''Brave New Girls'' is a Canadian television

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, which premiered on

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on January 19, 2014."Jenna Talackova shares life after Miss Universe on Brave New Girls"
''

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'', January 16, 2014. The series stars

Jenna Talackova Jenna Talackova (born October 15, 1988) is a Canadian model, television personality and beauty pageant titleholder who gained media attention in 2012 when she successfully waged a legal battle to be allowed to compete in the Miss Universe Canada a ...

, a

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who became a media figure in 2012 when she waged a successful legal battle to be allowed to compete in the

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beauty pageant, as she moves to

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to establish a career as a model. It also depicts Talackova's interactions with her two closest friends in the city, her cousin Angela Perry and her Miss Universe co-contestant Dajana Radovanovic, as well as following her experiences on the dating scene"Transgendered model shines; A Star is Born". ''

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'', January 15, 2014. and undertaking several trips to cities in the

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in pursuit of modelling work."Star hopes new show sends acceptance message". ''

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'', January 18, 2014. Produced by Peacock Alley Entertainment, the series was filmed in the summer and fall 2013. After completing filming, Talackova took a vacation in

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, and continues to balance her career aspirations as a model with her studies in holistic nutrition. Talackova had been offered several reality show deals, both in Canada and the United States, but rejected the other offers for being overly sensationalist about her transgender identity. One of the offers she rejected was a ''

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''-style

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in which her transgender status would have been revealed to the winning contestant as a "shock twist" at the end of the series.

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