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A Dancing with the Stars contestant is rushed to the hospital, The Miss Universe Pageant
Announces some big news for transgender women and Mattel debuts Katniss Barbie. I'm Heather
and it's all coming up in today's Reel TV News.
Dancing with the Stars contestant Melissa Gilbert was rushed to the hospital during
Monday night's live broadcast shortly after hitting her head while performing a Paso Doble
with partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy. The Little House on the Prairie star was quick to ease
fans concerns announcing via twitter that she is alright and suffered only a mild concussion
and whiplash and should be home very soon. Transgender women have good reason to celebrate!
The Miss Universe Organization announced today that they will allow transgender women to
compete in pageants. According to E! News, the recent announcement came after controversy
errupted over Miss Universe Canada hopeful Jenna Talackova was disqualified from competing
for not being a natural-born female. A policy change is nearly finalized and will kick in
just in time for the fall 2013 pageant season. The Hunger Games just got a little more kid-friendly.
Mattel has debuted Katniss Barbie depiciting Jennifer Lawerence's Katniss Everdeen in her
arena gear complete with Mockingjay pin and all. Katniss Barbie isn't officially out until
August but is available for pre-order at BarbieCollector.com. That's it for today's Reel TV News, we'll
be back tomorrow with more of the latest entertainment news and gossip.