Małgorzata “Malgosia” Majewska (a.k.a. Margaret Majewska) (born February 23, 1981, Gdansk

Gdansk

Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

) is Miss World Canada

Miss World Canada

The Miss World Canada contest is an beauty pageant, held mostly annually in various incarnations and with several different names since 1957, to select Canada's representative to the Miss World contest. The Canadian franchise was currently owned by Upstage This! Productions, based in Vancouver,...

 2006 and Miss World Peel Region 2006. During the Miss World Canada competition, she won the Miss Fitness component which placed her among the finalists.

Ms. Majewska, a Pole

Poles

thumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...

 emigrated to Canada, is a graduate of Temple University

Temple University

Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...

 (Philadelphia, USA) with an Honors Degree in International Business and Economics. She attended the university on a full volleyball scholarship and completed two study-abroad terms in Rome, Italy. She speaks her native Polish, English, French and Italian.

She placed in the top 25 for the Miss World Beach Beauty

Miss World Beach Beauty

Miss World Beach Beauty is a swimsuit or fast track competition in the Miss World pageant. The Beach Beauty event first started in 2003, when the Miss World Organization decided to have preliminary or fast track events to automatically give a semifinal spot to some of the delegates...

award, the first of the fast track events. On September 12, 2006, Malgosia won the Miss World Sports

Miss World Sports

Miss World Sports or Sportswoman is a title and award given to the winner of a sports event at Miss World. It is a fast track or preliminary event, giving the winner automatically makes it into the semifinals. So far there are 5 Miss World Sports winners starting at 2003...

 competition, which gave her a fast track to the semifinals. In the talent competition, she placed in the top 20. On September 30, 2006, she competed in the Miss World finals in Warsaw, Poland. She was a favorite to win the Miss World Americas 2006 title, which was later won by Miss Brazil.

She attended Mayfield Secondary School

Mayfield Secondary School

Mayfield Secondary School is located in Caledon, Ontario, Canada. It is one of three Arts Schools in the Peel District School Board. Other Arts School in the region include St. Thomas Aquinas and St.Roch, both Catholic schools. Mayfield boasts many sports teams, which compete against other schools...

 in Caledon, Ontario

Caledon, Ontario

Caledon is a town in the Regional Municipality of Peel in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. In terms of land use, Caledon is somewhat urban, though it is primarily rural in nature...

, from 1995-2000.

Placements at Miss World 2006

MAIN CONTEST: Top 17 semifinalist

Fast Track Competitions:

• Miss Sport: Winner
• Beach Beauty: Top 25 semifinalist
• Miss Talent: Top 20 semifinalist

Miss World Canada 2006 Results

• Miss World Canada 2006: Malgosia Majewska, Miss Peel Region
• 1st Runner-up: Ashley Bursey, Miss Newfoundland & Labrador
• 2nd Runner-up: Grace Russell, Miss Edmonton
• 3rd Runner-up: Aminata Farmo, Miss Gatineau
• 4th Runner-up: Shannon Bowles, Miss Victoria

Top 10 Semi-Finalists

• Jenna-Lee Creelman, Miss Brampton
• Adwoa Yamoah, Miss Calgary
• Elena Soboleva, Miss Downtown Toronto
• Chelsea Dunda, Miss Hamilton
• Kate Manigold, Miss Stoney Creek

Top 15 Semi-Finalists

• Sasha Abunnadi
  Sasha Abunnadi
  Sasha Amira Abunnadi was the first Miss B.C. World, and was elected for the reign of 2005/2006. She represented British Columbia at Miss World Canada on July 16, 2006 in Toronto, Canada, where she placed in the Top 15 Semi-Finals, and won the award for "Best In Interview"...
  
  , Miss B.C. Coast
• Reshmi Chetram, Miss Markham
• Jennifer Scott, Miss Niagara Region
• Daphne Choi, Miss North York
• Krystal Benesch, Miss Western Ontario

Special Awards

• Best In Interview: Sasha Abunnadi
  Sasha Abunnadi
  Sasha Amira Abunnadi was the first Miss B.C. World, and was elected for the reign of 2005/2006. She represented British Columbia at Miss World Canada on July 16, 2006 in Toronto, Canada, where she placed in the Top 15 Semi-Finals, and won the award for "Best In Interview"...
  
  , Miss B.C. Coast
• Best In Swimwear: Shannon Bowles, Miss Victoria
• Fitness Award: Malgosia Majewska, Miss Peel Region
• Beauty With A Purpose Award: Daphne Choi, Miss North York
• People's Choice Award: Jenna-Lee Creelman, Miss Brampton
• Miss Congeniality: Abigail Lee, Miss York Region & Sandi Vincient, Miss Nunavut
• Woman of Style: Jenna-Lee Creelman, Miss Brampton
• Miss Photogenic: Simin Bagheri, Miss London