KoreaTimes.co.kr – By Kim Rahn – Staff Reporter
Is sex by birth a qualification for a beauty pageant?
It appears not, as a male-turned-female transsexual has passed the preliminary stage of the 2009 Super Model Contest.
Choi Han-bit, 23, was among 50 participants selected from a list of 1,200 candidates at the preliminary stage of the contest on July 2. She still has to pass another preliminary on July 28 to be included in the final selection, but if she does, Choi will be Korea’s first transsexual super model.