London - "We've been asked to take off our undies and sit on a photocopier," a peeved Miss Australia said today, "to prove our gender without the rubber glove test."
She and 99 other lovelies from all over the world are also being given the option of providing a color Polaroid snap of their lower extremities certified by the pageant's bona fide snatch quack.
However 'selfies' are definitely banned after last year's scandal when hackers downloaded and sent the entire file of contestants' brazilianed fannies to the YouPornVic Channel.
The new rules are meant to make it iharder to deceive pageant judges following a spate of clever deceptions involving trannies with surgically retroengineered fannies.
Sunday's 2014 title face-off will see contestants parade in swimsuits, ballgowns and flimsy underwear in front of a global TV audience of billions.
Miss Guatemala remains favorite at 4/1.