Lady Disqulified From Miss Universe For Being Male/Female

Jenna Talackova


Should transgender women be allowed to
compete in female beauty pageants?
That's the question at the center of a heated
scandal involving one Canadian pageant
contestant. Jenna Talackova, 23, was born
male but has identified as a female since age
4. She began hormone therapy at 14 and
underwent gender reassignment surgery at
19.
On Friday, Talackova, a Vancouver resident,
was