Miss Universe Canada 2008

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

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

Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss Universe Canada 2008	Upper Canada - Samantha Tajik
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)

Order of announcement

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	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Calgary
Atlantic Coast	Sarah Foot	24	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Oyen
British Columbia Province	Sahar Biniaz	22	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Vancouver
Burnaby	Ania Bureacenco	20	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Burnaby
Burrard Peninsula	Agnes Kim	24	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Pitt Meadows
Calgary	Alexandria Wiemer	24	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Calgary
Central Canada	Jennifer Albertson	20	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	Winnipeg
Central Ontario	Connie D’Angelo	23	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Ottawa
Charlottetown	Denisse Rafael	18	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Charlottetown
Coldstream	Courtney Liefke	20	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Coldstream
East Canada	Mona Nikkah	21	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Montreal
East Ontario	Sharon Philipose	21	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Ottawa
East Quebec	Valerie Welsh	20	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Saint-Nicolas
Edmonton	Kriti Bhatnagar	22	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Edmonton
Fraser Valley	Sabrina Haloulakos	21	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Burnaby
Fredericton	Annie Franklin	23	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Fredericton
Halifax	Cara Elizabeth Tanner	19	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Halifax
Hochelaga Archipelago	Cynthia Ponari	18	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Montreal
Langley	Lina Lombana	19	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Langley
Lower Alberta	Stephanie Koo	26	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Calgary
Lower Canada	Marlene Snowfoot	21	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Fredericton
Lower Mainland	Sasha Abunnadi	24	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Abbotsford
Manitoba Province	Jessica Clausen	19	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Winnipeg
Mississauga	Olga Tchistilina	26	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Mississauga
Montreal	Dayna Hajaly	19	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Montreal
National Capital Region	Taryn Scerbo	23	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Ottawa
New Brunswick Province	Cynthia O'Poole	18	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Fredericton
New France	Sara-Jade Doucet Gallienne	19	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Bécancour
Newfoundland & Labrador Province	Katie Flood	25	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	St. John's
North Canada	Sonja McCree	25	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Pointe-Claire
North Ontario	Aleksandra Malkin	20	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Concord
North Quebec	Pauline Ranjbar	21	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Dollard-des-Ormeaux
North Vancouver	Sarah Khoshnavazi	20	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	North Vancouver
Northeast Canada	Joelle Lanctot	19	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Saint-Michel
Northwest Ontario	Kimberly Dubeau	23	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Kapuskasing
Northwest Territories	Geneve Clarke	19	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Yellowknife
Nova Scotia Province	Anne-Louis Fremont	18	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Halifax
Nunavut Territory	Lee Kuusaag	18	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Iqaluit
Ontario Province	Elena Semikina	24	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Toronto
Pacific Coast	Karelya Medialdea	24	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	Abbotsford
Peace River Country	Maria Woodward	21	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Campbell River
Port Moody	Sabrina Misquita	21	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	LaSalle
Port Moody	Tanya Razi	19	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Port Moody
Prince Edward Province	Andrea Martin	20	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	Charlottetown
Quebec Province	Lateesha Ector	23	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	Pierrefonds
Saanich Peninsula	Chelsea Tail Feathers	19	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Stand Off, Alberta
Saskatchewan Province	Ann Parry	25	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Saskatoon
Saskatoon	Shannon Smadella	26	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Saskatoon
Scarborough	Genida Prifti	24	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Scarborough
South Alberta	Adwoa Yamoah	21	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Calgary
South Canada	Brittney Kuczynski	18	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Mississauga
South Ontario	Sharon Persaud	26	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Etobicoke
South Quebec	Sarah Philibert	19	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Bécancour
Southeast Canada	Elena Tchemissova	23	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Toronto
Southeast Ontario	Klaudia Olejnik	20	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Toronto
Southwest Canada	Stephanie Ataliotis	20	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Vancouver
Southwest Ontario	Anastasia Marinina	20	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Mississauga
Surrey	Amy Toor	25	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Surrey
The Prairies	Shannon MacKinnon	23	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Edmonton
The Rockies	Jennyfer Boyce	26	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Calgary
Toronto	Lyudmyla Tregubenko	24	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Toronto
Upper Alberta	Allison Stern	22	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)	Sherwood Park
Upper Canada	Samantha Tajik	25	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Vancouver
Vancouver	Sarah Fullerton	25	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Vancouver
West Canada	Emily Hoddinott	22	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Prince George
West Coast	Lauren McKamey	23	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Port Alberni
West Ontario	Vanessa Drautz	24	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Mississauga
West Quebec	Katherine Raymond	20	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Lorraine
Winnipeg	Ines Falcon	25	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Winnipeg
Yukon Territory	Sarah Pool	21	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	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

References

1. Miss Universe Canada is Miss Upper Canada, Sammy Tajik