Karen Dianne Baldwin, is the first Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 winner of Miss Universe

Miss Universe

Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

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Before becoming Miss Universe, she attended London Central Secondary School

London Central Secondary School

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 in London, Ontario.
Baldwin was the winner of the 1982 Miss Canada

Miss Canada

Miss Canada was a scholarship competition for young women in Canada. It was founded in Hamilton in 1946. The first broadcast of the Miss Canada pageant aired in 1963 on CTV. The late Peter Jennings was host of the pageant in 1964....

 pageant and was crowned Miss Universe

Miss Universe 1982

Miss Universe 1982, the 31st annual Miss Universe pageant, was held at Coliseo Amauta in Lima, Peru on July 26, 1982. 77 contestants competed in the pageant and 18-year-old Karen Dianne Baldwin of Canada was crowned Miss Universe 1982.-Placements:...

 in Lima, Peru. She then relinquished her crown to Lorraine Downes

Lorraine Downes

Lorraine Elizabeth Downes is a New Zealand former beauty queen who held the Miss Universe title in 1983 and won the New Zealand version of the reality TV show Dancing with the Stars in 2006.-Miss Universe:...

 the following year in the United States

United States

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

Miss Universe 1989

Miss Universe 1989, the 38th Miss Universe pageant was held at Fiesta Americana Condesa Hotel, Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico on May 23, 1989. Angela Visser of Holland was crowned as Miss Universe 1989. Seventy-six contestants competed for the crown....

 pageant, held in Cancun

Cancún

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, Mexico

Mexico

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She was also featured in the 1987 movie Who's That Girl starring Madonna and Griffin Dunne as 'Heather', one of the kidnapped bridesmaids.

Baldwin is now a working Producer in Hollywood, producing movies such as Danny Deckchair

Danny Deckchair

Danny Deckchair is a 2003 Australian comedy film written and directed by Jeff Balsmeyer. The majority of Danny Deckchair was shot in Bellingen, a Mid North Coast town in New South Wales....

, starring Rhys Ifan, Ray starring Jamie Foxx, and Sahara starring Matthew McConaughey.