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January 1, 2013 • 2:05 AM 5

Jenna Talackova to give TV audiences a peek into her transgender life

Jenna Talackova (Photo: Gerry Kharman, Vancouver Sun)

Jenna Talackova (Photos: Gerry Kahrman, Vancouver Sun)

THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — If you guessed “reality show”, you guessed right. But wait, before you say anything, consider this: the viewers of reality shows are just the kind of people who are in need of the awareness Talackova can expertly serve up. Indeed, they’ll lap it right up.

Talackova already has demonstrated her ability to turn her attention from the international media into a positive spin on all things transgender. After the pageant ended, she undertook a couple of high-profile events to promote equality. She has done a great job thus far and I don’t fault her for now wanting to make a few bucks off her fame. She’s likely to continue to this track record of positive transgender PR in whatever she does.

There’s no guarantee though that the reality TV show will actually happen. As someone in the business, I can tell you these things fall apart more often than not. If not this show, something else will no doubt surface for her, as her success story is the kind of thing many producers would kill to get her on board their projects, if not create one specifically for her.

Stay tuned!

Previous articles about Jenna Talackova: http://lexiecannes.wordpress.com/?s=talackova

More about the proposed show: http://www.calgaryherald.com/entertainment/Transgender+beauty+Jenna+Talackova+says+return+spotlight/7761254/story.html

Jenna Talackova (Photo: Gerry Kahrman, Vancouver Sun)

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December 24, 2012 • 2:37 AM 13

Miss Universe pageant generates loads of positive PR for trans people in 2012

Trans woman Jenna Talackova open doors, cis ally Culpo wins title, anti-trans Sheena Monnin quits pageant

Trans woman Jenna Talackova open doors, trans ally Olivia Culpo wins title, anti-trans Sheena Monnin quits pageant

THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Transgender people went 3 for 3 in the positive PR department on the Miss Universe beauty pageant circuit in 2012.

Earlier this year Canadian trans woman Jenna Talackova pioneered the acceptance of transgender contestants in that pageant and last week, a cis-contestant who previously voiced her support of transgender participation back in June, Olivia Culpo, was crowned Miss Universe.

Here’s what Culpo, then Miss Rhode Island, said during the Miss USA pageant in response to this question: Would it be fair if a transgender woman won the Miss USA title?: “I do think it would be fair… there are so many people who have a need to change for a happier life. I do accept that because I believe it’s a free country.”

Culpo, a Boston University sophomore, went on to win the Miss USA title in June and the Miss Universe title last week.

Contrast that from what Carrie Prejean, Miss California (2009) USA, said back in the 2009 pageant: “I believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman, no offense to anybody out there. But that’s how I was raised and I believe that it should be between a man and a woman.”

Also. there’s this third positive bit of news from the Miss Universe pageant that ought to bring a smile to many trans people’s faces. Last week, the Miss Universe organization won a lawsuit against Sheena Monnin, former Miss Pennsylvania USA, who quit in the middle of the pageant, for, among other things, allowing transgender contestants.

This statement was reportedly sent by Monnin to the pageant officials: “I refuse to be part of a pageant system that has so far and so completely removed itself from its foundational principles as to allow and support natural born males to compete in it. This goes against ever (sic) moral fiber of my being.”

I’m not so sure if they’ll be able to collect the $5 million they’re asking for, but I like the idea that hate can be expensive.

More on Jenna Talackova, Culpo, Monnin and the Miss Universe pageant can be found here: http://lexiecannes.wordpress.com/?s=jenna+talackova

Culpo’s June statement: Daily Kos: Miss Rhode Island Embraces Transgender Contestants, Wins.

Monnin’s June statement: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/47696589/ns/today-style/t/miss-usa-contestant-resigns-says-pageant-was-fixed/#.UNgSdVI_eJ8

Lawsuit outcome: http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/2012/12/donald-trump-wins-arbitration-suit-against-miss-usa-contestant