadian women -- as the first transgender to compete in the Miss Universe beauty...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
A transgendered woman was one of the final 12 contestants for Miss Universe Canada and was a finalist for the Miss Congeniality award, the organization said. Jenna Talackova, 23, was the first transgendered person to take a place in a Miss Universe...
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CNN
| 1 year ago
The crown went to Sahar Biniaz, an Indian-born, Iranian-raised actress from Vancouver. Biniaz, 26, will represent Canada at the Miss Universe pageant in December, according to the Miss Universe Canada website. Talackova refused to speak to the media...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
EDT Sahar Biniaz (26) from Vancouver, B C has been crowned the 2012 Miss Universe Canada during the finale of the annual pageant held in Toronto on 19 May, 2012. Born in India and raised in Iran, Sahar later became a Canadian citizen living in...
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The Globe & Mail
| 1 year ago
Photos Video Video Sahar Biniaz, 26, claimed the crown and advances to the international Miss Universe competition in December...Talackova, who was one of four contestants named Miss Congeniality, was born a male and underwent a sex change four years...
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Delhi News-Record
| 1 year ago
The final chapter in the highly publicized pageant came to an end at the Bluma Appel Theatre in downtown Toronto late Saturday night. Model Jenna Talackova may not have been named Miss Universe Canada, but she still made history as the first...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
The first-ever transgender contestant to compete in the Miss Universe Canada pageant has lost her bid to win the title.
Jenna Talackova, 23, competed with 61 contestants Saturday night. She was among the final 12 contestants.
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The Globe & Mail
| 1 year ago
Jenna Talackova came up short Saturday in her bid to win the Miss Universe Canada and become the first transgendered title holder. She was one of the final 12 contestants, but failed to make the final five in the Toronto pageant...Talackova, a 23-...
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CNN
| 1 year ago
publicity stunt or civil rights triumph?...Toronto (CNN) -- Jenna Talackova, the 23-year-old woman who forced Donald Trump and his Miss Universe Canada pageant to end its ban on transgender contestants , is set to take the stage Saturday night and...
