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TORONTO, CANADA – JULY, 2011: A collect photograph of transgender model Amelia Maltepe before undergoing surgery to become a woman in July, 2011 in Toronto, Canada.
Amelia Maltepe, 23, hopes to become the next Miss World – despite being born male. The transexual model, originally from Bangladesh, caused uproar in her hometown of Toronto after doing a sexy shoot for the local paper, which caused some readers to boycott the publication. Now Amelia, buoyed by love with boyfriend Charles, has her sights set on the world’s most famous beauty contest.
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