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Welcome to the new and improved Miss Latina Canada blog. In fact, we have made some major changes! This time around we are taking a look at the international pageant, beauty and fashion industry.

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We want to know about your pageant, you winners, international modelling and or pageant news from around the world. Keep us informed and we will keep the public up to date!

Miss Latina Canada 2007: Mariana Valente wins Miss Universe Canada 2009

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Mariana Valente won the title of Miss Universe Canada on May 18th at the John Bassett Theatre. Valente is a 23 year old York University student majoring in languages. She will be representing Canada at the Miss Universe pageant that will be taking place in the Bahamas this August.

Valente was previously under the management of ES Team Productions, after winning the Miss Latina Canada 2007 title in August of 2006 at the St. Lawrence Centre for Performing Arts in Toronto. Valente was the first woman of Brazilian heritage to win the title - and also the first Brazilian to win Miss Universe Canada.

"We were so proud to hear that she had won," says producer Stefany Singh - Rodriguez. "When we found out that she had entered we knew immediately that she would be a front runner. Mariana has always demonstrated that she loved the fashion and modelling and industry,and she has that ability to captivate the attention in a room. The best part is from our experience with her, is that she is dedicated, has a strong understanding of the pagentry industry, and more importantly she has used these winnings to further her greater objectives of both becoming a model and increasing awareness of her charity. We strongly beleive that Mariana has what it takes to win Miss Universe."

To learn more about Mariana's year as Miss Universe Canada, visit www.beautiesofcanada.com.

Carrie Prejean Causes Uproar at Miss USA

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Carrie Prejean - Miss California USA, was the first runner-up at the 2009 Miss USA pageant. However, she successfully managed to steal the limelight from the winner based on her answer to her final question.


Prejean managed to chose the question from judge Perez Hilton - celebrity gossip blogger - who asked heropinionon gay marriage. Prejean answered that marriage should be between opposite sex and not same sex partners, perhaps not realizing that Perez Hilton is also an openly gay man.


Further to this contreversy, Prejean went forward as a spokesperson for an anti-gay marriage faith activist group without discussing with Miss Calfornia USA organizers. Trouble continued to follow the beauty queen when semi - nude photos appeared of the titleholder, that were apparently taken when she was 16 years old. Miss California USA rules stipulate that there can be no such photos taken in a delegates past, and that spokesperson deals must be dealt with through the ornganization.


The matter went as far as consideration for dethronement, and ultimately Donald Trump - co-owner of both Miss USA and Miss Universe determined that Prejean could keep her title. Nothing like a little contreversy to make Trump happy to have his brand in the newspapers!

Miss America 2009: Katie Stam

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2009 winner of Miss America, was 20 year old Katie Stam of Indiana. In a live televised broadcast from Las Vegas, Nevada, Katie was took the crown as part of the season finale of the the Miss America reality series 'Countdown to the Crown'.
Katie had been feeling ill during the compeition, and had even lost her voice. However, she was on medication and able to have some rest before she competed at the final event.
Katie won a $50 000 scholarship as part of her prize. She intends to use it towards graduate school with a dream of becoming a news anchor.
Miss America has had significant trouble keeping ratings up on television and have lost several television contracts. Their last agreement has been with TLC for 2 years, and it has not been yet announced if they will be preceeding with a renewal in the agreement.

Miss World Brazil dies

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Mariana Bridi, this year's Miss World Brazil, unexpectedly passed away as a result of a terrible infection. What originally began as a urinary tract infection escalated to the model's hands and feet having to be amputated, and eventually the end of her life.
The urine infection was extremely resistant to medication, and in an effort to save her life from the rapidly spreading infection doctors decided to amputate her hands and feet but unfortunately the infection took her life.
Mariana's goal was to be successful in the modelling world, so that she would be able to assist her family in living a better life. From a poor background that struggled to make ends meet, Mariana was living the dream of many young Brazilian girls.

Miss Latina Canada 2009: Diana Schoutsen

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Diana Schoutsen is the 2009 winner of Miss Latina Canada. This 21 year old young woman is currently a student at York University, and grew up in Binbrook Ontario, a few minutes north of Hamilton - on a dairy farm!

This country girl, loves dirt biking, riding her horse, taking some time out in her backyard lake, and spending time with her family and friends.

Diana is of both Dutch and Honduran heritage, and her parents story is an inspiration of how love conquers all! When her parents met - her mother from Honduras speaking only Spanish and her father from Holland speaking only Dutch, learned to communicate with one another and eventually build a family!

Communicating in the one common language they learned together... English, Diana was raised to be proud of both her cultures. Working on improving her Spanish speaking abilities, Diana's mother is working with her to strengthen her understanding of the language.

Leading up to the pageant, all delegates had come into contact with judges without knowing. Judges wanted the opportunity to meet the girls in a non-competitive environment to really observe how the girls interacted with one another, and how they were able to handle dealing with the public. While all of the girls were definitely impressive, Diana's poise, public speaking ability, and her story of her families experience in Canada wowed the judges!

Diana will have a busy year, and looks forward to the support of all the community during her reign,

Miss Latina Canada 2009: The Countdown begins

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With 3 weeks to go, The Miss Latina Canada Organization and 30 delegates from across Canada are in the final stages of preparation before delegates arrivals begin August 19th, 2008 in the evening. 30 women from across Canada will compete in traditional pageant style competition being judged on interview skills (50% of the score), Evening Gown (30%), and Swimsuit (20%), for an array of prizes.

The 2009 winner will receive the following prize package:
1. Official Miss Latina Canada crown valued at $400 CAD
2. Official Satin embroidered sash
3. Official representation, coaching and management from ES Team Model & Talent, The official modeling agency of The Miss Latina Canada Organization
4. Representation on the official Miss Latina Canada website for the year of her reign
5. Professional photoshoot by Stina Studios – the official photographer of the Miss Latina Canada Organization
6. The official Host of Season 2 of “The HotSpot” airing online ES Team Television
7. $250 Gift certificate at Dr. Poon’s Cosmetic and Health clinic
8. Invitations to VIP and industry events
9. The official Latin-Canadian representative in North America’s largest street festival, including costume at Toronto’s Caribbana 2009.
10. The official representative at Miss Latina Canada preliminary events around the country in Ottawa, Montreal, Halton Region & Calgary!
11. Modeling photoshoot in Istanbul, Turkey
12. The official Canadian representative at Miss Latina International in Cancun, Mexico, & Miss Latina World in San Antonio, Texas.
13. National and international press coverage.

Participants will be making appearances through out Toronto from August 20 –25th while they are here. This event, is the first time in Latin-Canadian history, that women, business, and media have worked collaboratively across the country to produce the first and only national event catered to the Hispanic community.

All activities are being filmed for the Miss Latina Canada 2009 reality series, airing on Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 8:30 pm across Canada. The program will also air in 29 European countries to over 11 million viewers at the end of the year.

Miss Latina Canada 2009 will take place on Sunday August 24, 2008 at 7:00pm at the Holiday Inn, Hotel & Suites located at 7095 Woodbine Ave at Highway 404 and Steeles Ave. Tickets can be purchased online at www.misslatiancanada.com or by calling ES Team Productions at 416-275-5746.

Miss Latina Ottawa & Miss Latina Halton Region

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The insanely fabulous Miss Latina Halton Region event took place on Saturday May 3, at Club 77 - and this was by far the toughest competition! 7 stunning Latina's from the Halton Region area including, Hamilton, Oakville, Burlington & Binbrook made judging the event the hardest thing to do.

The event was organized by T.W.I.M Promotions that has been working with the Miss Latina Canada organization since 2007.

Miss Latina Entrepreneur was a tie between Macela Hoyer and Alexandra Velasquez - this award is a fast track prize that is a guarenteed placement in the finalists position. In order to make the decision of who won Miss Entrepreneur judges were charged with comparing who had the highest score overall leading up to this point. The award went to Marcel Hoyer.

The final results were Alba Torres, Marcela Hoyer & Diana Schoutsen - with the crown going to Diana! Congratulations Diana we will see you in August in Toronto!

For the first time ever Miss Latina Ottawa, took place. The event was put together by Ottawa/Gatineau regional cooridinator Claria Claderon, promoted through Sabor Tropical Entertainment & hosted at Club Caliente. It was a great expereience for the city of Ottawa, and the Miss Latina Canada Organization was pleased to be able to provide a vehicle for this community to participate in our national event.

The event was a magical and colourful display of the Latin-American culture, and brought together the business community in Ottawa in support of such a great and fantastic event!

6 beautiful ladies competed for the title in Swimsuit, Evening Gown, & Final question. Ultimately the judges were swayed by Yulemy Nieto of Venezuelan heritage.

Congratulations Yuelmy - we look forward to meeting you in Toronto, and thank you to all of the wonderful Latin community who has supported our events across the country!

Stay tuned for Miss Latina Mississauga, where 8 young women will be competing for this title to represent at the national Miss Latina Canada event!

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