Samantha Tajik (; ) is an

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model, actress and television personality. She was crowned Miss Universe Canada 2008 on 28 April 2008 in

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, and went on to represent

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at the

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beauty pageant in

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in July of that year. Tajik is the first

Iranian-Canadian Iranian Canadians or Persian Canadians are citizens of Canada whose national background is traced from Iran or are people possessing Iranian and Canadian dual citizenship. From the 2016 Canadian census, the main communities can be found in Southe ...

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.

Modelling career

Official titles

* Miss Universe Canada 2008 – Winner * Miss Continente Americano 2008 – Winner of Miss Congeniality * International Model of the Year 2007 – Winner * Global Beauty Queen 2007 – Second runner-up

References

External links

Miss Universe Canada official website
1983 births Living people Female models from Ontario Iranian emigrants to Canada Iranian female models Miss Universe 2008 contestants Miss Universe Canada winners Naturalized citizens of Canada People from Richmond Hill, Ontario Canadian beauty pageant winners {{pageant-bio-stub