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Beauties of Canada Organization, producers of Miss Universe Canada pageant who is responsible for sending Canadian representatives at Miss Universe pageant, has recently made headlines after the organization admitted a transsexual as one of the official candidates for Miss Universe Canada 2012 pageant.
Jenna Talackova, who confessed as a transsexual, is one of the front runners in the Miss Universe Canada 2012 competition. Her admission to the pageant for natural born females sparked moral and ethical issues from different conservative and liberal groups. Although many pageant fans praised Beauties of Canada Organization for implementing Canada's Equality Law, some were not convinced. They accused the organization of publicity stunt. Some questions were also raised like "How can a transsexual will represent Canada at any international pageants that only accepts natural born females as contestants?" This is still a big question up to now because the Miss Universe Organization only accepts natural born females as contestants.
Talackova was biologically a male, but Canada's Equality Law include the freedom of one self to legally convert his sex to another. As of Talackova, she was legally a woman according to the Canadian law. Majority of the critics also supported Talackova, quoting that equality and freedom should prevail. If Talackova will win as Miss Universe Canada 2012, this is the first time a transgender defeated her biologically female competitors in an all-female beauty pageant.
Jenna Talackova is not new to the beauty pageant scene. She previously represented her country at Miss International Queen pageant - a pageant for transgender women - held in Thailand.
UPDATE: But the Beauties of Canada Organization recently deleted Jenna Talackova's name at the roster of candidates. Is this a publicity stunt?
1 comment:
Jenna is amazing and beautiful and just as much woman as any other female I know. GO JENNA!!!!!
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