Kanada Jenna Talackova kontestan transgender pertama yang untuk bersaing di kontes Miss Universe Kanada, berhasil sampai ke 12 finalis dan membawa pulang piala Miss Keperibadian. laporan majalah People.
Talackova, 23tahun , awalnya didiskualifikasi dari ajang pemilihan Miss Kanada. Hingga kemudian dukungan terhadap Talackova mengalir hingga kemudian Aliansi Gay dan Lesbian Membuat petisi online yang ditandatangani 30.000 orang “. Karena banyaknya dukungan yang didapatkan oleh Talacova akhirnya ia diperbolehkan untuk mengikuti ajang pemilihan yang di ikuti oleh 61 kontestan perempuan lainya.
Pengacara Talackova, Gloria Allred kemudian mirilis sebuah pernyataan dengan mengatakan, “Dia masih seorang pemenang. Dia memenangkan kemenangan ‘herstoric’ hak-hak sipil dan yang menurut saya terus terang lebih penting dari apa pun”.
Direktur Publikasi Miss Universe Brenda Mendoza mengatakan pesaing transgender sekarang diterima di semua kontes di seluruh dunia, tetapi ia mengatakan bahwa keputusan siapa yang berhak menyandang Miss Universe diserahkan kepada waralaba individu. Kontes ini diadakan Sabtu malam di Toronto. Sahar Biniaz dinobatkan Miss UniverseKanada.
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Jenna Talackova, the first-ever transgender contestant to compete in the Miss Universe Canada pageant, made it to the top 12 finalists and became one of four women who shared the title of Miss Congeniality, reports Peoplemagazine.
Talackova, 23, was initially disqualified from competing for not being a “naturally born female.” After coaxing from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and a petition signed by 30,000 people, Donald Trump, who runs the Miss Universe Organization, subsequently overruled that decision and allowed Talackova to compete with 61 contestants.
Gloria Allred, Talackova’s high-profile attorney, released a statement, saying, “She’s still a winner as far as I’m concerned. She won an ‘herstoric’ civil rights victory and that I think is frankly more important than anything, any victory she would win, even representing Miss Canada.”
Miss Universe publicity director Brenda Mendoza has said transgender competitors are now welcome in all of its pageants around the world, but says it will be left to the individual franchises to determine if the recent policy change is carried out.
The pageant was held Saturday night in Toronto. Sahar Biniaz was crowned Miss Universe Canada.
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