The Donald owns the Miss Universe pageant, so it’s his prerogative to overturn the Miss Universe pageant disqualification of transgender contestant Jenna Talackova. So according to Reuters, he did just that!
Businessman Donald Trump has overturned a decision by the Miss Universe Organization, which he owns, to disqualify a Canadian transgender beauty pageant contestant because she was not a “naturally born” female.
Apparently though, his attorney and Executive VP made it clear that Donald is not taking a moral stance, but is instead merely complying with Canadian law:
“As 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,” said Michael Cohen, special counsel to Trump and executive vice president of his business group.” Nobody is capitulating. Rather the Miss Universe organization is respecting the laws of Canada,” Cohen told Reuters, adding that she, “like all the other contestants, is wished the best of luck by Mr. Trump.”
Jenna is asking that Miss Universe change its rules requiring all contestants to be “naturally born” females, a rule which essentially bans transgendered females. If Donald Trumps organization doesn’t comply, then Jenna’s attorney threatened that “we are considering all of Jenna’s legal options.”
What do you think: should Miss Universe open up all of its country pageants to transgender contestants?
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How many fully ‘natural’ females are in that competition anyway?
daisy / 507 posts
I love it original :p
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@Shadowrunner81@xanga - That is a very good point there!
Thats awesome that SHE gets to compete! Even though I dont think beauty pagents are something that should be around, its messed up that she wasn’t able to compete in it.. But yay!
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Sweet! I’ve been aghast that she was kicked, and am glad to see her compete again! Props to Donald Trump, whatever his reason was!
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YES! They should absolutely be allowed to compete.
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she looks a lot like donald’s daughter, ivanka
he’ll probably rig the show and let her win regardless of the judges’ scores. then he’ll win over the hearts of more people to watch his apprentice show and make more money
if she sued him, then he’ll lose money, which is not in his business plan. his miss universe show has low ratings, so more people might tune in to watch to see if she’ll win. and she’ll probably appear on his tv show next as an apprentice
more ratings, more bling-bling
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Finally. The whole thing was ridiculous.
dahlia / 2747 posts
man, i really need her plastic surgeons contacts.
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I feel like they should just ban plastic surgery from the contest. But it is a good thing to let her compete since plastic surgery and all that is allowed.
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Fuck, something needs to be done to change my country’s fucking laws. I cannot believe this! Bloody liberals are responsible for this shame! Time to overthrow my government!
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Absolutely fucking not should ‘transgenders’ be allowed to compete! That is both disgusting and absolutely fucking insane!
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@BaBiixJo@xanga - You are comparing plastic surgery with bloody sex changes? Are you daft?
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@hoodsy@xanga - No, they shouldn’t.
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@P0RCELA1N_D0LL@xanga - If she attempted to sue, she would lose because it is HIS show, and HE makes the rules. Said rules CLEARLY state the bitch contestant MUST have been born female. I want this prick out of my country. He/she is a fucking embarrassment.
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@LegionOfLucifer@xanga - he backtracked on his own rules lol first it was naturally born and now he accepts the legal gender recognition. more controversy helps for free publicity
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@LegionOfLucifer@xanga - Yeah, because you’re clearly the moral authority here. [end sarcasm]
Trolololol….
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I don’t see why not.
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@P0RCELA1N_D0LL@xanga – He is a coward, frightened by the feminazis who threatened him. I would have told them ‘go right ahead. My rules are ironclad.’ He has no stones, just as the contestant no longer does. Once born a woman, ALWAYS a woman. One cannot fuck with nature.
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@hoodsy@xanga - I most certainly am the moral authority here. Morality is part of my very philosophy. It is immoral to change rules due to pressure from a group that seeks to place itself above others in an apparently ‘equal’ society. Feminists should be crushed under the jackboot of morality.
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@T0m03@xanga - That would be due to the fact you are Asian, and therefore different like the contestant. Tell me dear, what would happen if a White, blue-eyed blonde woman decided to take part in a Miss Asia pageant? She would be tossed out on her ass, and told to ‘fuck off’. If she threatened to sue, she would be laughed off.
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@LegionOfLucifer@xanga - Stupid creeper is stupid.
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@hoodsy@xanga - Ah, limited intellect resorts to insults. Why am I not surprised? Hmmm?
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@LegionOfLucifer@xanga - I contend that I was stating a fact; you delivered an insult. You’re not even a fun troll. Prease to practice more before replying.
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@LegionOfLucifer@xanga - Yeah I wouldn’t know anything about that. I like how you pulled the race card there, buddy. I didn’t even notice she was Asian (although I suspected because she looked like it, however, I wasn’t going to assume because there are people out there that look Asian and are not). I was informed she was Canadian and that was all I was going on. I’m not supporting her solely because she’s Asian and the fact that you assumed that… I think that might make you racist or something. In any case, there are a lot of parts of Asian culture that like to emulate the blue-eyed, blond hair American look. I’ll give you one thing… If she had threatened to sue over there, she would be laughed off because the government structure is far different from what we have here in America. Otherwise, really… What you mentioned doesn’t really discredit my opinion on this subject. Try again.
tulip / 6 posts
If she has the maturity to accept her sexuality/gender identity, is
morphologically female and is legally female I don’t see why not.The
only differences are her chromosomes<*not necessarily but probably*
and the fact that she can’t conceive a child and give birth which isn’t
really why viewers tune in. What the thing really is, is a matter of
taboo and how adults cope with it (maturity). If someone becomes aroused
by something that they have an acquired bias against and it makes them
uncomfortable or freaks them out that’s there sexual issue.Not (ideally)
the issue of say: the contestant who is female in every way that counts
for the purpose of the beauty pageant. A persons privilege to fully
express themselves as they sexually identify shouldn’t be denied to them
arbitrarily just on the whim of somebody else’s sexual insecurity’s.
Sexuality isn’t rated PG, so if a person absolutely cant cope with it, they should remove
<themselves> from the situation.Not someone else.
tulip / 6 posts
@eatdrinkandbemaryy@xanga - I f thats your actual photo then no you don’t. You look awesome just as you are