Miss Universe pageant allowing transgender women to compete

Las Vegas Sun Tuesday 10th April, 2012

Jenna Talackova, who advanced to the finals of the Miss Canada competition, part of the Miss Universe contest, and was recently forced out of the competition, appears with her attorney Gloria Allred, not shown, at a news conference in Los Angeles Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Talackova says she was forced out of the competition because Pageant officials ...

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