Miss Universe Canada 2008 Explained

Winner:	Samantha Tajik ^[1]
Represented:	Upper Canada
Date:	April 28, 2008
Venue:	John Bassett Theatre, Toronto, Ontario
Presenters:	Fernando Balbontin
Entrants:	70
Placements:	20

Miss Universe Canada 2008 was the 6th Miss Universe Canada pageant held on April 28, 2008 in Toronto, Ontario. Inga Skaya of Ontario crowned her successor Samantha Tajik of Upper Canada with 70 women competing in the pageant.

Results

Final Results	Contestant	Results
Miss Universe Canada 2008	Upper Canada - Samantha Tajik	Unplaced
1st Runner-up	British Columbia Province - Sahar Biniaz
2nd Runner-up	North Ontario - Aleksandra Malkin
3rd Runner-up	Langley - Lina Lombana
4th Runner-up	Scarborough - Genida Prifti
Top 10	Lower Alberta - Stephanie Koo National Capital Region - Taryn Scerbo Ontario Province - Elena Semikina Southeast Canada - Elena Tchemissova Southeast Ontario - Klaudia Olejnik
Top 20	Burnaby - Ania Bureacenco Burrard Peninsula - Agnes Kim Montreal - Dayna Hajaly North Vancouver - Sarah Khoshnavazi Quebec Province - Lateesha Ector Southwest Ontario - Anastasia Marinina Toronto - Lyudmyla Tregubenko West Coast - Lauren McKamey East Quebec - Valerie Welsh West Ontario - Vanessa Drautz

Special awards

• Miss Congeniality - Pauline Ranjbar (North Quebec)
• Miss Photogenic - Cynthia O'Poole (New Brunswick Province)

Top 5

1. Langley
2. North Ontario
3. Lower Alberta
4. Scarborough
5. British Columbia Province
6. Upper Canada

Top 10

1. Langley
2. North Ontario
3. Upper Canada
4. Southeast Ontario
5. British Columbia Province
6. Southeast Canada
7. Scarborough
8. Ontario Province
9. Lower Alberta
10. National Capital Region

Top 20

1. Burnaby
2. West Ontario
3. National Capital Region
4. Quebec Province
5. British Columbia Province
6. Montreal
7. Toronto
8. Southeast Canada
9. Upper Canada
10. West Coast
11. Burrard Peninsula
12. Langley
13. Southwest Ontario
14. Lower Alberta
15. North Ontario
16. Southeast Ontario
17. North Vancouver
18. East Quebec
19. Scarborough
20. Ontario Province

Contestants

Represented	Name	Age	Height	Hometown
Alberta Province	Anindita Mukherjee	23		Calgary
Atlantic Coast	Sarah Foot	24		Oyen
British Columbia Province		22		Vancouver
Burnaby	Ania Bureacenco	20		Burnaby
Burrard Peninsula	Agnes Kim	24		Pitt Meadows
Calgary	Alexandria Wiemer	24		Calgary
Central Canada	Jennifer Albertson	20		Winnipeg
Central Ontario	Connie D’Angelo	23		Ottawa
Charlottetown	Denisse Rafael	18		Charlottetown
Coldstream	Courtney Liefke	20		Coldstream
East Canada	Mona Nikkah	21		Montreal
East Ontario	Sharon Philipose	21		Ottawa
East Quebec	Valerie Welsh	20		Saint-Nicolas
Edmonton	Kriti Bhatnagar	22		Edmonton
Fraser Valley	Sabrina Haloulakos	21		Burnaby
Fredericton	Annie Franklin	23		Fredericton
Halifax	Cara Elizabeth Tanner	19		Halifax
Hochelaga Archipelago	Cynthia Ponari	18		Montreal
Langley	Lina Lombana	19		Langley
Lower Alberta	Stephanie Koo	26		Calgary
Lower Canada	Marlene Snowfoot	21		Fredericton
Lower Mainland	Sasha Abunnadi	24		Abbotsford
Manitoba Province	Jessica Clausen	19		Winnipeg
Mississauga	Olga Tchistilina	26		Mississauga
Montreal	Dayna Hajaly	19		Montreal
National Capital Region	Taryn Scerbo	23		Ottawa
New Brunswick Province	Cynthia O'Poole	18		Fredericton
New France	Sara-Jade Doucet Gallienne	19		Bécancour
Newfoundland & Labrador Province	Katie Flood	25		St. John's
North Canada	Sonja McCree	25		Pointe-Claire
North Ontario	Aleksandra Malkin	20		Concord
North Quebec	Pauline Ranjbar	21		Dollard-des-Ormeaux
North Vancouver	Sarah Khoshnavazi	20		North Vancouver
Northeast Canada	Joelle Lanctot	19		Saint-Michel
Northwest Ontario	Kimberly Dubeau	23		Kapuskasing
Northwest Territories	Geneve Clarke	19		Yellowknife
Nova Scotia Province	Anne-Louis Fremont	18		Halifax
Nunavut Territory	Lee Kuusaag	18		Iqaluit
Ontario Province		24		Toronto
Pacific Coast	Karelya Medialdea	24		Abbotsford
Peace River Country	Maria Woodward	21		Campbell River
Port Moody	Sabrina Misquita	21		LaSalle
Port Moody	Tanya Razi	19		Port Moody
Prince Edward Province	Andrea Martin	20		Charlottetown
Quebec Province		23		Pierrefonds
Saanich Peninsula	Chelsea Tail Feathers	19		Stand Off, Alberta
Saskatchewan Province	Ann Parry	25		Saskatoon
Saskatoon	Shannon Smadella	26		Saskatoon
Scarborough	Genida Prifti	24		Scarborough
South Alberta	Adwoa Yamoah	21		Calgary
South Canada	Brittney Kuczynski	18		Mississauga
South Ontario	Sharon Persaud	26		Etobicoke
South Quebec	Sarah Philibert	19		Bécancour
Southeast Canada	Elena Tchemissova	23		Toronto
Southeast Ontario	Klaudia Olejnik	20		Toronto
Southwest Canada	Stephanie Ataliotis	20		Vancouver
Southwest Ontario	Anastasia Marinina	20		Mississauga
Surrey	Amy Toor	25		Surrey
The Prairies	Shannon MacKinnon	23		Edmonton
The Rockies	Jennyfer Boyce	26		Calgary
Toronto	Lyudmyla Tregubenko	24		Toronto
Upper Alberta	Allison Stern	22		Sherwood Park
Upper Canada	Samantha Tajik	25		Vancouver
Vancouver	Sarah Fullerton	25		Vancouver
West Canada	Emily Hoddinott	22		Prince George
West Coast	Lauren McKamey	23		Port Alberni
West Ontario	Vanessa Drautz	24		Mississauga
West Quebec	Katherine Raymond	20		Lorraine
Winnipeg	Ines Falcon	25		Winnipeg
Yukon Territory	Sarah Pool	21		Whitehorse

Notes

• Lateesha Ector competed at Miss Earth 2009, she was unplaced.
• Sahar Biniaz competed at Miss Tourism Queen International 2008, she was the 2nd Runner-up.
• Elena Semikina represented Canada in Miss International 2008, she was unplaced.

External links

• Miss Universe Canada Official Website

Notes and References

1. http://www.payvand.com/news/08/may/1029.html Miss Universe Canada is Miss Upper Canada, Sammy Tajik