Miss Canada
| Formation | 1946 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Hamilton |
| Location |
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Official language | English |
Miss Canada is a beauty pageant for young women in Canada. It was founded in Hamilton in 1945. No title was awarded from 1993 through 2008. According to the new Miss Canada and Miss Teen Canada web site, the title was re-established with a focus on personality over physical appearance.[1] The Miss Canada competition is Canada's oldest extant beauty pageant.[2]
The first broadcast of the Miss Canada pageant aired in 1963 on CTV with news anchors Peter Jennings and Baden Langton hosting. Gordon MacRae was hired to sing the first Miss Canada Pageant song. Each of the 23 contestants was escorted by a young officer of the Canadian Armed Forces. Carol Ann Balmer of Toronto won and Lise Mercier of Quebec City was Miss Congeniality. The escorts were selected and supervised by a young Armoured Corps Officer, J. R. Digger MacDougall, who escorted the runner up, Lise Mercier. Jennings remained as solo host until 1966 and was replaced by game show host Jim Perry, who hosted the pageant until 1990. Dominique Dufour, the winner of the Miss Canada Pageant in 1981, co-hosted with Perry from 1982 until 1990. The final pageant, airing in late 1991, was hosted by Peter Feniak and Liz Grogan.
The show was popular in the 1970s, with up to 5 million viewers, but declined in the 1980s, until it was cancelled.[3][4] Producers of the show cited mounting production costs, as the reason for cancellation. The last winner was Miss Canada 1992 Nicole Dunsdon from British Columbia.
of Saint John, New Brunswick was proclaimed the first "Miss Canada" on 11 February 1923 at an earlier, unrelated competition during the Montreal Winter Carnival.[5][6] The runner-up in that event was of Winnipeg, Manitoba.[7]
The Miss Canada Pageant obtained the franchise for the Miss Universe Pageant in 1978, when that year's first runner-up, Andrea Leslie Eng, competed internationally. From 1979 to the final contest, the winners of Miss Canada went on to compete. Miss Canada 1982, Karen Baldwin, is the only Miss Canada to also win Miss Universe. Since 2003, Canada's representative to Miss Universe has been chosen by the Miss Universe Canada pageant.
Prior to Miss Universe, the Miss Canada Pageant sent delegates to the Miss America pageant. No Miss Canada has won Miss America but some have placed. Miss Canada participated in the pageant from 1947 to 1962.[8]
Winners[]
The following is a list of winners:[9]
| Year | Name | Region represented or hometown | 1st runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Vancouver, British Columbia | ||
| 2020 | Surrey, British Columbia | ||
| 2019 | Mission, British Columbia | Marie-Hélène Mallet | |
| 2018 | Ontario | Beenu Bajwa | |
| 2017 | Huntsville, Ontario | ||
| 2016 | Sherbrooke, Quebec | ||
| 2015 | Campbellton, New Brunswick | ||
| 2014 | [10] | Windsor, Ontario | |
| 2013 | [11] | Quebec | |
| 2012 | Jaclyn Miles[12] | Amherstburg, Ontario | |
| 2011 | Tara Teng | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| 2010 | Mélanie Paquin[13] | Gatineau, Quebec | |
| 2009 | Montreal, Quebec | ||
| 1992 | Nicole Dunsdon | Summerland, British Columbia | |
| 1991 | Edmonton, Alberta | ||
| 1990 | Niagara Region, Ontario | Tanya Herman | |
| 1989 | Juliette Powell | Laurentians Region, Quebec | Kari Lee Hudson |
| 1988 | London, Ontario | Suzie Pilon | |
| 1987 | Niagara Region, Ontario | Cindy MacCallum | |
| 1986 | Cranbrook, British Columbia | Wynne Anita Kroontje | |
| 1985 | Karen Elizabeth Tilley | Calgary, Alberta | Michelle Irene "Mia" Tambling |
| 1984 | Cynthia Kereluk | Edmonton, Alberta | Iris Hope Naumenko |
| 1983 | Manitoba | Lilianne Pelchat | |
| 1982 | Karen Dianne Baldwin | London, Ontario | Renee Louise McLoughlin |
| 1981 | Laval, Quebec | Donna Rupert | |
| 1980 | Calgary, Alberta | Marie Laurin | |
| 1979 | Manitoba | Johanne Turenne | |
| 1978 | Catherine Swing | Toronto, Ontario | Andrea Leslie Eng |
| 1977 | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | Louise Josée Mondoux | |
| 1976 | Nova Scotia | Mary-Lu Zahalan | |
| 1975 | Edmonton, Alberta | Manni Mary Fink | |
| 1974 | Blair Lancaster | Burlington, Ontario | Line Renaud |
| 1973 | Victoria, British Columbia | Kim Jeffries | |
| 1972 | Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario | Patricia Alison Bain | |
| 1971 | Thunder Bay, Ontario | Betty Ann Hopner | |
| 1970 | Ottawa/Hull, Ontario/Quebec | ||
| 1969 | Montreal, Quebec | ||
| 1968 | Prince Edward Island | ||
| 1967 | [Barbara Kelly] | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| 1966 | Diane Landry | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| 1965 | Linda Douma | Victoria, British Columbia | |
| 1964 | Toronto, Ontario | ||
| 1962–63 | Helena "Nina" Holden* | Victoria, British Columbia | |
| 1961 | Northtown Toronto, Ontario | ||
| 1960 | Rothesay, New Brunswick | ||
| 1959 | Danica d'Hondt | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| 1958 | Windsor, Ontario | ||
| 1957 | Montreal, Quebec | ||
| 1956 | Miss Canada title is post-dated | ||
| 1955 | Whitehorse, Yukon Territory | ||
| 1954 | Cornwall, Ontario | ||
| 1953 | Kelowna, British Columbia | ||
| 1952 | Toronto, Ontario | ||
| 1951 | Courtland, Ontario | ||
| 1950 | London, Ontario | ||
| 1949 | Vancouver, British Columbia | ||
| 1948 | Halifax, Nova Scotia | ||
| 1947 | Toronto, Ontario | ||
| 1946 | North York, Ontario |
- Connie-Gail Feller won the Miss Canada 1962 title and competed at Miss America, however was dethroned on 20 September 1961.
Miss Canada at International Pageants[]
Miss Canada at Miss Universe[]
Miss Canada at Miss America[]
Hosts[]
Jim Perry- 1967-1991 - 2016-2019
See also[]
- Miss Earth Canada
- Miss Universe Canada
- Miss World Canada
- Miss Dominion of Canada
- Miss Canada International
- Miss Universe
- Miss America
References[]
- ^ "Miss Canada TM / Miss Teen Canada TM – Our History". missteencanadatm.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
- ^ "BC's Tara Teng is Miss Canada". The Filipino Post. 1 February 2011. Archived from the original on 6 January 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
- ^ "Farewell, Miss Canada". CBC. 3 January 1992
- ^ Pageant News Bureau: Miss Canada Chronicles Archived 8 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine. pageant.com
- ^ "This week in New Brunswick history, Feb. 8–15 (00/02/07)" Archived 15 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine. gnb.ca
- ^ "Saint John New Brunswick Time Date" Archived 27 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine. new-brunswick.net
- ^ "News in Picture". The Globe. 16 February 1923. p. 10.
- ^ stevdik (19 January 2010). "MISS CANADA - (1947-1963) - at Miss America Pageant". YouTube. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Miss Canada&Miss Teen Canada:MissCanada-Pasttitleholders" Archived 27 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Wright, Rebecca (2 March 2014). "Windsor Woman Wins Miss Canada 2014". The Windsor Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ^ "Inès Gavran: Miss Canada 2013". Ici Radio-Canada Télé (in French). 27 March 2013. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ^ Belanger, Joe (21 April 2013). "Women of Excellence: Jaclyn Miles". London Free Press. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ^ Michel Moyneur (8 November 2009). "Une Gatinoise décroche le titre de Miss Canada". Info07.com (in French). Archived from the original on 19 June 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
External links[]
- Miss Canada
- Miss Universe by country
- Miss America state pageants
- Beauty pageants in Canada
- 1945 establishments in Ontario
- Canadian awards
- Recurring events established in 1945