Leanne Baird is a Canadian beauty pageant titleholder. She was

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in 1998. She was chosen Miss Canada International in August 1998 and went to the

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for the Miss World pageant on 26 November 1998. She did not win

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, but her roommate, Miss Israel 1998

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, did.

Early life

Leanne Baird was born in Stoney Creek,

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. 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

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. She has been an English

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and now a

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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 links

Biography of Leanne Baird by Miss Canada International
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