Miss Universe Canada 2008
Encyclopedia
Miss Universe Canada
2008 was held on April 28, 2008 in Toronto
, Ontario
, Canada
. When Inga Skaya
crowned her successor: Samantha Tajik
. 59 women competed in the pageant.
Top 10
Top 20
Miss Universe Canada
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2008 was held on April 28, 2008 in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
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...
. When Inga Skaya
Inga Skaya
Inga Skaya is a Canadian model of Russian Jewish descent who was crowned Miss Universe Canada 2007 on March 4, 2007...
crowned her successor: Samantha Tajik
Samantha Tajik
Samantha Tajik is a Canadian-Iranian model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe Canada 2008.She competed in the Miss Universe Canada 2008 pageant, and on April 28, 2008 was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder, Inga Skaya....
. 59 women competed in the pageant.
Results
- Miss Universe Canada 2008- Samantha TajikSamantha TajikSamantha Tajik is a Canadian-Iranian model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe Canada 2008.She competed in the Miss Universe Canada 2008 pageant, and on April 28, 2008 was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder, Inga Skaya....
- 1st runner up- Sahar BiniazSahar BiniazSahar Biniaz born 1986 is an Iranian Canadian beauty pageant contestant and occasional actress. Biniaz was born in India and grew up in Iran. She resides in Vancouver, B.C., where she began to compete in beauty pageants representing Canada, including winning 1st runner-up in Miss Universe Canada...
- 2nd runner up- Aleksandra Malkin
- 3rd runner up- Lina Lombana
- 4th runner up- Genida Prifti
Top 10
- Elena SemikinaElena SemikinaElena Semikina is a Canadian beauty pageant contestant. She was crowned Miss Universe Canada 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, on June 14, 2010. She previously placed in the top 10 in 2008...
- Elena Tchemissova
- Klaudia Olejnik
- Stephanie Koo
- Taryn Scerbo
Top 20
- Agnes Kim
- Anastasia Marinina
- Ania Bureacenco
- Dayna Hajaly
- Lateesha Ector
- Lauren McKamey
- Lyudmyla Tregubenko
- Sarah Khoshnavazi
- Valerie Welsh
- Vanessa Drautz
Contestants
Name | Age | Height | Hometown | Origin |
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Adwah Yamoah | 21 | 5'9" | Calgary Calgary Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies... |
Canada |
Agnes Kim | 24 | 5'5" | Pitt Meadows | Canada |
Aleksandra Malkin | 20 | 5'11" | Concord Concord, Ontario Concord is an unincorporated suburban industrial community in the City of Vaughan in York Region, located north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. According to the 2001 Census, the community has 8,255 residents .... |
Israel |
Alexandria Wiemer | 24 | 5'7" | Calgary Calgary Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies... |
Canada |
Allison Stern | 22 | 5'3" | Sherwood Park | Canada |
Amy Toor | 25 | 5'8" | Surrey Surrey, British Columbia Surrey is a city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is a member municipality of Metro Vancouver, the governing body of the Greater Vancouver Regional District... |
Canada |
Anastasia Marinina | 20 | 176 | Mississauga | Kazakhstan |
Ania Bureacenco | 20 | 176 | Burnaby | Moldova |
Anindita Mukherjee | 23 | 172 | Calgary Calgary Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies... |
Canada |
Ann Parry | 25 | 176 | Saskatoon Saskatoon Saskatoon is a city in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. Residents of the city of Saskatoon are called Saskatonians. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344.... |
Canada |
Brittney Kuczynski | 18 | 5’7’’ | Mississauga | Poland |
Chelsea Tail Feathers | 19 | 5'7" | Standoff | Canada |
Connie D’Angelo | 23 | 5'5" | Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario... |
Canada |
Courtney Liefke | 20 | 5'8" | Coldstream Coldstream, British Columbia Coldstream is a district municipality in British Columbia, Canada, located at the northern end of Kalamalka Lake in the Okanagan Valley. Incorporated on December 21, 1906, Coldstream celebrated its centennial in 2006. The municipality is directly southeast of Vernon and is considered part of... |
Canada |
Cynthia Ponari | 18 | 5'7" | Montreal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... |
Canada |
Dayna Hajaly | 19 | 5'9" | Montreal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... |
Canada |
Elena Semikina Elena Semikina Elena Semikina is a Canadian beauty pageant contestant. She was crowned Miss Universe Canada 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, on June 14, 2010. She previously placed in the top 10 in 2008... |
24 | 6'1" | Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... |
Moldova |
Elena Tchemissova | 23 | 5'7" | Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... |
Ukraine |
Emily Hoddinott | 22 | 5'5" | Prince George Prince George, British Columbia Prince George, with a population of 71,030 , is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, and is known as "BC's Northern Capital"... |
Canada |
Genida Prifti | 24 | 6'0" | Scarborough Scarborough, Ontario Scarborough is a dissolved municipality within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the eastern part of Toronto. It is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, and on the east by the Rouge River... |
Albania |
Jennyfer Boyce | 26 | 5'5" | Calgary Calgary Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies... |
Canada |
Jessica Clausen | 19 | 5'5" | Winnipeg Winnipeg Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name... |
Canada |
Joelle Lanctot | 19 | 5'6" | Saint-Michel Saint-Michel, Quebec Saint-Michel is a municipality in the Jardins de Napierville Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada, situated in the Montérégie administrative region. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 2,637... |
Canada |
Karelya Medialdea | 24 | 5'7" | Abbotsford Abbotsford, British Columbia Abbotsford is a Canadian city located in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, adjacent to Greater Vancouver. It is the fifth largest municipality in British Columbia, home to 123,864 people . Its Census Metropolitan Area, which includes the District of Mission, is the 23rd largest in Canada,... |
Cuba |
Katherine Raymond | 20 | 5'7" | Lorraine Lorraine, Quebec Lorraine is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-de-Blainville. There are no industries and only a very limited commercial district ; almost all houses are of the detached type... |
Canada |
Katie Flood | 25 | 5'9" | St. John's St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St... |
Canada |
Kimberly Dubeau | 23 | 5'8" | Kapuskasing | Canada |
Klaudia Olejnik | 20 | 5'7" | Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... |
Poland |
Kriti Bhatnagar | 22 | 5'7" | Edmonton Edmonton Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census... |
Canada |
Lateesha Ector | 23 | 5'9" | Pierrefonds Pierrefonds, Quebec Pierrefonds was a city on the Island of Montreal. It ceased to exist on January 1, 2002. The city was located along the Rivière des Prairies at the western end of the island... |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Lauren Mckamey | 23 | 6'0" | Port Alberni | Canada |
Lina Lombana | 19 | 5'9" | Langley Langley, British Columbia (city) The City of Langley is a municipality in Metro Vancouver. It lies directly east of the City of Surrey, adjacent to Cloverdale, and surrounded on the north, east and south by Township of Langley.-History:... |
Colombia |
Lyudmyla Tregubenko | 24 | 5'8" | Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... |
Ukraine |
Maria Woodward | 21 | 5'6" | Campbell River Campbell River, British Columbia Campbell River is a coastal city in British Columbia on the east coast of Vancouver Island at the south end of Discovery Passage, which lies along the important coastal Inside Passage shipping route... |
Canada |
Mona Nikkah | 21 | 5'7" | Montreal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... |
Canada |
Olga Tchistilina | 26 | 5'9" | Mississauga | Ukraine |
Pauline Ranjbar | 21 | 5'6" | Dollard-des-Ormeaux | Canada |
Sabrina Haloulakos | 21 | 5'5" | Burnaby | Canada |
Sabrina Misquita | 21 | 5'6" | LaSalle | Canada |
Sahar Biniaz Sahar Biniaz Sahar Biniaz born 1986 is an Iranian Canadian beauty pageant contestant and occasional actress. Biniaz was born in India and grew up in Iran. She resides in Vancouver, B.C., where she began to compete in beauty pageants representing Canada, including winning 1st runner-up in Miss Universe Canada... |
22 | 5'8" | Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,... |
India |
Sahra Khoshnavazi | 20 | 5'6" | North Vancouver North Vancouver, British Columbia There are two municipalities in the Greater Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada, that use the name North Vancouver. These are:*The City of North Vancouver... |
Iran |
Samantha Tajik Samantha Tajik Samantha Tajik is a Canadian-Iranian model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe Canada 2008.She competed in the Miss Universe Canada 2008 pageant, and on April 28, 2008 was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder, Inga Skaya.... |
25 | 5'10" | Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,... |
Iran |
Sarah Foot | 24 | 5'8" | Oyen Oyen, Alberta -Demographics:The population of the Town of Oyen according to its 2009 municipal census is 1,190.In 2006, Oyen had a population of 1,015 living in 404 dwellings, a 0.5% decrease from 2001. The town has a land area of and a population density of .-External links:... |
Canada |
Sarah Fullerton | 25 | 5'8" | Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,... |
Canada |
Sarah Philibert | 19 | 5'8" | Bécancour Bécancour, Quebec Bécancour is a town in the Centre-du-Québec region of Québec, Canada; it is the seat of the Bécancour Regional County Municipality. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the confluence of the Bécancour River, opposite Trois-Rivières.Wôlinak, an Abenaki Indian reserve, is... |
Canada |
Sara-Jade Doucet Gallienne | 19 | 5'8" | Bécancour Bécancour, Quebec Bécancour is a town in the Centre-du-Québec region of Québec, Canada; it is the seat of the Bécancour Regional County Municipality. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the confluence of the Bécancour River, opposite Trois-Rivières.Wôlinak, an Abenaki Indian reserve, is... |
Canada |
Sasha Abunnadi | 24 | 5'4" | Abbotsford Abbotsford, British Columbia Abbotsford is a Canadian city located in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, adjacent to Greater Vancouver. It is the fifth largest municipality in British Columbia, home to 123,864 people . Its Census Metropolitan Area, which includes the District of Mission, is the 23rd largest in Canada,... |
Canada |
Shannon MacKinnon | 23 | 5'7" | Edmonton Edmonton Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census... |
Canada |
Shannon Smadella | 26 | 5'5" | Saskatoon Saskatoon Saskatoon is a city in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. Residents of the city of Saskatoon are called Saskatonians. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344.... |
Canada |
Sharon Persaud | 26 | 5'6" | Etobicoke | Canada |
Sharon Philipose | 21 | 5'6" | Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario... |
Canada |
Sonja McCree | 25 | 5'7" | Pointe-Claire | Trinidad and Tobago |
Stephanie Ataliotis | 20 | 5'9" | Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,... |
Cyprus |
Stephanie Koo | 26 | 5'6" | Calgary Calgary Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies... |
Canada |
Tanya Razi | 19 | 5'7" | Port Moody | Canada |
Taryn Scerbo | 23 | 5'8" | Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario... |
Canada |
Valerie Welsh | 20 | 5'9" | Saint-Nicolas Saint-Nicolas, Quebec Saint-Nicolas is a district of the city of Lévis, Quebec, Canada on the St. Lawrence River.-History:The history of Saint-Nicolas goes back to 1694. It is one of the oldest parishes in Canada... |
Canada |
Vanessa Drautz | 24 | 5'7" | Mississauga | Canada |