Miss Universe to allow transgender women to compete

Transgender women will be allowed to compete in Miss Universe pageants at the start of this fall's 2013 season. The organization which is owned by Donald Trump has been working with GLAAD to come up with the policy after a transgender woman was disqualified in Canada last month.

Now if we can only work on a policy for removing beauty pageants all together. Too many women (transgender included) have been mutilating their bodies for years in pursuit of the "ideal" look. I think it sends a bad message to young girls when the only way to win a "beauty" pageant is to get a boob job first.

From THR:

After more than two weeks of discussions, GLAAD and the Miss Universe Organization announced on Tuesday that transgender woman will now be allowed to compete for the crown in its beauty competitions.

The Donald Trump-owned organization is close to finalizing a new policy after news broke on March 24 that Miss Universe Canada contestant Jenna Talackova, a transgender woman, had been disqualified. Trump and his organization announced last week that Jenna would be welcome to return and compete, after GLAAD reached out to review her case. Now, the competition will be open to all transgender women beginning at the start of this fall’s 2013 pageant season.