Karen Dianne Baldwin (born September 6, 1963)Wilkinson, Tracy (27 July 1982)
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actress, TV host and beauty queen who was crowned

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. She is the first Canadian to win the Miss Universe title.

Early life

Baldwin was born in

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. Her father William is president of a real estate agency. Her mother Marion is a real estate broker. She has two brothers. Before becoming Miss Universe, she attended

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in London, Ontario.

Miss Universe

Baldwin was the winner of the 1982

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pageant and was crowned

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in Lima, Peru. She then relinquished her crown to

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the following year in the United States.

Life after Miss Universe

She hosted ''The New You'', a Canadian fashion and lifestyle television program and was one of the co-hosts for the 1989

pageant, held in Cancun, Mexico. She was also featured in the comedy movie ''Who's That Girl'' starring Madonna and Griffin Dunne as "Heather", one of the kidnapped bridesmaids and she appeared in the movies: '' Spellbinder'', ''

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'' and '' Sudden Death''. She works as a realtor for Baldwin Scott Thomas Team in Calabasas California."Karen Baldwin"
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Personal life

She married actor

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in 1987 and they had two daughters. They were divorced in 1996.Poseidon3 (5 February 2015)
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Poseidon's Underworld. Retrieved 30 April 2016. Her second husband is Nicholas Karazissis.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baldwin, Karen 1963 births Actresses from London, Ontario Canadian beauty pageant winners Canadian expatriate actresses in the United States Canadian film actresses Canadian film producers Canadian people of Irish descent Canadian women screenwriters Canadian women film producers Living people Miss Canada winners Miss Universe 1982 contestants Miss Universe winners Writers from London, Ontario