After being disqualified from competition last month, a transgender beauty queen might be able to compete in Canada's Miss Universe pageant after all. Jenna Talackova, initially named a finalist, was booted from the contest because the rules of Donald Trump's NYC-based organization say entrants must be naturally-born females. Now, organizers of the competition have said that Talackova can compete as long as she meets all Canadian legal gender recognition requirements, as well as standards of other international competitions.
This article appears in Mar 29 – Apr 4, 2012.