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Miss World Canada
The Miss World Canada contest is a Beauty pageant held annually in different incarnations since 1957 to select Canada's representative to the Miss World contest. In 2017 MTC-W Inc. obtained the exclusive rights to send the Canadian representative to Miss World, chaired since 2016 by former Miss World Canada 1996 Michelle Weswaldi. The annual pageant is held each summer in Toronto, Ontario, but in 2020 the national competition was held on November 7. This year was integrated for the first time the head-to-head challenge competition as part of the Miss World Canada 2020 selection process, where all the 44 candidates faced off in an interview round hosted by the former Mr. World Canada 2012, Frankie Cena , and the first winner ever in Canada is Aiona Santana. The 70th Miss World Final will be held on December 16, 2021 at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica will crown her successor at the end of the event. Representatives to Miss World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beauty Pageant
A beauty pageant is a competition that has traditionally focused on judging and ranking the physical attributes of the contestants. Pageants have now evolved to include inner beauty, with criteria covering judging of personality, intelligence, talent, character, and charitable involvement, through private interviews with judges and answers to public on-stage questions. The term beauty pageant refers originally to the Big Four international beauty pageants. Pageant titles are subdivided into Miss, Mrs. or Ms., and Teen – to clearly identify the difference between pageant divisions. Hundreds and thousands of beauty contests are held annually, but the Big Four are considered the most prestigious, widely covered and broadcast by media. For example, ''The Wall Street Journal'', BBC News, CNN, Xinhua News Agency, and global news agencies such as Reuters, Associated Press and Agence France-Presse collectively refer to the four major pageants as "Big Four" namely: Miss Universe, Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tara Teng
Tara Teng (born August 16, 1988) is a Canadian former pageant winner. She was named Miss Canada in 2011 and Miss World Canada in 2012. During her title reigns she was an advocate for human rights and spoke about human trafficking. Early life and education Teng is the daughter of a Chinese Singaporean church pastor father and a European Canadian mother, and she was raised as a Christian. She was homeschooled until the age of 15. She received a Bachelor of Education from Trinity Western University (TWU). Teng spent four months studying at TWU's Laurentian Leadership Centre (LLC) in Ottawa, participating in the Laurentian Leadership Program. While in Ottawa, she had a year-long internship with Joy Smith, Member of Parliament (MP) for Kildonan—St. Paul in Winnipeg, who had been working to implement laws to reduce the demand for prostitution in Canada and on improving awareness about human trafficking. Pageants In 2010 Teng won the Miss BC World contest and the pageant's o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of 405,212 square kilometres (156,500 sq mi). In 2021, the population of Newfoundland and Labrador was estimated to be 521,758. The island of Newfoundland (and its smaller neighbouring islands) is home to around 94 per cent of the province's population, with more than half residing in the Avalon Peninsula. Labrador borders the province of Quebec, and the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon lies about 20 km west of the Burin Peninsula. According to the 2016 census, 97.0 per cent of residents reported English as their native language, making Newfoundland and Labrador Canada's most linguistically homogeneous province. A majority of the population is descended from English and Irish s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leanne Baird
Leanne Baird is a Canadian beauty pageant titleholder. She was Miss Canada International in 1998. She was chosen Miss Canada International in August 1998 and went to the Seychelles for the Miss World beauty contest, pageant on 26 November 1998. She did not win Miss World 1998, but her roommate, Miss Israel 1998 Linor Abargil, did. Early life Leanne Baird was born in Stoney Creek, Ontario, Stoney Creek, Ontario. She also won Miss Winona Peach Queen in her late teens. After her reign, she and her sister ran the Miss Winona Peach Queen Pageant in Winona Ontario for several years. Career After her reign was completed, she finished Teachers College in Canada. She has been an English teacher and now a Guidance Counsellor at Cathedral High School in Hamilton Ontario. She has been a special needs worker and a camp supervisor working with children. She has also volunteered for many camps, youth organizations, and hospitals. She married in 2007 and has two daughters. References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss World 2003
Miss World 2003 was the 53rd edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China on 6 December 2003. At the end of the event, Azra Akın of Turkey crowned Rosanna Davison of Ireland as Miss World 2003. It is Ireland's first victory in the history of the pageant. Contestants 106 contestants competed in this year's pageant, surpassing the previous record of 95 contestants in 2000. The pageant was hosted by Phil Keoghan, Amanda Byram, and Angela Chow. Luis Fonsi and Bryan Ferry performed in this year's pageant. Results Placements Continental Queens of Beauty Contestants 106 contestants competed for the title. Judges Miss World 2003 had nine judges. * Candace Bushnell * Jackie Chan * Agbani Darego – Miss World 2001 from Nigeria * Bruce Forsyth† * Gustavo Gianetti * Julia Morley – Chairwoman of the Miss World Organisation * Krish Naidoo * Clive Robertson * Dick Zimmermann Notes Debuts * * * * * Retur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazanin Afshin-Jam
Nazanin Afshin-Jam ( fa, نازنین افشین جم, ''Nāzanin Afŝin Jam'', born April 11, 1979) is an Iranian-Canadian human rights activist, author and public speaker. She is a former Miss World Canada. She is also president and co-founder of ''Stop Child Executions'' as well as the founder of "The Nazanin Foundation". She immigrated to Canada with her family in 1981. She is married to Peter MacKay, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. Childhood Nazanin Afshin-Jam was born on April 11, 1979, in Tehran, Iran. Her father was the head of the Sheraton Hotel in Tehran (now the Tehran Homa Hotel) which was frequented by Westerners. During the Iranian revolution, her father was jailed by the Revolutionary Guard. After he was freed from prison, he fled Iran with his family to Spain, and after a year they moved to Canada as immigrants, settling in Vancouver. Education and Red Cross work Afshin-Jam graduated from the University of British Columbia with degree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tijana Arnautovic
Tijana is a feminine given name of Serbian origin, also popular in North Macedonia. Etymology From the latin "Titius" meaning honourable. Related to the name Tatiana. Saint Tatiana is the patron saint of students. People *Tijana Ajduković (born 1991), Serbian basketball player *Tijana Arnautović (born 1986), Serbian-Canadian model *Tijana Bogdanović (born 1998), Serbian taekwondo athlete *Tijana Bogićević (born 1981), Serbian singer *Tijana Bošković (born 1997), Serbian volleyball player *Tijana Todevska-Dapčević (born 1976), Macedonian-Serbian pop singer *Tijana Malešević (born 1991), Serbian volleyball player *Tijana Milojević Tijana Milojević ( sr-cyrl, Тијана Милојевић; born 10 September 1998) is a Belgian-born Serbian volleyball player. She plays for the Chinese Volleyball Super League side Shenzhen Phoenix. She was a member of Serbia U18 national v ... (born 1998), Serbian volleyball player {{given name Serbian feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss World Sport
Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss Earth, it is one of the Big Four international beauty pageants. The current Miss World is Karolina Bielawska of Poland, who was crowned by Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica on March 16, 2022, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. History 20th century In 1951, Eric Morley organised a bikini contest as part of the Festival of Britain celebrations that he called the Festival Bikini Contest. The event was popular with the press, which dubbed it "Miss World". The swimsuit competition was intended as a promotion for the bikini, which had only recently been introduced to the market and was still widely regarded as immodest. When the 1951 Miss World pageant winner, Kerstin "Kiki" Hakansson from Sweden, was crowned in a bikini, it added to the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malgosia Majewska
Małgorzata "Malgosia" Majewska (born February 23, 1981, Gdańsk, Poland) is a Polish-Canadian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss World Canada 2006 and Miss World Peel Region 2006. During the Miss World Canada competition, she won the Miss Fitness component which placed her among the finalists. Ms. Majewska, a Pole emigrated to Canada, is a graduate of Temple University (Philadelphia, USA) with an Honors Degree in International Business and Economics. She attended the university on a full volleyball scholarship and completed two study-abroad terms in Rome, Italy. She speaks her native Polish, English, French and Italian. She placed in the top 25 for the ''Miss World Beach Beauty'' award, the first of the fast track events. On September 12, 2006, Malgosia won the Miss World Sports competition, which gave her a fast track to the semifinals. In the talent competition, she placed in the top 20. On September 30, 2006, she competed in the Miss World finals in Wars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Ghulam
Sara Ghulam (born May 3, 1989, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian model. She comes from a multicultural family of Indian, Pakistani, Maltese, and Scottish backgrounds. Ghulam was crowned Miss World Canada 2007 on March 18, 2007, making her the youngest winner of the title. She placed first in the Talent segment for her rendition of Sara McLachlens "Angel", and won Best in Evening Gown. She also placed top 5 in the Interview, Swimsuit and the Peoples Choice Award segments. As the reigning Miss World Canada 2007, she has already made several high-profile appearances, including representing Canada at the 2007 Miss World pageant in Sanya, Hainan Island, China, in November 2007. Ghulam is currently pursuing a career in the music industry as a pop singer Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leah Ryerse
Leah ''La'ya;'' from (; ) appears in the Hebrew Bible as one of the two wives of the Biblical patriarch Jacob. Leah was Jacob's first wife, and the older sister of his second (and favored) wife Rachel. She is the mother of Jacob's first son Reuben. She has three more sons, namely Simeon, Levi and Judah, but does not bear another son until Rachel offers her a night with Jacob in exchange for some mandrake root (, ''dûdâ'îm''). Leah gives birth to two more sons after this, Issachar and Zebulun, and to Jacob's only daughter, Dinah. Biblical narrative Overview Leah first appears in the Book of Genesis, in Genesis 29, which describes her as the daughter of Laban and the older sister of Rachel, and is said to not compare to Rachel's physical beauty and that she has tender eyes.) (Genesis 29:17). It is debated as to whether the adjective "tender" () should be taken to mean "delicate and soft" or "weary". Some translations say that it may have meant blue or light colored eyes. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss World Talent
Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss Earth, it is one of the Big Four international beauty pageants. The current Miss World is Karolina Bielawska of Poland, who was crowned by Toni-Ann Singh of Jamaica on March 16, 2022, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. History 20th century In 1951, Eric Morley organised a bikini contest as part of the Festival of Britain celebrations that he called the Festival Bikini Contest. The event was popular with the press, which dubbed it "Miss World". The swimsuit competition was intended as a promotion for the bikini, which had only recently been introduced to the market and was still widely regarded as immodest. When the 1951 Miss World pageant winner, Kerstin "Kiki" Hakansson from Sweden, was crowned in a bikini, it added to the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
