Samantha Tajik

{{short description|Iranian-Canadian model}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=May 2021}}

{{Infobox pageant titleholder

| name = Samantha Tajik

| image = Samantha Tajik the Miss Universe Canada, 2008 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Tajik in 2008

| birth_place = Tehran, Iran

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1983}}

| title = Miss Universe Canada 2008

| nationalcompetition = {{plainlist|

• Global Beauty Queen 2007 (2nd runner-up)
• International Model of The Year 2007 (Won)
• Miss Continente Americano 2008 (Won, Miss Congeniality)
• Miss Universe Canada 2008 (Winner)
• Miss Universe 2008 (Unplaced)

}}

| height = {{height|m=1.77|precision=0}}

|native_name_lang=fa|eyecolour=Brown|hair_colour=Black}}

Samantha Tajik ({{Langx|fa|سامانتا تاجیک}}; {{Nowrap|born 1983}}) is an Iranian Canadian actress, model, tv host and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Universe Canada 2008 on 28 April 2008 in Toronto, Ontario,{{Cite web|title=Iranian-Canadian Crowned Miss Universe Canada 2008|url=https://www.radiojavan.com/blog/2008/05/04/Iranian-Canadian-Crowned-Miss-Universe-Canada-2008|access-date=2019-09-20|website=Radio Javan}} and went on to represent Canada at the Miss Universe 2008 beauty pageant in Vietnam in July of that year. Tajik is the first Iranian-Canadian woman to have won the title of Miss Universe Canada; she has also excelled in the world of modelling, winning the title of International Model of the Year in 2007.

She went on to become the founder and director of SuperModel Canada Search.{{Cite web|title=Toronto Fashion Academy Samantha Tajik|url=https://torontofashionacademy.ca/instructors/samantha-tajik|access-date=2024-12-12|website=Toronto Fashion Academy}}