Winner of Miss Transgender beauty pageant stripped of her crown because she was considered not transgender enough

Winner Of Transgender Beauty Pageant Stripped Of Title Because She's Not 'Transgender Enough'

The Scottish winner of a national transgender beauty pageant has had her title stripped from her over claims that she is not "transgender enough".  According to Mirror.co.uk, Jai Dara
Latto, from Walkerburn in Peeblesshire, was named Miss Transgender UK in a ceremony in London in September last year. But now, Rachael Bailey, who runs the pageant, has removed Jai's title and is set to crown another beauty queen, Daisy Bell, the winner, after seeing video footage she claims proves Ms Latto is not living as a woman full time. Jai, however, insists she is transgender and says she has already begun hormone treatment to become biologically female.



The video, which was taken as part of a documentary about the pageant to be screened online by BBC Three next month, reportedly shows Jai relaxing at home wearing a pair of boxer shorts and working out at the gym in a T-shirt and shorts.

Rachael said: "When Jai entered the competition, she said she was full time and she is not - she is a drag queen. "The documentary showed her living as a gay male in her boxer shorts. Underwear is very important to transgender females - one of the first thing people do is change their underwear as it makes us feel like we are finally a woman.

"When I confronted her, she just said that I didn't have a leg to stand on and it is difficult. "It is basically one transgender person saying to another 'You're not transgender enough to be in our competition'. It sounds daft when you put it like that."

The main prize for the competition, which sparked controversy when it was awarded last year, was to have £10,000 worth of surgery in India. But Jai says she has returned the prize and is instead awaiting gender reassignment treatment in Scotland.