Miss Teen Canada was a personality and
beauty competition
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in Canada for women aged 14 to 17. The event started in 1969 and was televised on
CTV. The pageant was named Miss Teenage Canada for its first three years and was originally sponsored by
A&W Drive-Ins. Cleo Productions, who owned the event for most of its years, closed the contest down in 1990 due to financial concerns.
Several teen pageants exist again in Canada today, the biggest of which is
Miss Teenage Canada
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, run by Michelle Weswaldi,
Miss World Canada
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1996. The winner of Miss Teenage Canada goes on to compete at
Miss Teen Universe
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.
Winners
The following is a complete list of winners of the Miss Teen Canada competition (1969–1992):
Miss Teen Canada Titleholders
Hosts
*Pierre Lalonde
Pierre Lalonde (January 20, 1941 – June 21, 2016) was a Canadian singer and television host.
The son of Jean Lalonde, a popular singer in the 1940s, Lalonde attended high school in the United States but returned to Canada in 1960, where he wo ...
*Peter Pringle
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*Alex Trebek
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References
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Beauty pageants in Canada
Canadian awards
Youth events
Youth in Canada
1969 establishments in Canada
Recurring events established in 1969
Beauty pageants for youth