Transgender Woman Makes Cut in Super Model Contest
Choi Han-bit has become the first transgender individual to pass the first preliminary round of the Super Model Contest 2009 on July 2. "It's just the beginning. I do not live in vain hope. But if I can be happy and I can also do it..." Choi wrote on her blog on Wednesday.
Choi is reported a graduate of the School of Dance at the Korean National University of Arts.
According to SBS, over 1,200 people applied to this year's Super Model Contest. Only 160 passed the document screening, and only 50 people, including Choi, passed the first preliminary round. The second preliminary round on July 28 will leave 32 candidates for the final round, which will be held in Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province, on Sept. 25.
Choi had a sex change operation in 2006 and changed her name and sex in legal documents. Some contestants who did not make the cut raised questions over whether Choi is qualified to compete, but SBS said her resident registration number starts with a 2, which means she is recognized as a woman by the government.
"If we disqualify a person who is recognized by the state as woman on the grounds that she is a transgender individual, we would view that as a violation of human rights," SBS said. "The Super Model Contest selects people who are deemed suitable for the modeling profession. We plan to judge the contestants based on their talent and qualities as a super model, regardless of their sexual identity."
englishnews@chosun.com / Jul. 18, 2009 08:21 KST
Transgender Woman Makes Cut in Super Model Contest
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Transgender Woman Makes Cut in Super Model Contest
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Oh, crap. That should have been in the News forum, not the Pub... 
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
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"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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to transgender super models ... and thread moved. 
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Re: Transgender Woman Makes Cut in Super Model Contest
Charlou wrote:
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
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Re: Transgender Woman Makes Cut in Super Model Contest
Would LP approve of this rather extreme cut?
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