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For pageants of a similar name, see Miss Canada (disambiguation).
Miss Canada was a scholarship competition for young women in Canada. It was founded in Hamilton in 1946. The first broadcast of the Miss Canada pageant aired in 1963 on CTV. The late Peter Jennings was host of the pageant in 1964.
American-born Jim Perry hosted the pageant on CTV from 1967 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 1970s, with up to 5 million viewers, but declined in the 1980s, until it was cancelled.[1][2] Producers of the show cited mounting production costs, as the reason for cancellation, along with the absence of host Jim Perry, who went into semi-retirement after the 1991 pageant. The last winner was Miss Canada 1992 Nicole Dunsdon from British Columbia.
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 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, being 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:[6]
Year Name Region Represented/Hometown 1992 Nicole Dunsdon Summerland, British Columbia 1991 Leslie McLaren Edmonton, Alberta 1990 Robin Lee Ouzunoff Niagara Region, Ontario 1989 Juliette Powell Laurentians Region, Quebec 1988 Melinda Gillies London, Ontario 1987 Tina May Simpson Niagara Region, Ontario 1986 Rene Newhouse Cranbrook, British Columbia 1985 Karen Elizabeth Tilley Calgary, Alberta 1984 Cynthia Kereluk Edmonton, Alberta 1983 Jodi Yvonne Rutledge Manitoba 1982 Karen Dianne Baldwin London, Ontario 1981 Dominique Dufour Laval, Quebec 1980 Terry MacKay Calgary, Alberta 1979 Heidi Quiring Manitoba 1978 Catherine Swing Toronto, Ontario 1977 Yvonne Foster Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 1976 Sylvia McGuire Nova Scotia 1975 Terry Lynne Meyer Edmonton, Alberta 1974 Blair Lancaster Burlington, Ontario 1973 Gillian Regehr Victoria, British Columbia 1972 Donna Mary Sawicky Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario 1971 Caroline Amelia Commisso Thunder Bay, Ontario 1970 Julie Maloney Ottawa/Hull, Ontario/Quebec 1969 Marie-France Beaulieu Montreal, Quebec 1968 Carol McKinnon Prince Edward Island 1967 Barbara Kelly Vancouver, British Columbia 1966 Diane Landry Winnipeg, Manitoba 1965 Linda Douma Victoria, British Columbia 1964 Carol Ann Balmer Toronto, Ontario 1962-63 Nina Holden* Victoria, British Columbia 1961 Iris Thurlwell Northtown Toronto, Ontario 1960 Rosemary Catherine Keenan Rothesay, New Brunswick 1959 Danica d'Hondt Vancouver, British Columbia 1958 Joan May Fitzpatrick Windsor, Ontario 1957 Pageant Title Post-Dated 1956 Dorothy Moreau Montreal, Quebec 1955 Dalyce Smith Whitehorse, Yukon Territory 1954 Barbara Joan Markham Cornwall, Ontario 1953 Kathleen Archibald Kelowna, British Columbia 1952 Marilyn Reddick Toronto, Ontario 1951 Marjorie Kelly Courtland, Ontario 1950 Margaret Bradford London, Ontario 1949 Margaret Lynn Munn Vancouver, British Columbia 1948 Betty Jean Ferguson Halifax, Nova Scotia 1947 Margaret Marshall Toronto, Ontario 1946 Marion Saver Newtonbrook, Ontario 1945 Alice Ste-Marie Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec - Connie-Gail Feller won the Miss Canada 1960 title and competed at Miss America, however was dethroned on September 20, 1960.
See also
References
- ^ "Farewell, Miss Canada", CBC
- ^ Pageant News Bureau: Miss Canada Chronicles
- ^ Government of New Brunswick: This Week in New Brunswick History
- ^ Saint John, New Brunswick dates in history
- ^ "News in Picture". The Globe. 16 February 1923. p. 10.
- ^ Jimmy's Pageant Page: list of title holders 1946-1992
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- Beauty pageants in Canada
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