Jenna Talackova



Jenna Talackova is a Canadian model and television personality, who gained media attention in 2012 when she successfully waged a legal battle to be allowed to compete in the Miss Universe Canada after being initially disqualified for being a trans woman.[1]



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[hide]  *1 Early life  ==Early life[edit] == Of Czech and Babine descent, Talackova was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia on October 15, 1988.[1]  She experienced gender dysphoria beginning in early childhood, and began her gender transition at age 14, while attending Vancouver's Windermere Secondary School,[2]  before completing her sex reassignment surgery at 19.[1]  She initially took the name Page when she began transitioning, before changing it again to Jenna.[2]
 * 2 Miss Universe Canada
 * 3 Television
 * 4 References

Talackova is currently a student of holistic nutrition.[1] ==Miss Universe Canada[edit] == After previously competing in the 2010 Miss International Queen pageant for transgender and transsexual women in Thailand,[3]  Talackova registered to compete in Miss Universe Canada 2012.[4]  Sources are in conflict as to whether she identified herself as transgender on her application; however, after she was selected as one of the Top 65 applicants who would proceed to the pageant, a person who recognized her from Miss International Queen contacted the Miss Universe Canada organizers, and Trump then disqualified Talackova on the grounds that the pageant rules required its competitors to be "naturally born" women.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ouster_3-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Talackova subsequently contacted lawyer Gloria Allred, who took on the case and challenged the pageant organizers, including Donald Trump in his capacity as owner of the internationalMiss Universe organization, to reverse the decision and allow Talackova to compete.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]  The organization reversed its decision before the case reached the courts, with Trump's office issuing a statement that "[a]s long as she meets the standards of legal gender recognition requirements of Canada, which we understand that she does, Jenna Talackova is free to compete in the 2012 Miss Universe Canada pageant."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-trump_4-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">At the pageant on May 19, 2012, Talackova made it into the Top 12, but failed to reach the Top 5.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-fallshort_6-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]  She was, however, one of four contestants awarded the title of Miss Congeniality.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-fallshort_6-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]

Talackova as grand marshal of the 2012 Vancouver Pride parade<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Talackova was named co-grand marshal of the 2012 Vancouver Pride Parade in recognition of her fight to be in the Miss Universe pageant.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7] ==Television<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] == <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">A reality show based around her life, Brave New Girl, will film in summer 2013 as Talackova moves to Toronto to pursue a modeling career.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-reality_8-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  The series, to be produced by Peacock Alley Entertainment, is slated to air on E! Canada in the 2013-14 season.