Transgender contestant Jenna Talackova takes part in Miss Universe Canada competition while wearing her bikini in Toronto May 17, 2012. Talackova was originally disqualified from the Miss Universe Canada contest because she was not a "naturally born female." Talackova, 23, who underwent gender reassignment surgery when she was 19, was then reinstated to the Canadian competition last by businessman Donald Trump, who owns the Miss Universe organization.Reuters 
Transgender contestant Jenna Talackova takes part in Miss Universe Canada competition wearing her evening gown in Toronto May 17, 2012. Talackova was originally disqualified from the Miss Universe Canada contest because she was not a "naturally born female". Talackova 23, who underwent gender reassignment surgery when she was 19, was then reinstated to the Canadian competition last by businessman Donald Trump, who owns the Miss Universe organization.Reuters 
Transgender contestant Jenna Talackova takes part in Miss Universe Canada competition in Toronto May 17, 2012. Talackova was originally disqualified from the Miss Universe Canada contest because she was not a "naturally born female". Talackova 23, who underwent gender reassignment surgery when she was 19, was then reinstated to the Canadian competition last by businessman Donald Trump, who owns the Miss Universe organization.Reuters 
Transgender contestant Jenna Talackova takes part in Miss Universe Canada competition while wearing her bikini in Toronto May 17, 2012. Talackova was originally disqualified from the Miss Universe Canada contest because she was not a "naturally born female". Talackova, 23, who underwent gender reassignment surgery when she was 19, was then reinstated to the Canadian competition last by businessman Donald Trump, who owns the Miss Universe organization.Reuters 
Transgender contestant Jenna Talackova (2nd R) takes part in Miss Universe Canada competition while wearing her bikini in Toronto May 17, 2012. Talackova was originally disqualified from the Miss Universe Canada contest because she was not a "naturally born female". Talackova 23, who underwent gender reassignment surgery when she was 19, was then reinstated to the Canadian competition last by businessman Donald Trump, who owns the Miss Universe organization.Reuters 
Transgender contestant Jenna Talackova takes part in Miss Universe Canada competition wearing her evening gown in Toronto May 17, 2012. Talackova was originally disqualified from the Miss Universe Canada contest because she was not a "naturally born female". Talackova 23, who underwent gender reassignment surgery when she was 19, was then reinstated to the Canadian competition last by businessman Donald Trump, who owns the Miss Universe organization.Reuters 
Transgender contestant Jenna Talackova (3rd R) takes part in Miss Universe Canada competition in Toronto May 17, 2012. Talackova was originally disqualified from the Miss Universe Canada contest because she was not a "naturally born female". Talackova 23, who underwent gender reassignment surgery when she was 19, was then reinstated to the Canadian competition last by businessman Donald Trump, who owns the Miss Universe organization.Reuters
For the first time in the history of Miss Universe Canada pageant a transgender contestant participated in the beauty contest Thursday in Toronto.
Canadian transgender finalist Jenna Talackova, who was earlier booted out for not being a "naturally born female," walked the stage wearing a white bikini and a red evening gown.
Jenna, 23, participated in the swimwear and evening gown rounds Thursday, competing for the coveted crown among other 62 contestants.
The Vancouver-based 6.1-ft tall blonde beauty was born a male, but identified herself as a female at the age of four. She began her hormone therapy at 14 and underwent a gender reassignment surgery when she was 19 in 2010.
After days long heated debates worldwide, the Donald Trump-owned Miss Universe Canada beauty pageant reinstated Talackova to the Canadian competition.
The Miss Universe beauty pageant officially revised the rules of participation, allowing transgender women to contest alongside other female models. The change came after thousands of critics worldwide slammed such beauty pageants to be "discriminatory, unjust and disgusting."
Check out the photographs of the transgender constestant competiting in the Miss Universe pageant in the slideshow.
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