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Transgender Miss Universe Finalist Jenna Talackova May Be Able to Compete After All: Biggest Beauty Pageant Scandal?

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Transgender beauty queen Jenna Talackova (right) was disqualified last month as a finalist from the upcoming Miss Universe Canada pageant, because she was born male. However, Miss Universe may reverse its decision.
  1. Jenna Talackova

    Jenna Talackova

    Transgender beauty queen Jenna Talackova (right) was disqualified last month as a finalist from the upcoming Miss Universe Canada pageant, because she was born male. However, Miss Universe may reverse its decision.

  2. Vanessa Williams

    Vanessa Williams

    In 1983, the singer was crowned Miss America, becoming the first African American to win the title. But when nude photos surfaced, she was forced to resign.

  3. Tara Conner

    Tara Conner

    After she won the Miss USA pageant in 2006, Conner was accused of underage drinking, drug use and wild partying -- but Miss USA co-owner Donald Trump gave her a second chance.

  4. Carrie Prejean

    Carrie Prejean

    Miss California USA 2009 famously spoke against gay marriage. Later, a solo sex tape emerged, which she said was created when she was 17 for her then-boyfriend.

  5. Miss South Carolina Teen USA Lauren Caitlin Upton

    Miss South Carolina Teen USA Lauren Caitlin Upton

    Upton became a sensation in '07 when she botched a question about why Americans can't find the U.S. on a map, saying: "U.S. Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don't have maps."

  6. Katie Rees

    Katie Rees

    Miss Nevada USA 2007 was supposed to compete in the Miss USA pageant, but she was dethroned when racy nightclub photos emerged.

  7. Lindsey Evans

    Lindsey Evans

    After being named 3rd runner-up in the Miss Teen USA '08 pageant, Evans (right) was arrested for leaving a restaurant without paying. She then went BACK to the restaurant to find her purse -- and her marijuana.

Transgender Miss Universe Finalist Jenna Talackova May Be Able to Compete After All: Biggest Beauty Pageant Scandal?
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Transgender beauty queen Jenna Talackova may have a shot at the Miss Universe Canada title after all.

The 23-year-old, who was born male, was disqualified last month as a finalist from the upcoming Miss Universe Canada pageant. However, Donald Trump's Miss Universe Organization announced on Monday that it might reverse its earlier decision and let her compete, The Associated Press reports.

The rules of the contest say entrants must be "naturally born" females. Talackova says she has lived her life as a female since age 4, began hormone therapy at 14 and changed sex at 19.

But not long after Talackova announced her plans to hold a news conference with scandal-magnet lawyer Gloria Allred on Tuesday, the Miss Universe Organization said in a statement on the Miss Universe Canada website that Talackova can compete "provided she meets the legal gender recognition requirements of Canada, and the standards established by other international competitions."

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  • ♡Omg♡Wtf♡ 2012/04/03 17:10:40
    Vanessa Williams
    ♡Omg♡Wtf♡
    +25
    So , this isn't a scandal. People should probably get over this. Like seriously, She is a woman. Now at least? So yeah who cares? Insensitive Bastards thats who. Jenna Talakova

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  • jessica.fantasystockings 2012/09/08 06:10:43
    Jenna Talackova
    jessica.fantasystockings
    I did a post on my blog about Jenna and I got all sorts of mixed comments going my way too. I can't imagine what it's like to be her, it must be very hard. People can be very mean sometimes. But yes, she's beautiful, I've seen her in real life. http://fantasystockings.com/j...
  • Monty 2012/08/20 04:07:18
    Katie Rees
    Monty
    these days,the women wanna be men,and the men wanna be women....
  • Stephen G 2012/05/21 00:20:35
    Jenna Talackova
    Stephen G
    I would date and if we were a great match I would marry her-she is very beautiful
  • Joe Green 2012/05/01 13:12:56
    Jenna Talackova
    Joe Green
    I don't even know who any of the other women are, but I just voted so I could comment that if she has the correct parts, I don't see why she can't compete.
  • OneLast... Joe Green 2012/05/27 13:10:46 (edited)
    OneLastWord
    Does (s)he have a functional Virginia?
    Can (s)he f… and satisfy a heterosexual man and (him)-herself ?

    Sound gross? Well, this is the reality of being a complete woman weather other people believe in that, like it, don't like it, .... or so on.
  • Edwin 2012/04/26 00:47:17
    Carrie Prejean
    Edwin
    +1
    There's nothing scandalous about keeping a man (Talackova) out of the pagent.
  • spike66 2012/04/24 08:04:45 (edited)
    Jenna Talackova
    spike66
    +2
    all i wanna know is...really canada....best u could come up with, is a former dude? Obviously, this was strictly a political statement from somebody....come on...a dude?
  • OneLast... spike66 2012/05/27 13:35:56 (edited)
    OneLastWord
    Spike66, think about "this contrast".

    Carrie Prejean gets the boot after saying a very reasonable thing like "marriage is a union between a man and a woman". A question she was asked. A set-up question from a hateful homosexual judge.

    NOW, a transsexual is allowed to compete in a Woman’s International Beauty Paget!!

    How twisted will people become?

    Next: maybe your children will be forced to take homosexual sex education at school.
    Think that’s crazy, or homophobic?

    Go back 20-30 years and let me tell you that a transsexual will be allowed to complete in an International Woman’s Beauty Paget.

    Is this humanitarian progress, or just P.C. aberrations that most heterosexuals don’t like and are afraid to speak up because of being labeled weak-minded or bigoted?

    One who won’t or can’t protect the reality and identity of one’s own human sexuality is to me weak-minded, lame and other sick human flaws.
  • Scream 2012/04/21 14:19:24
  • Tank Scream 2012/04/23 16:02:53
    Tank
    +1
    I agree, the trans* hate going on is truly disgusting.
  • Jon Tank 2012/05/25 23:10:06
    Jon
    +3
    What's disgusting is that people can't accept their natural sexuality.
  • Dave Th... Jon 2012/08/19 22:52:00
    Dave The Canuck
    Scientists have shown that the brain of a natural born male with gender identity disorder has the structure of a typical female brain and vice versa.
  • Tin Man 2012/04/14 17:52:37
    Jenna Talackova
    Tin Man
    +3
    Just plain wrong in my mind. Talk about having a generic female shoved into acceptance. What's next, animated blow-up dolls competing???
  • Chris Tin Man 2012/04/19 04:05:20 (edited)
    Chris
    +2
    I agree, It's a woman's beauty pageant... Not a cross dressing sexually mutilated men's pageant.

    If a woman cuts off her clitoris does that make her any less of a woman? Such as the women in Africa who are victims of female circumcision. This perverted concept that a mutilated man is a woman is quite frankly offensive and degrading to men who are victims of genital mutilation.
  • Tin Man Chris 2012/04/19 04:41:25
    Tin Man
    +1
    Yes, as if to suggest they should be come candidates for such an operation or that they've now become women. What's really crazy is if you understand just what the operation entails. The skin from the penis with the nerve net just under the front of the head is inserted into a made up sheath to form the bottom of the inside locating it near the prostate. Whereby sexual arousal and pleasure are achieved. No way is this the same as female arousal and climax. Never understood why anyone elect an informed choice in concent. They're still stuck with a man's plumbing trying to approach being female and not getting there!!!
  • Chaya2010 2012/04/13 07:19:26
    Jenna Talackova
    Chaya2010
    According to Donald Trump he will allow her and any transgender to compete.
  • OneLast... Chaya2010 2012/05/27 12:54:51 (edited)
    OneLastWord
    I starting to wonder about his sexuality?

    That squirrel that lives on top of his head for a hair piece maybe has eaten into his brain.

    He has married a beautiful woman one after the other, and allows a transsexual to compete in a WOMAN’S Beauty Paget. Seems he’s trying to be P.C. to gain popularity.

    I don’t have bad feelings for transsexuals, let them do that, .. and go live a good life.
    But this is awkward and queers’ the process for the “Real Beautiful Paget Women”.

    Come on people, there is specifications and limitations to everything in the universe.
  • Chaya2010 OneLast... 2012/05/27 19:21:45
    Chaya2010
    I cant' stand Donald Trump.
  • Judge Peter Hill 2012/04/12 18:33:37
    Jenna Talackova
    Judge Peter Hill
    +2
    (S)he should not be allowed to compete for the simple reason that "Miss" implies, young, virgin, genetic female! That was the whole point of the "Miss Universe" pageants! If this person wants to compete, (s)he should be competing in the MS Universe pageant, not Miss Universe! Theoretically, I could compete (that is me in my avatar made up as a female) if I showed up in my makeup!
  • BILL 2012/04/07 21:17:11
    Jenna Talackova
    BILL
    +3
    The pageant is for real women not rebuilt, there are plenty of pageants for transgender
    persons, and what is Canada going to send next year a MOUNTIE in Drag
    drag
  • Jon BILL 2012/05/25 23:11:22
  • Monty BILL 2012/08/20 03:54:18
    Monty
    agreed
  • Flamingolady 2012/04/06 03:12:19
    Jenna Talackova
    Flamingolady
    +2
    Well, I guess the transgender scandal is the forerunner. Who the hell cares
  • Heisenberg 2012/04/05 20:28:18
    Carrie Prejean
    Heisenberg
    +1
    That would have to go with the comments Miss California made a few years ago about gay marriages.
  • Izzy! 2012/04/05 19:28:59 (edited)
    Katie Rees
    Izzy!
    I MEANT TO PICK JENNA!!!!!!!! I just wanted to be able to comment on the subject. I understand that she was born a man, but she chose to become this woman. Therefor they should respect her decision, she's a woman now. The past doesn't matter.
  • mae 2012/04/05 18:26:37
    Jenna Talackova
    mae
    Jenna may be the biggest scandal.
  • LibrasRule 2012/04/05 18:10:25
    Jenna Talackova
    LibrasRule
    definitely the biggest
  • johnnyg 2012/04/05 18:02:01
    Jenna Talackova
    johnnyg
    +4
    Whats to stop drag queens from competeing??
  • EMK1970 johnnyg 2012/04/05 18:10:34
    EMK1970
    The penis between they''re legs? SHE has a vagina now.
  • johnnyg EMK1970 2012/04/05 18:29:33
    johnnyg
    +4
    The judges check for that?? Oops my bad!!
  • Creep EMK1970 2012/04/06 07:21:50
    Creep
    +1
    Google how a transgender genitals look like and come back to tell me that's a vagina... It definitely isn't. It's just some kinda mutilated...something. Sorry, but I can't accept that mutilated something as a normal vagina.
  • Creep johnnyg 2012/04/06 07:37:29
    Creep
    +3
    Exactly, man. What's even more pathetic is that people feel sorry for this transvestite because he looks attractive. What if it was an unattractive transvestite? Would people still argue to let him compete in a female's pageant? The "halo-effect" is making people blinded by the fact that this transvestite BROKE THE RULES.
  • Scream johnnyg 2012/04/21 14:15:14
    Scream
    She's not a drag queen, she's a trans woman.
  • johnnyg Scream 2012/04/21 14:29:33
    johnnyg
    Who said she was a drag queen?
  • Scream johnnyg 2012/04/21 14:34:19
    Scream
    The question of yours that I replied to...

    "Whats to stop drag queens from competeing??"

    And you were referring to Jenna, the trans woman from Canada.
  • johnnyg Scream 2012/04/21 14:44:49
    johnnyg
    I didn't say Jenna was a drag queen. I was wondering how far they are going to relax the rules to compete.
  • Scream johnnyg 2012/04/21 21:51:08 (edited)
    Scream
    +1
    I think you're safe on this one. Drag queens are men. No matter how much they relax the rules, they still won't let men in a women's pageant.
  • Jon johnnyg 2012/05/25 23:13:45
    Jon
    +2
    Ikr Johnny I'm going to sue b/c it's discriminatory towards men, animals, and objects; everything should be able to compete! :)
  • johnnyg Jon 2012/05/27 05:52:55
  • Judge P... johnnyg 2012/05/29 17:47:17 (edited)
    Judge Peter Hill
    +1
    Your point was valid. What is a cross dresser? A PERSON who dresses in the clothes of the opposite sex (Men AND women!). Among men, the overwhelming majority of cross dressers are transvestites who are 100% normal heterosexual men who enjoy discreetly dressing in women's clothing from time to time. (The proverbial "man who wears pantyhose underneath his suit pants on Wall Street.") Drag Queens are mostly gay men who have no attraction to women but enjoy dressing as a woman and boldly flaunting it (A small minority of but the most visible group of male cross dressers). Transsexuals are people who feel trapped in a body of the wrong sex. If we let transsexuals compete, what next, let Drag Queens compete? You made a VERY good point!


    Transsexual:

    Transsexual

    Drag Queen:

    Drag Queen

    Transvestite:

    Made up

    Transvestite 98% of the time:

    Self
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