Miss Universe Canada Allows Transgendered Woman to Enter Pageant

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Jenna Talackova, the transgendered woman whose dreams were dashed last month when she was disqualified from the Miss Universe Canada pageant, is back in the running.

In a surprise reversal, the pageant, owned by business mogul Donald Trump, sent out a news release that said the 23-year-old from Vancouver would be able to compete at the 61st annual Miss Universe Canada Pageant next month after all.

Related: Miss Universe Canada yanks transgendered contestant from pageant

“The Miss Universe Organization will allow Jenna Talackova to compete in the 2012 Miss Universe Canada pageant provided she meets the legal gender recognition requirements of Canada, and the standards established by other international competitions,” the statement said.

Just last month the pageant said Talackova could not take part “because she did not meet the requirements to compete despite having stated otherwise on her entry form.”

At the time Denis Davila, national director of Miss Universe Canada, said the rules set by the Miss Universe franchise state that each contestant must be a “naturally born female.” Davila said that on Mar. 13, Talackova admitted to him that she was not.

She was pulled from the contest the same day.

It is unclear why the pageant went back on their initial decision. Calls to the Miss Universe Canada pageant were not answered Monday evening.

In a YouTube interview posted in 2010, Talackova says she knew she was a female at the age of 4. She says she began hormone therapy at 14 and surgically changed her gender a few years ago when she was 19.

The Miss Universe Canada pageant is being held at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts in Toronto on May 19.

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