Jenna Talackova

Miss Universe to allow transgender women in pageants

SDGLN Staff
April 10th, 2012

NEW YORK -- The Miss Universe Organization is close to finalizing an official policy change that will allow women who are transgender to participate in its beauty competitions, according to GLAAD and the pageant competition owned by Donald Trump.

GLAAD first contacted the Miss Universe Organization on Saturday, March 24, after news broke that transgender contestant Jenna Talackova was disqualified from the Miss Universe Canada competition. GLAAD called on the Miss Universe Organization to review Jenna's case, as well as open the competition to transgender women.

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Miss Universe reverses course on transgender contestants

Rich Ferraro - Director of Communications, GLAAD
April 3rd, 2012

(Editor’s note: The story about Miss Universe dropping a transgender contestant for not being “naturally born” a woman has resonated with SDGLN readers, being among our top read stories since it was first published March 28. GLAAD, a media partner of SDGLN, reports a major breakthrough involving the beauty pageant and its rules.)

Miss Universe drops transgender woman for not being "naturally born"

LGBTQ Nation Staff Reports
March 28th, 2012

VANCOUVER, B.C. — A beauty pageant contestant has been disqualified from the Miss Universe Canada competition after the organizers discovered that she had undergone surgery to become a woman. Pageant organizers said that according to official rules, each contestant must be a “naturally born female.”

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