Has anyone seen this documentary?

In short, it is about the 1st "Most Beautiful Transsexual" Pageant.

So far it is fascinating, but for odd reasons. I was most surprised to see the percentage of the girls are from Iowa. Odd for me just cause that's my home state. Oh shit! They just did the "Iowa" clip show and just HAD to start out with a barn.

Secondly, most of the contestants seem really down to earth, but the woman hosting it, Jahna Steele seems extremely flaky and like a plastic surgery nightmare of Michael Jackson proportions. Like, in my short time viewing her so far, I wonder if her surgery was just an extension of a person that needed to alter everything about themselves, not just a sexuality/identity thing.

Anyone seen it? I just know Ehuffnsd is gonna school me on 2/3rds of the cast, but what are opinions on the flick?

http://www.trantasiathemovie.com/
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I was curious to see pics of Jahna Steele and I found out she has passed away beginning this year. Sad.

HamsterHuey said:

That is sad. Now I'm really curious to know about her.

Mars23 said:

Most her orbituaries are real short. She indeed must have led an interesting life.

HamsterHuey said:

Yep. This is the best I found and it's odd to me that in March, over 2 months after her death, they still had no cause of death. Makes me think she probably was an OD case and it's being kept quiet. Her experiences just lead me to think that.

http://www.advocate.com/i...asp?page=1