Transexual woman to compete in Miss Universe Canada

I think, when it comes to pageants, all contestants should have no surgical enhancements at all. It doesn't include working out to make one sexy. That's not surgical. But I mean, all natural. It's supposed to be a celebration of the beauty of women, not how good science and technology is. I agree with you regarding the athletics issue. You compete in according to what you were born as. But I wanna know. After a transexual surgery, is the patient supposed to take additional hormones to help the body suppress the "natural" hormones? For example, a man becomes a woman, he's supposed to take in more estrogen to make him more womanly?

hi there, i have seen this on the news and i am not so comfortable about the fact that she will be considered to joining the Miss Universes pageant. because it doesn't see fair to all the girls who are there already. if they change the rules and regulations of the pageant that transsexual can join in pageants well respected as this, then in the next year, all the other transsexual will also be joining. it is not that it is discriminating, but the fact that it is a pageant for women, real and born women.

I don't have anything against transexuals but I must agree with the beauty pageant board. The requirements said the contestants must be female and by female it means, female inside and out. Sure, she did have organ transplant but I'm sure she doesn't have a uterus. I mean, it has always been understood that the requirement to be a female is to be biologically female. It has been the understanding from time immemorial. The fault of the board is just that they didn't anticipate to have a changed person. But I will go with the disqualification of that contestant. I'm sure the Board did not mean any discrimination. Anyway, Ms. Talackova can still have other chances and the Board will have the chance to rectify its fault.

I always thought that it is degrading for women that such contests exist, but I am amazed by the responses to this discussion. If transexual and hermaphrodites -- the Caster Semenya case -- are allowed to take part to sport competitions where they can be really advantaged by their hormones, I don't see why they should not be authorized to participate to a Miss contest... where they are not really advantaged by their hormones. I wish her good luck.

I strongly disagree that the Ms. universe foundation will allow him/her to join the Ms. Universe pageant. If they let her in, this will make a great change to the pageant system. I just hope the gay people understand that this pageant is for real women only.

i believe that a woman is legally defined as having the complete anatomical properties of a woman as such in her reproductive capacity to which she is able to bear a child in her womb. without this, she is not a complete woman but only in mind and heart. If she won in the Ms. Canada Universe, I think she'll be getting it harder in the screening for the Ms. Universe. I feel that it is unfair for a woman like me who thinks and feels as a woman purely for the world to believe that to myself I gained respect because I am honest. I deceived no one to get to where I want.

I am not against any transexual person.. I am okay with them, live and let live - that is what i am all for. But when it comes to this, This person knows that she is born as a boy - with a man's organ and no uterus, etc So why is he insisting on joining the contest that is intended for people born as a woman biologically. We are talking about respect here, and well i am insulted myself, and as a woman... i am indeed insulted because we all know that the contest was for women, and not for transexuals, he losing his male organ, taking hormone pills did not make her grow a womb, and he is not even menstruating himself i believe he is not born as a woman. I am taking the side of the organization here because he knows about it, and he knows that he can be booted out if they found out about his real gender... but he still joined and now feeling insulted because of what he wants to be. he wants to be a woman but that sure did not mean he is a woman, right? I am all for them going out, it is their body after all, their life, but if they want respect, so does the straight people because they sure need to respect organizations that are not meant to belittle them, right? miss universe and miss country (x) these are here even before people decides or tries to discover who they are.

i am sure people will boo me but i agree with their stand in the first place. a woman should be classified as a woman if she is born that way. (God's rules, not mine.)

She used to be a boy but currently she is woman and looks so womanly and cute, so that why dont give her a chance? Finally she is allowed to attend the next beauty contest. It is a right decision....Hope she gets luck.

I am kind of torn on this one, but the majority of me wants to think the way I believe in. If you are born a female then you can compete. This "woman" was not a man to begin with. Perhaps if they made a transexual beauty pageant, and I'm sure they will one day, he will be a contestant on that one day. I'm not trying to be discriminating, it is just my belief.

That's a difficult one! I think no she was born a man so she not be allowed to compete. But then again you do get women body builders that compete in a mans competition.