Banning her on the grounds of being transgender/ transexual is absolutely ridiculous. She is clearly a woman and extremely beautiful, and is a fair contestant, in my opinion, for a beauty pageant... the only thing they could fairly disqualify her for (if there are any rules regarding body modifications) would be for having plastic surgery. But to disqualify her for simply being transgender... is so discriminatory it's disgusting.

sigh - the thing is - its a pageant for women... just like they have the mens 100m races and one for women... its a pageant for women. and if you test her/his DNA it will say she/he is a man.... regardless as too what she WANTS to be - the laws of science have spoken. They have rules... she is very beautiful btw...i feel sorry but i aggree with them 100%

sorry but they don't qualify. "reassignment" is not the same as your naturally born gender at birth. They were surgically altered to CHANGE their gender and are technically still Male.

Let me get this straight... She was a man, that is now a man and her name is Jenna Talackova? Sound that out, Jennatallackova, (genital lack of a) are you kidding me?

Total discrimination. Whether people are born naturally as female or male, they should be permitted into any contest. We, as humans, should be treated equally, not discriminated against. It's the same with religion or race. The world is forever changing. Gays, lesbians, transgender are ALL human!!!