23-year-old Jenna Talackova, a transgender beauty contestant who was disqualified by the Miss Universe Canada organizers, has won widespread sympathy and raised the question of whether or not the pageant has the right to decide who is female, AP reported.

Talackova is obtaining legal counsel and is expected to make a public statement next week.

Connie McNaughton, Miss World Canada 1984, called the decision outdated and discriminatory.

A Vancouver transgender activist, Jamie Lee Hamilton, said Talackova could sue for violation of her human rights because she "is being treated as a second-class citizen".

Prof. Patrizia Gentile of Carleton University said: "We're seeing more and more transgendered women wanting to be beauty contestants. The rule is incongruent with the culture."

(China.org.cn April 1, 2012)

據(jù)美聯(lián)社報(bào)道，23歲的詹娜·塔拉科娃是一名變性選美選手，被世界小姐加拿大組織方取消了參賽資格，她得到廣泛的同情，并使人們質(zhì)疑，選美比賽是否有權(quán)利決定誰(shuí)是女性。

塔拉科娃計(jì)劃咨詢法律人士，有望在下周發(fā)表公開(kāi)聲明。

1984年世界小姐加拿大賽區(qū)的冠軍康妮·麥克諾登稱該決定過(guò)時(shí)并且有歧視。

溫哥華的一名變性活動(dòng)倡導(dǎo)者杰米·李·漢密爾頓表示，塔拉科娃可以侵犯人權(quán)為由起訴，因?yàn)樗氨划?dāng)作二等公民對(duì)待”。

卡爾頓大學(xué)的帕翠莎·金太爾教授說(shuō)：“我們看到越來(lái)越多的變性女子想?yún)⒓舆x美。這個(gè)規(guī)定和當(dāng)前的文化是不相符的。”