Miss Universe Canada
{{short description|National beauty pageant competition in Canada}}
{{distinguish|Miss Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=April 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox organization
|name = The Beauties of Canada Organization
|formation = {{start date and years ago|2002}}
|type = Beauty pageant
|headquarters = Toronto
|location = Canada
|membership = {{Hlist|Miss Universe|Miss International|Reina Internacional del Café|World Miss University|Miss Eco International|Miss United Continents|Miss Charm}}
|language = English
|leader_title = National Director
|leader_name = Sonny Borrelli
|num_staff =
|budget =
|website = [https://missuniversecanada.ca/ Official website]
}}
Miss Universe Canada or The Beauties of Canada is an annual national beauty pageant that selects Canada's official representative to Miss Universe—one of the Big Four beauty pageants
The Beauties of Canada Organization gained the exclusive rights to send a Canadian representative to the Miss Universe Pageant in 2002. The company President is Nicaraguan-born Canadian Denis Dávila.
Background
The Miss Universe Canada contest was first held in 2003, with the first winner being Leanne Marie Cecile. Cecile made the Top 10 in Miss Universe 2003.
Natalie Glebova was crowned the winner in 2005 and went on to become Miss Universe 2005. Glebova's successor Alice Panikian was viewed as a strong contender to win the 2006 Miss Universe crown and placed in the Top 10.
As of 2022, Canada along with France remain the only countries to send a delegate to every edition of Miss Universe since its inaugural year. Germany shared this distinction until 2020, when it withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic{{Cite web | url=https://www.newsweek.com/miss-universe-2018-pageant-photos-catriona-gray-philippines-1259769 | title=Miss Universe 2018 in photos: Catriona Gray of Philippines crowned | website=Newsweek | date=December 16, 2018 }}
International Crowns
Winner Of International Crowns:
- One Miss Universe Crown (2005)
- Natalie Glebova
- One Reinado Internacional del Café Crown (2006)
- Alice Panikian
- One Miss Eco International Crown (2017)
- Amber Bernachi
Controversy
In 2010, Miss Universe Canada made headlines when Maria Al-Masani, the first beauty pageant contestant of Yemeni origin, competed.{{cite web|url=http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/18/13272286.html|title=Beauty to cover up in pageant|access-date=January 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113204241/http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/18/13272286.html|archive-date=January 13, 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www2.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=a92bb754-62f0-4e8d-af6b-27ee4db7c10a |title=Prophet's descendant vies for Miss Universe title |access-date=January 13, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113171313/http://www2.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=a92bb754-62f0-4e8d-af6b-27ee4db7c10a |archive-date=January 13, 2014 }}{{cite web|url=http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/national/2010/03/18/13272311.html|title=Beauty to cover up in pageant|last=nurun.com|access-date=January 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113151852/http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/national/2010/03/18/13272311.html|archive-date=January 13, 2014|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/news/arab-american-wins-miss-usa-2010|title=Arab-American Rima Fakih wins Miss USA 2010, Update: stripping photos revealed|access-date=October 17, 2016}} This was controversial due to accommodating her religious beliefs by allowing her to wear a semi-transparent sarong over her swimsuit.{{cite web|url=http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100411/NEWS02/304099897|title=Former Erie resident in beauty pageant controversy|access-date=May 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213010044/http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20100411%2FNEWS02%2F304099897|archive-date=December 13, 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2010/03/18/13272621-qmi.html?cid=rssnews|title=Beauty to cover up in pageant|access-date=January 13, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140113144237/http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2010/03/18/13272621-qmi.html?cid=rssnews|archive-date=January 13, 2014|url-status=usurped}} In 2012, CNN World News named her one of its eight "agents of change" to follow, the only Canadian to receive that designation.{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/03/world/africa/women-arab-uprisings/index.html|title=Women and the Arab uprisings: 8 'agents of change' to follow| date=February 3, 2012 |publisher=CNN|access-date=October 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201020957/http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/03/world/africa/women-arab-uprisings/index.html|archive-date=December 1, 2016|url-status=live}}
{{anchor|Transgender2012}}The 2012 contest was accused of transphobia after disqualifying a transgender contestant, Jenna Talackova (Jana Talačková), for not being a "naturally born female". A spokesperson from Miss Universe Canada released a statement saying she was disqualified because on her entry form she stated she was born a female, which was not the case. Eventually, Talackova was let back into the competition.{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/03/24/transgender-miss-universe_n_1377147.html | title=Transgender Miss Universe Canada Finalist Jenna Talackova Disqualified From Competition | date=March 24, 2012 | access-date=March 27, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327044006/http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/03/24/transgender-miss-universe_n_1377147.html | archive-date=March 27, 2012 | url-status=live }}
After this, Sahar Biniaz dropped out of the Miss Universe pageant a few days prior to it starting, having allegedly hurt her foot.{{Cite web|title = Toronto, GTA and Central Ontario casting for Miss Canada Universe|url = http://www.reocities.com/samuelpageantpage/2003MCU-BC.html|website = www.reocities.com|access-date = December 25, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151226062803/http://www.reocities.com/samuelpageantpage/2003MCU-BC.html|archive-date = December 26, 2015|url-status = live}} Adwoa Yamoah, the first runner-up, replaced her and competed in Miss Universe 2012.
On May 27, 2013, two days after the Miss Universe Canada 2013 pageant, it was announced that Denise Garrido was the winner. As it turned out, Garrido was actually 3rd runner-up and due to a mathematical error was named the winner. Calgary's Riza Santos was the actual winner. During the validation of the computerized scoring results (which occurred the following day), a typo was discovered in the top five entries, which significantly impacted the final results of the competition.{{cite web|url=http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2013/05/27/20853401.html|title=Miss Universe Canada crowns wrong contestant|access-date=May 28, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628044428/http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2013/05/27/20853401.html|archive-date=June 28, 2013|url-status=usurped}}{{cite web|url=http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/2013/05/miss-universe-canada-2013-final-results/ |title=Miss Universe® Canada » MISS UNIVERSE CANADA 2013 FINAL RESULTS |access-date=May 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607183231/http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/muc/2013/05/miss-universe-canada-2013-final-results/ |archive-date=June 7, 2013 }}
Due to the pandemic, the 2021 Miss Universe Canada pageant was cancelled and the titles Miss Universe Canada 2021 and Miss International Canada 2021 were appointed to the delegates next in line. Therefore, Miss Universe Canada 2020's first runner-up Tamara Jemuovic was awarded the title of Miss Universe Canada 2021 and competed in Eilat, Israel at the 70th Miss Universe pageant. Respectively, Miss Universe Canada 2020's second runner-up Jaime VandenBerg was awarded the title of Miss International Canada 2021, although the 2020 & 2021 Miss International pageants were cancelled.
Titleholders
=Miss Universe Canada=
{{plainlist|
- {{Color box|gold|border=silver}} : Declared as Winner
- {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=silver}} : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
- {{Color box|#FFFF99|border=silver}} : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- {{Color box|#FADADD|border=silver}} : Ended as special awards winner
}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center;"
! Year ! Hometown ! {{Nowrap|Miss Universe Canada}} ! Age{{efn|Ages at the time of Miss Universe}} ! Placement at Miss Universe ! Special Award(s) |
| 2025
| TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| style="background-color:#FFFF99; "
| 2024 | Enoch | 34 | Top 12Miss Universe 2024{{Circular reference|date=February 2025}} | |
| 2023
| 25 | Unplaced | |
| style="background-color:#FFFF99
| 2022 | Amelia Tu{{Cite web |last=Papineau |first=Chelsea |date=May 18, 2022 |title=Sudbury woman wins Miss International Canada title |url=https://northernontario.ctvnews.ca/sudbury-woman-wins-miss-international-canada-title-1.5908725 |access-date=May 19, 2022 |website=CTV News |language=en}} | 20 | Top 16 | |
| 2021
| Toronto | Tamara Jemuovic | 27 | Unplaced | |
| 2020
| 28 | Unplaced | |
| 2019
| Tecumseh | Alyssa Boston | 24 | Unplaced | |
| style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
| 2018 | Windsor | 24 | Top 10 | |
| style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
| 2017 | Toronto | 24 | Top 10 | align="left"|
|
| style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
| 2016 | 23 | Top 9 | |
| 2015
| Toronto | Paola Núñez Valdez | 24 | Unplaced | |
| 2014
| Caledon | 25 | Unplaced | align="left"|
|
| 2013
| Calgary | 26 | Unplaced | |
| rowspan=2| 2012
| Sahar Biniaz{{efn|Sahar Biniaz did not compete at Miss Universe 2012 due to a foot injury.}} | 26 | Did not compete | |
| Calgary
| 26 | Unplaced | |
| 2011
| Tecumseh | Chelsae Durocher | 20 | Unplaced | |
| 2010
| Toronto | 26 | Unplaced | |
| 2009
| 23 | Unplaced | |
| 2008
| 25 | Unplaced | |
| 2007
| Toronto | 21 | Unplaced | |
| style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
| 2006 | Toronto | 20 | Top 10 | |
| style="background-color:gold;
| 2005 | Toronto | 23 | |
| 2004
| 18 | Unplaced | |
| style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
| 2003 | Tecumseh | 25 | Top 10 | |
Image:Elena Semikina.jpg - Miss Universe Canada 2010]]
=Miss International Canada=
File:Amber Bernachi Miss Eco International 2017.jpg
{{plainlist|
- {{Color box|gold|border=silver}} : Declared as Winner
- {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=silver}} : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
- {{Color box|#FFFF99|border=silver}} : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- {{Color box|#FADADD|border=silver}} : Ended as special awards winner
}}
The following is a list of all Miss International Canada titleholders in under Beauties of Canada or Miss Universe Canada since 2003.
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center;"
! Year ! Hometown ! {{Nowrap|Miss International Canada}} ! Placement at Miss International ! Special Award(s) |
| 2025
| TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 2024
| Jessica Bailey | Unplaced | |
| 2023
| Windsor, Ontario | Melanie Renaud | Unplaced | |
| style="background-color:#FFFF99;
| 2022 | Top 8 | |
| colspan=6 {{n/a|Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, no competition held between 2020—2021}} |
| 2019
| Megha Sandhu | Unplaced | |
| 2018
| Unplaced | |
| 2017
| Unplaced | |
| style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
| 2016 | Amber Bernachi | Top 15 | |
| 2015
| Kathryn Kohut | Unplaced | |
| 2014
| Kesiah Papasin | Unplaced | |
| 2013
| Sarah Ainsley Harrison | Unplaced | |
| 2012
| Marta Jablonska | Unplaced | |
| 2010
| Katie Starke | Unplaced | |
| style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
| 2009 | Top 15 | |
| 2008
| Unplaced | |
| 2007
| Justine Stewart | Unplaced | |
| 2006
| Emily Ann Kiss | Unplaced | |
| 2005
| Micaela Smith | Unplaced | |
Miss Canada 1952—2002
{{plainlist|
- {{Color box|gold|border=silver}} : Declared as Winner
- {{Color box|#FFFF66|border=silver}} : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification
- {{Color box|#FFFF99|border=silver}} : Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
- {{Color box|#FADADD|border=silver}} : Ended as special awards winner
}}
=1993–2002=
The Canadian Search Miss Universe or Miss Canadian Universe was hosted by Chan International Models of Edmonton until 2002. While the 2002 event was held in August 2001 in Toronto, all previous events from 1993 to 2001 were held in Edmonton.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
!width="60" |Year !width="150" |Represented !width="250" |Miss Canada !Age ! width="250" |Placement at Miss Universe !width="250" |Special Awards |
| style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
! 2002 | Neelam Verma{{cite web|title=Miss Canada Universe 2002|url=http://www.mybindi.com/gallery/adayinthelife/neelamverma.html|year=2002|publisher=MyBindi.com|access-date=April 4, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109033656/http://www.mybindi.com/gallery/adayinthelife/neelamverma.html|archive-date=January 9, 2011}} |25 | Top 10 | |
| 2001
|21 | Unplaced | |
|---|
| style="background-color:#FFFF66"
! 2000 | Edmonton | Kim Yee |23 | Top 5 | |
| 1999
| Shannon McArthur |26 | Unplaced | |
| 1998
|18 | Unplaced | |
| 1997
| Carmen Kempt |18 | Unplaced | |
| 1996
| Renette Cruz |25 | Unplaced | |
| style="background-color:#FFFF66"
! 1995 | Lana Buchberger |20 | 2nd Runner-up | |
| 1994
| Dawson Creek, British Columbia | Susanne Rothfos |18 | Unplaced | |
| 1993
| Nancy Ann Elder |21 | Unplaced | |
=1979—1992=
The Miss Canada pageant obtained the franchise for the Miss Universe Pageant in 1978, when that year's first runner-up, Andrea Leslie Eng, competed internationally. From 1979 to the final contest, the winners of Miss Canada went on to compete. Miss Canada 1982, Karen Baldwin, being the only Miss Canada to also win Miss Universe. The show was popular in the 1970s, with up to 5 million viewers, but declined in the 1980s, until the franchise holders, Cleo Productions, closed in early 1992. Producers of the show cited mounting production costs, as the reason for cancellation. The last winner was Miss Canada 1992, Nicole Dunsdon, from Summerland, British Columbia, a speech pathology student at the University of Alberta.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
!width="60" |Year !width="150" |Represented !width="250" |Miss Canada !width="250" |Placement at Miss Universe !width="250" |Special Awards |
| 1992
| Interior of British Columbia | Unplaced | |
|---|
| 1991
| Leslie McLaren | Unplaced | |
| 1990
| Robin Lee Ouzunoff | Unplaced | |
| 1989
| Juliette Powell | Unplaced | |
| 1988
| Mary-Melinda Gillies | Unplaced | |
| 1987
| TinaMay Simpson | Unplaced | |
| 1986
| Interior of British Columbia | Rene Newhouse | Unplaced | |
| style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
! 1985 | Top 10 | |
| 1984
| Unplaced | |
| 1983
| Manitoba | Jodi Yvonne Rutledge | Unplaced | |
| style="background-color:gold;
! 1982 | |
| style="background-color:#FFFF66"
! 1981 | Dominique Dufour | 1st Runner-up | |
| style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
! 1980 | Teresa "Terry" Lynn Mackay | Top 12 | |
| 1979
| Manitoba | Heidi Quiring | Unplaced | |
| 1978
| Andrea Leslie Eng | Unplaced | |
=1959—1977=
Between 1969 and 1977 the Miss Dominion of Canada pageant originated when the Bruno family of Ancaster, Ontario obtained franchise rights to select and send Canada's exclusive representatives to Miss Universe. The winner of Miss Dominion of Canada competed in Miss Universe, Miss World, and often both Miss International and Queen of the Pacific. The Miss Universe franchise in Canada was taken over by the nationally televised Miss Canada contest in 1978.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
!width="60" |Year !width="150" |Represented !width="250" |Miss Canada !width="250" |Placement at Miss Universe !width="250" |Special Awards |
| style="background-color:#FADADD;"
! 1977 | Pamela Mercer | Unplaced | align="left"|
|
| 1976
| Ontario | Normande Jacques | Unplaced | |
|---|
| 1975
| Ontario | Sandra Margaret Emily Campbell | Unplaced | |
| 1974
| Ontario | Deborah Tone | Unplaced | |
| 1973
| Ontario | Deborah Anne Ducharme | Unplaced | |
| 1972
| Ontario | Bonny Brady | Unplaced | |
| 1971
| Ontario | Lana Drouillard | Unplaced | |
| 1970
| Norma Joyce Hickey | Unplaced | |
| 1969
| Ontario | Unplaced | |
| style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
! 1968 | Ontario | Nancy Wilson | Top 15 | |
| 1967
| Ontario | Donna Marie Barker | Unplaced | |
| 1966
| Ontario | Marjorie Anne Schofield | Unplaced | |
| style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
! 1965 | Ontario | Carol Ann Tidey | Top 15 | |
| 1964
| Mary Lou Farrell | Unplaced | |
| 1963
| Jane Kmita | Unplaced | |
| style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
! 1962 | Ontario | Marilyn McFatridge | Top 15 | |
| 1961
| Ontario | Wilda Reynolds | Unplaced | |
| 1960
| Ontario | Edna Dianne MacVicar | Unplaced | |
| 1959
| Ontario | Eileen Butter | Unplaced | |
=1952—1958=
In 1952, Miss Toronto 1951 competed to Miss Universe 1952. Between 1952 and 1958 Miss Universe Canada was selected by a photo contest and/or casting by Silknit Ltd. of Toronto, Canada. Most winners were former Miss Toronto Pageant winners or participants.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
!width="60" |Year !width="150" |Represented !width="250" |Miss Canada !width="250" |Placement at Miss Universe !width="250" |Special Awards |
| 1958
| Eileen Cindy Conroy | Unplaced | |
|---|
| style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
! 1957 | Gloria Noakes | Top 15 | align="left"|
|
| 1956
| Elaine Evelyn Bishenden | Unplaced | |
| style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
! 1955 | Cathy Diggles | Top 15 | |
| 1954
| Joyce Mary Landry | Unplaced | |
| style="background-color:#FFFF99;"
! 1953 | Thelma Elizabeth Brewis | Top 16 | |
| 1952
| Ruth Carrier | Unplaced | |
Notes
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See also
References
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{{cite news|title=Miss Universe Canada 2009|url=http://www.calgarysun.com/entertainment/celebrities/2009/05/21/9528561.html|access-date=February 19, 2011|newspaper=Calgary Sun|date=May 22, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708112134/http://www.calgarysun.com/entertainment/celebrities/2009/05/21/9528561.html|archive-date=July 8, 2011|url-status=live}}
{{cite news|title=TO's Tajik crowned Miss Universe Canada|url=http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2008/04/29/pf-5418561.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101012521/http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2008/04/29/pf-5418561.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 1, 2013|date=April 29, 2008|publisher=Canadian Online Explorer|newspaper=Toronto Sun|access-date=February 19, 2011}}
{{cite web|title=The next Miss Universe?|url=http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/03/14/pf-3749715.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101000739/http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/03/14/pf-3749715.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 1, 2013|publisher=Canadian Online Explorer|work=Sun Media|access-date=February 19, 2011|date=March 14, 2007}}
{{cite web|title=Miss Universe Canada 2006|url=http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=ef9e6b29-d5ea-431c-a00a-1655f7c4a65f&k=97246|work=National Post|publisher=canada.com|access-date=February 19, 2011|date=March 22, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603093457/http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=ef9e6b29-d5ea-431c-a00a-1655f7c4a65f&k=97246|archive-date=June 3, 2011}}
{{cite news|title=Go for the crown|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=es&tl=en&u=http://archivo.laprensa.com.ni/archivo/2005/marzo/05/revista/|access-date=February 19, 2011|newspaper=La Prensa|date=March 5, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628201109/http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=es&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Farchivo.laprensa.com.ni%2Farchivo%2F2005%2Fmarzo%2F05%2Frevista%2F|archive-date=June 28, 2011|url-status=live}}
{{cite news|title=Waterdown teen takes pageant title|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/531559291.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+27,+2004&author=Rob+Faulkner&pub=The+Spectator&desc=Waterdown+teen+takes+pageant+title;+Beauty+contest+makes+Canadian+comeback&pqatl=google|access-date=February 19, 2011|newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator|date=January 27, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629014036/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/531559291.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+27,+2004&author=Rob+Faulkner&pub=The+Spectator&desc=Waterdown+teen+takes+pageant+title;+Beauty+contest+makes+Canadian+comeback&pqatl=google|archive-date=June 29, 2011|url-status=dead}}
{{cite news|title=Canuck contestant faces SARS test|url=http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2003/05/13/85980.html|date=May 13, 2003|publisher=Canadian Online Explorer|newspaper=Toronto Sun|access-date=February 19, 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20030514082349/http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2003/05/13/85980.html|archive-date=May 14, 2003|url-status=usurped}}
}}
External links
- [https://missuniversecanada.ca/ Official Miss Universe Canada website]
{{Miss Universe Canada}}
{{Miss Universe countries and territories}}
{{Miss International countries and territories}}