edited my reply since i saw what you were mistaking.
edit: No, you need female hawke world state at start
Have you checked to make sure there isn't any conflicting information in your Tapestry that would, like a romance, require Hawke to be male in order to have done?
Also, you'd have to start a new game in order for you to use the tapestry that has the female hawke. Figure I'd be Captain Obvious
And there should also be a time/date stamp near/where the import button should be so you can verify it is the correct world state when you access it via the game
I really wish I had known about this before I started my first playthrough. There are numerous things I needed to change. Sadly, those changes won't be available until I do a second playthrough.
Bearded Hawke is male (Garrete), non-bearded Hawke is female (Marian).
In order to have a female Hawke, you'll likely need to make the changs in your Tapestry, save it, then re-export it. Then you'd have to start a brand new game. Have you tried saving the changed Tapestry as the Default version?
