Miss Canada Explained

Miss Canada
Formation:1946
Type:Beauty pageant
Headquarters:Montreal
Location:Canada
Language:English, French

Miss Canada is a beauty pageant for young women in Canada. It was founded in Hamilton in 1946. No title was awarded from 1993 through 2008. The trademark was purchased in 2009 by a Québec organization who produces the pageant under the name to this day.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]

Winnifred Blair 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.[3] [4] The runner-up in that event was Muriel Harper of Winnipeg, Manitoba.[5]

The first broadcast of the Miss Canada pageant aired on November 10, 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 before its initial cancellation aired in late 1991 and 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 in 1992.[6] [7] 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.

Between 1947 and 1962, the Miss Canada Pageant sent delegates to the Miss America pageant. No Miss Canada ever won Miss America but some placed.[8]

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 1992 contest before cancellation, 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.

Winners

The following is a list of winners:[9]

YearWinnerCity, ProvinceRunner-up (Second Place)
2024Tanpreet ParmarVancouver, British ColumbiaGeneviève McSween
2023Ashley Maria BorzellinoHamilton, OntarioMelyka Raby
2022Marielle DavidSainte-Marie-Saint Raphaël, New BrunswickMelyka Raby
2021Madison StewartRabiah Dhaliwal
2020Bremiella De GuzmanJasmin Chahal
2019Christine JamiesonMission, British ColumbiaMarie-Hélène Mallet
2018Maria GiorlandoWindsor, OntarioBeenu Bajwa
2017Ciara ThompsonHuntsville, Ontario
2016Anabelle CôtéSherbrooke, QuebecKarmen Brar
2015Dominique DoucetteCampbellton, New Brunswick
2014Priya Madaan[10] Windsor, Ontario
2013Inès Gavran[11] Quebec
2012Jaclyn Miles[12] Amherstburg, Ontario
2011Tara TengVancouver, British Columbia
2010Mélanie Paquin[13] Gatineau, Quebec
2009Lorie RacicotMontreal, Quebec
1992Nicole DunsdonSummerland, British Columbia
1991Leslie McLarenEdmonton, Alberta
1990Robin Lee OuzunoffNiagara Region, OntarioTanya Herman
1989Juliette PowellLaurentians Region, QuebecKari Lee Hudson
1988Melinda GilliesLondon, OntarioSuzie Pilon
1987Tina May SimpsonNiagara Region, OntarioCindy MacCallum
1986Rene NewhouseCranbrook, British ColumbiaWynne Anita Kroontje
1985Karen Elizabeth TilleyCalgary, AlbertaMichelle Irene "Mia" Tambling
1984Cynthia KerelukEdmonton, AlbertaIris Hope Naumenko
1983Jodi Yvonne RutledgeManitobaLilianne Pelchat
1982Karen Dianne BaldwinLondon, OntarioRenee Louise McLoughlin
1981Dominique DufourLaval, QuebecDonna Rupert
1980Terry MacKayCalgary, AlbertaMarie Laurin
1979Heidi QuiringManitobaJohanne Turenne
1978Catherine SwingToronto, OntarioAndrea Leslie Eng
1977Yvonne FosterSaskatoon, SaskatchewanLouise Josée Mondoux
1976Sylvia McGuireNova ScotiaMary-Lu Zahalan
1975Terry Lynne MeyerEdmonton, AlbertaManni Mary Fink
1974Blair LancasterBurlington, OntarioLine Renaud
1973Gillian RegehrVictoria, British ColumbiaKim Jeffries
1972Donna Mary SawickyKitchener-Waterloo, OntarioPatricia Alison Bain
1971Caroline Amelia CommissoThunder Bay, OntarioBetty Ann Hopner
1970Julie MaloneyOttawa/Hull, Ontario/Quebec
1969Marie-France BeaulieuMontreal, Quebec
1968Carol McKinnonPrince Edward Island
1967Barbara KellyVancouver, British Columbia
1966Diane LandryWinnipeg, Manitoba
1965Linda DoumaVictoria, British Columbia
1964Carol Ann BalmerToronto, Ontario
1962–63Helena "Nina" Holden*Victoria, British Columbia
1961Iris ThurlwellNorthtown Toronto, Ontario
1960Rosemary Catherine KeenanRothesay, New Brunswick
1959Danica d'HondtVancouver, British Columbia
1958Joan May FitzpatrickWindsor, Ontario
1957Dorothy MoreauMontreal, Quebec
1956Miss Canada title is post-dated
1955Dalyce SmithWhitehorse, Yukon Territory
1954Barbara Joan MarkhamCornwall, Ontario
1953Kathleen ArchibaldKelowna, British Columbia
1952Marilyn ReddickToronto, Ontario
1951Marjorie KellyCourtland, Ontario
1950Margaret BradfordLondon, Ontario
1949Margaret Lynn MunnVancouver, British Columbia
1948Betty Jean FergusonHalifax, Nova Scotia
1947Margaret MarshallToronto, Ontario
1946Marion SaverNorth York, Ontario

Miss Canada at International Pageants

Miss Canada at Miss Universe

See main article: Miss Universe Canada.

Miss Canada at Miss America

See main article: List of Canadian Representatives at Miss America.

Hosts

Jaclyn Miles, a former Miss Canada: 2016-2019

Jim Perry: 1967-1991

Peter Jennings: 1963-1966

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Miss Canada TM / Miss Teen Canada TM – Our History. missteencanadatm.com. 12 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141226052447/http://missteencanadatm.com/ourhistory_en.html. 26 December 2014. live.
  2. The Filipino Post. BC's Tara Teng is Miss Canada. 1 February 2011. 16 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150106151425/http://www.thefilipinopost.com/article/4215-bc%E2%80%99s-tara-teng-miss-canada.html. 6 January 2015. live.
  3. http://www.gnb.ca/cnb%5Cnews%5Cbnb%5C2000e0088et.htm "This week in New Brunswick history, Feb. 8–15 (00/02/07)"
  4. http://new-brunswick.net/Saint_John/timedate.html "Saint John New Brunswick Time Date"
  5. News: 16 February 1923. News in Picture. 10. The Globe.
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20080225113725/http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-69-498-2440-11/that_was_then/life_society/miss_canada_cancelled "Farewell, Miss Canada"
  7. http://www.pageant.com/misscanada/Page6.html Pageant News Bureau: Miss Canada Chronicles
  8. Web site: MISS CANADA - (1947-1963) - at Miss America Pageant. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/OjTLSkRu3PQ . 2021-12-21 . live. stevdik. 19 January 2010. YouTube. 20 August 2019.
  9. http://www.misscanadatm.com/missanterieures.html "Miss Canada&Miss Teen Canada:MissCanada-Pasttitleholders"
  10. Web site: Wright. Rebecca. Windsor Woman Wins Miss Canada 2014. The Windsor Star. 15 May 2014. 2 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140517114210/http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2014/03/02/local-woman-wins-miss-canada-2014/. 17 May 2014. live.
  11. Web site: Inès Gavran: Miss Canada 2013. Ici Radio-Canada Télé. 15 May 2014. 27 March 2013. fr. https://web.archive.org/web/20140517132226/http://ici.radio-canada.ca/emissions/medium_large/2011-2012/chronique.asp?idChronique=282607. 17 May 2014. live.
  12. Web site: Belanger. Joe. Women of Excellence: Jaclyn Miles. London Free Press. 15 May 2014. 21 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140517151548/http://www.lfpress.com/2013/04/21/if-we-valued-life-more-than-money-maybe-things-would-be-different. 17 May 2014. live.
  13. News: Info07.com. Une Gatinoise décroche le titre de Miss Canada. Michel Moyneur. 8 November 2009. 15 May 2014. fr. dead. https://archive.today/20130619220610/http://www.info07.com/Alimentation/2009-11-08/article-663693/Une-Gatinoise-decroche-le-titre-de-Miss-Canada/1. 19 June 2013.