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Jenna Talackova, Transgender Miss Universe Canada Contestant Eliminated (PHOTOS)

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TORONTO - Jenna Talackova came up short Saturday in her bid to win the Miss Universe Canada and become the first transgendered title holder.

The 23-year-old blond from Vancouver was one of the final 12 contestants, but failed to make the final five at the Toronto pageant.

Another Vancouver contestant, Sahar Biniaz, 26, claimed the crown and advances to the international Miss Universe competition in December

Talackova was one of four contestants named Miss Congeniality.

Talackova's lawyer Gloria Allred said during Saturday's pageant that Talackova shouldn't feel too disappointed.

"She's still a winner as far as I'm concerned," Allred said during an intermission. "She won an 'herstoric' civil rights victory and that I think is frankly more important than anything, any victory she would win, even representing Miss Canada."

Talackova was born Walter Talackova and under went a sex change operation four years ago.

She was initially barred from competing because she was born male.

Pageant owner Donald Trump allowed her to compete, over-ruling the earlier decision.

Talackova was the first transgender competitor to seek the Miss Universe Canada crown and attracted extensive media coverage during the run up to Saturday night's final.

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    Transgendered beauty queen Jenna Talackova reacts as she makes the top 20 cut in the Miss Universe Canada pageant in Toronto on Saturday May 19, 2012. Talackova sparked global attention when she was initially disqualified from the pageant. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)

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    Transgendered beauty queen Jenna Talackova watches a fellow contestant take to the stage in the Miss Universe Canada pageant in Toronto on Saturday May 19, 2012. Talackova sparked global attention when she was initially disqualified from the pageant. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)

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    Transgendered beauty queen Jenna Talackova, center, appears in the Miss Universe Canada pageant in Toronto on Saturday May 19, 2012. Talackova sparked global attention when she was initially disqualified from the pageant. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)

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    Transgendered beauty queen Jenna Talackova reacts as she makes the top 20 cut in the Miss Universe Canada pageant in Toronto on Saturday May 19, 2012. Talackova sparked global attention when she was initially disqualified from the pageant. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)

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  • Jenna Talackova, the first transgender Miss Universe Canada contestant, is seen during a photo shoot at the Sandman Signature Hotel in Toronto on Saturday, May 12, 2012, in advance of the Miss Universe Canada pageant. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim

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  • 62 finalists for Miss Universe Canada pose for a photo in advance of the pageant. (Alex Urosevic/iPhotoLive.com)

  • Jenna Talackova, the first transgender Miss Universe Canada contestant, poses during a photo shoot at the Sandman Signature Hotel in Toronto on Saturday, May 12, 2012 ahead the Miss Universe Canada pageant. Talackova, a Vancouver resident, underwent a sex change four years ago after being born a male. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Aaron Vincent Elkaim)

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  • Vancouver's transgender Miss Universe Canada contestant Jenna Talackova arrives with fellow pageant contestants at St. John Vianney Catholic School in Toronto on Tuesday May 15, 2012.(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)

  • Jenna Talackova, the first transgender Miss Universe Canada contestant, is photographed with other contestants during a photo call at the Sandman Signature Hotel in Toronto on Saturday, May 12, 2012 ahead of the Miss Universe Canada pageant. Talackova, a Vancouver resident, underwent a sex change four years ago after being born a male. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Aaron Vincent Elkaim)

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  • Jenna Talackova takes a picture with 11-year-old student Kadeen Drummond as Miss Universe Canada contestants visit St. John Vianney Catholic School in Toronto on Tuesday May 15, 2012. Talackova says she's proud to be opening the door for other transgender pageant hopefuls who may want to follow in her footsteps. Talackova ignited a media firestorm after she was initially disqualified from the pageant because she isn't a naturally born female. Pageant owner Donald Trump overruled the decision and said Talackova could take part. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)

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  • Vancouver's transgender Miss Universe Canada contestant Jenna Talackova gestures as Miss Universe Canada contestants visit St. John Vianney Catholic School in Toronto on Tuesday May 15, 2012. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young)

  • Jenna Talackova enjoys pool side at a Los Angeles hotel, April 2, 2012. (iPhotoLIve.com)

  • Jenna Talackova smiles at a press conference with her attorney Gloria Allred (not pictured) in Los Angeles on April 3, 2012 in California. Talackova was previously disqualified from Miss Universe Canada, she said, because she used to be male. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

  • Jenna Talackova looks on at a press conference in Los Angeles as her attorney Gloria Allred displays Jenna's passport on April 3, 2012. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)

  • Jenna Talackova, who advanced to the finals of the Miss Canada competition, part of the Miss Universe contest, and was recently forced out of the competition, is listed in her passport as female (with other personal identifying information redacted) at a news conference in Los Angeles Tuesday, April 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

  • In this image released by ABC, beauty contestant Jenna Talackova, left, poses with ABC's Barbara Walters at an interview Thursday, April 5, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/ABC, Heidi Gutman)



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  • Jenna Talackova

    Age: 23 | Height: 6'1"<br>Hometown: Vancouver, BC <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Adwoa Yamoah

    Age: 24 | Height: 5'9″<br>Hometown: Calgary, AB <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Alena Konovalova

    Age: 24 | Height: 5'7″<br>Hometown: Maple, ON <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Ali Sarchuk

    Age: 22 | Height: 5'10″<br>Hometown: Saskatoon, SK <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Alicia George

    Age: 20 | Height: 5'10″<br>Hometown: Surrey, BC <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Amanda Kazmierczak

    Age: 21 | Height: 5'6″<br>Hometown: Toronto, ON <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Amanda-Lee Bordun

    Age: 20 | Height: 5'9″<br>Hometown: Steinbach, MB <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Amanda Morie

    Age: 24 | Height: 5'6″<br>Hometown: Edmonton, AB <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Anna Piatrovich

    Age: 24 | Height: 5'10″<br>Hometown: Richmond Hill, ON <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Brianne Kidner

    Age: 19 | Height: 5'8″<br>Hometown: Edmonton, AB <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Carla Bradstock

    Age: 26 | Height: 5'10″<br>Hometown: Richmond, BC <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Casar Jacobson

    Age: 26 | Height: 5'10″<br>Hometown: Vancouver, BC <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Casendre Paquet

    Age: 22 | Height: 5'6″<br>Hometown: Saint-Laurent, QC <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Chelsea Bird

    Age: 23 | Height: 5'8″<br>Hometown: Edmonton, AB <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Chelsey Smith

    Age: 23 | Height: 5'9″<br>Hometown: Edmonton, AB <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Chelsi Mittelholzer

    Age: 21 | Height: 5'10″<br>Hometown: Markham, ON <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Christine Adela White

    Age: 26 | Height: 5'11″<br>Hometown: Vancouver, BC <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Dajana Radovanovic

    Age: 20 | Height: 5'9″<br>Hometown: Toronto, ON <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Danielle Murphy

    Age: 20 | Height: 6'0″<br>Hometown: Brockville, ON <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Diana Schoutsen

    Age: 24 | Height: 5'9″<br>Hometown: Binbrook, ON <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Ela Mino

    Age: 20 | Height: 5'8″<br>Hometown: Calgary, AB <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Elana Wu

    Age: 22 | Height: 5'8″<br>Hometown: Richmond, BC <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Ella Law

    Age: 26 | Height: 5'5″<br>Hometown: Edmonton, AB <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Haley Draper

    Age: 22 | Height: 5'6″<br>Hometown: London, ON <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Ines Kipre

    Age: 23 | Height: 5'10″<br>Hometown: Gatineau, QC <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Isabella Romero

    Age: 21 | Height: 5'6″<br>Hometown: Sherbrooke, QC <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Jasmine Pham

    Age: 21 | Height: 5'9″<br>Hometown: Kapuskasing, ON <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Jennifer Grudić

    Age: 21 | Height: 5'6″<br>Hometown: Corner Brook, NL <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Jennifer Skroch

    Age: 21 | Height: 5'7″<br>Hometown: Calgary, AB <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Joyanna Mitchell

    Age: 24 | Height: 5'7″<br>Hometown: Beaumont, AB <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Katerina Kiprich

    Age: 24 | Height: 5'6″<br>Hometown: Toronto, ON <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Katie Starke

    Age: 21 | Height: 5'11″<br>Hometown: Uxbridge, ON <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Kesiah Papasin

    Age: 21 | Height: 5'7″<br>Hometown: Etobicoke, ON <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Kimealia Hercules

    Age: 20 | Height: 5'9″<br>Hometown: Montreal, QC <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Kuyan Elliott

    Age: 19 | Height: 5'9″<br>Hometown: LaSalle, ON <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Kylee Jean Apers

    Age: 24 | Height: 5'7″<br>Hometown: Armstrong, BC <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Kyra Weston

    Age: 19 | Height: 5'5″<br>Hometown: Calgary, AB <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Lisa Wong

    Age: 22 | Height: 5'10″<br>Hometown: Toronto, ON <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Majd Soudi

    Age: 26 | Height: 5'6″<br>Hometown: Ottawa, ON <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Mandi Gale

    Age: 22 | Height: 5'4″<br>Hometown: Grand Falls-Windsor, NL <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Maria Cecilia Nicolas

    Age: 26 | Height: 5'6″<br>Hometown: Thompson, MB <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Maria Nahri

    Age: 26 | Height: 5'8″<br>Hometown: Markham, ON <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Mariangela Avila

    Age:19 | Height: 4'10″<br>Hometown: Calgary, AB <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Marta Jablonska

    Age: 24 | Height: 5'10″<br>Hometown: Hamilton, ON <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Mina Khtaria

    Age: 21 | Height: 5'8″<br>Hometown: Surrey, BC <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Natka Brestovanska

    Age: 23 | Height: 5'10″<br>Hometown: Orillia, ON <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Nazanin Gheitasian

    Age: 23 | Height: 5'7″<br>Hometown: Vancouver, BC <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Raman Basi

    Age: 23 | Height: 5'8″<br>Hometown: Calgary, AB <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Sahar Biniaz

    Age: 26 | Height: 5'8″<br>Hometown: Vancouver, BC <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Samantha Morris

    Age: 21 | Height: 5'11″<br>Hometown: Calgary, AB <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>

  • Sarah Harrison

    Age: 24 | Height: 5'11″<br>Hometown: Halifax, NS <em>Credit: <a href="http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/contestants/2012-finals/" target="_hplink">Miss Universe Canada</a></em>
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Kalvin Mickey
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10:35 PM on 05/22/2012
Jenna Talackova...Tallywackoffa....juss kiddin....no im not, yes I am...smile...dont smile, chuckle, giggle..I dont even know, I dont want to know..im juss sayin...lol
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radicalposter
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11:41 AM on 05/22/2012
This person is as much a woman as chicken McNuggets is premium chicken breast. No matter how you slice and dice it...it's still NOT the real thing.
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dralliw
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02:37 PM on 05/21/2012
What will come up next after the gay issue with marriage? Everyone talks about human rights. It's a right to do this and a right to do that. Everyone wants all these rights, well what about someone getting a bill going to endorse polygamy. It should be a right then that a man can have more than one wife, as long as the women go along with it. I am all for it.
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12:48 AM on 05/21/2012
The Jenna Talacova-bashers seem to be lacking the intelligence to appreciate the irony of attacking a transsexual woman for body modification surgery in a pageant system that celebrates body modification surgery.
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09:03 PM on 05/20/2012
great job Jenna. you make me proud to be a human...unlike some of the posters in this thread.
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NadaTristan
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06:02 PM on 05/20/2012
This is wrong. Does this means that a women could go thru a series of surgery and obtain the perfect body, face, smile? Is this the future of Miss Universe?
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Tuddrussell
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06:21 PM on 05/20/2012
That's the past and present of it, where have you been?
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08:17 PM on 05/20/2012
They call it miss universe because they have all universally gotten way too much plastic surgery.
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02:58 PM on 05/20/2012
Maybe it's time for the first World's Open Beauty Pageant. Maybe, as a slap in the face to Alberta Conservatism and their aspiring offshoot, Libertarianism, we ( Zeitgeistnight Radio) will host it in the heart of Canadian oil country - Leduc Alberta. Stay tuned.
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tripas de leche
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02:45 PM on 05/20/2012
Jenna is already more famous and bound for more glory than any other contestant.
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02:20 PM on 05/20/2012
Surprised that neither Huffpost nor commentors might not also think it of some significance that Jenna's success has been helped by her continuing association with her First Nations ancestry through her mother.

While Jenna might be first transgender entrant, there sure haven't been too many Aboriginal entrants either.

"B.C. First Nation supported trangender beauty's dream":
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/First+Nation+supported+trangender+beauty+dream/6419974/story.html
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12:49 PM on 05/20/2012
is it me or does she look a lot like Ivanka Trump?
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01:59 PM on 05/20/2012
There is a resemblance there, yes, whether ntentional or not, I'm not sure.
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12:28 PM on 05/20/2012
Stunning girl, and probably had only half the surgeries of the average contestant.
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01:14 PM on 05/20/2012
I'm actually inclined to believe it. Which is exactly why I don't get all the fuss surrounding this.
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09:06 PM on 05/20/2012
that's probably true. i can't believe the number of people who take the time out to denegrate this girl based on her trans-gender status. while MLK may be a hero to many, it's Rodney King's words that ring true....can't we all just get along?
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Interesting to see how they pick just one cookie out of this array that has all been stamped out with the same cookie cutter.
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