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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 Hits Prime Time Television

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For the first time, a Latin Canadian pageant will broadcast nationally. Producers of the Miss Latina™ Canada pageant (the first and only national Latin pageant in Canada) have signed a major television deal with Nuevo Mundo Television (NMTV), Canada’s first 24 hour all Spanish channel in Canada (Rogers, Channel 642). Broadcasting to over 2 million viewers, the program will air during prime time, with a 1 hour grand slam season finale that will showcase the Latin American definition of pageantry. “We at NMTV are thrilled to begin this new venture with [ES Team™ Productions].” States NMTV’s Production Director of the Toronto Office.

Latin women across Canada will have the opportunity to participate in castings and local regional pageants around the country, with major castings being held in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. More than just a national broadcast, the world will actively participate in selecting their favourite delegates. Enabled through international content distribution in Asia, Africa, and South America, cellular carriers will now be able to select their favourite contestant via mobile text message voting.

The broadcasting of the Miss Latina™ Canada pageant will mark a historical comeback for nationally televised Canadian pageantry, with the last Canadian pageant airing on a major television network in 1991. Not only is pageant activity on the rise in Canada, but it is an international fact that pageants are a major source of cultural pride in the Latin American community worldwide.

Interested delegates can prebook their spots by filling out applications located on the Miss Latina™ Canada Website, and are encouraged to check with their local media, and the website for details and updates.




Carolina Rabsiun: Miss Latina™ Canada 2008

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Announcements made last month advised of the postponement of the Miss Latina™ Canada 2008 National event, and indicated that the organization would be selecting and appointing a past participant to carry the torch from Miss Latina™ Canada 2007: Mariana Valente. Candidates were nominated by industry professionals, and ES Team™ Productions: The Miss Latina™ Canada Organization, is pleased to announce, that votes weighed heavily in favour of Carolina Rabsiun to be the official Latin-Canadian Good-Will Ambassador for the 2008 year.
Carolina was a participant in the 2006 national event, and placed as the 1st runner up. Among reasons other than her beauty, Carolina has shown that she carries out the mission statement of the Miss Latina™ Canada organization through her continued educational studies at York University (making that the 3rd out of 4 queens to be from the University). Carolina will represent Canada at the 2008 international Miss Latina events which will be taking place next year, as well as performing traditional duties of the winners before her by participating in the Brazilian Ball, Caribannna, and being present at the many Hispanic festivals that take place in the city of Toronto and abroad.


Carolina's very first guest appearance will take place this Labour Day weekend at the Mel Lastman Square's Hispanic Fiesta at the Miss Latina™ Canada booth between 9:00 - 9:30pm in Saturday and Sunday.

Mariana Valente, will carry out her duties as the official Canadian representative at the upcoming international Miss Latina competitions. She will have the opportunity to mentor Carolina, and show her how she has handled her success' with such grace, dignity, and poise. Mariana has received over 45 full page print coverage in both English, Spanish, and Portuguese publications since her win last August, as well as full page editorial back home in her country of heritage: Brazil.
Be sure to vote for Canada at the international events, as she prepares for the toughest competition yet!


An traditionall crowining ceremony will be scheduled for Marianna to officially complete her reign and pass the title over to Carolina. We ask that you please visit our website regulary to find out when that event will take place, as it will be open to the public.

Congratualtions Carolina! Welcome to the Miss Latina™ Canada family and becmong part of the most famous latin pageant system in Canada!

Miss Latina™ Canada 2008 postponed

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Toronto, Ontario - July 17, 2007:

This July the Miss Latina World Organization announced the postponement of their annual international event. Held in the first week of July for almost 10 years, executive producers have made the decision to move the July event to October. While notification was on the short notice side, executive producer and international supermodel Dawn Rochelle Warner issued her statements behind the move.

"I believe this change will benefit contestants and pageant sponsors by leveraging the international convention traffic Las Vegas receives during the month of October."Said Ms.Warner The new date has been set for October 19-21.

On the home front, this has produced some challenges for the Miss Latina™ Canada Organization,{MLC) whose annual event normally takes place in the 3rd week of August. Canadian directors and producers well under way for the upcoming event have made the decision to postpone the upcoming pageant. "We will have dating conflicts at this time because we will not be readily prepared," says national director Stefany Singh.

Producers have indicated that the decision to postpone came from the fact that this year's reigning queen, Mariana Valente has yet to represent Canada, which will over run her title. Meaning that she would have passed on her national title by the international date. The flip side is that having the event in August would also not give the organization enough time to train a new winner by the October date.

"Dating for event planning is very critical," says Miss Singh, "especially when it comes to events like this. Planning can take from 8 months to a year, and the challenges that we will face is 3 fold. 1. We will have to manage 2 titleholders in a very busy time for the organization, 2. After August we are heading into the school year which will affect participants ability to enter - especially for those who would have to fly in to Toronto, and 3. Venues are all already fully booked until the end of the year."

Canadian producers have ultimately agreed to postpone for one year, with the date for the venue and host hotel booked at ready to go for August, 24 2008 at the Ontario Science Center. "We feel that this is a positive move for us," says Singh. "It will give the girls a little more time to be flexible, and to heavily promote themselves. We have agreed to work on an aggressive marketing campaign in the middle time."

Registered contestants contracts will be honoured and all delegates thus far will remain open to voting. So what will happen after November? The Miss Latina™ Canada Organization have agreed to select someone from one of our past events in the 2005 or 2006 pageants. While there may not be an actual pageant in place, this reigning queen ' will still be required to carry on the activities of winners in the past.

The announcement will be made closer to the end of August. Please stand by for Media Alerts to be issued into your e-mails.

Sincerely
Stefany Singh
National Directors

Congratulations Miss Latina™ Hamilton!

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This past Saturday, one lucky woman won the first ever Miss Latina™ Hamilton. The event was lots of fun, and while the girls were very nervous, they had a blast!

The winner of the event was 17 year old Natalia Leiva. She will be representing Hamilton at the upcoming Miss Latina™ Canada 2008 pageant taking place at the Ontario Science Centre this August.

Her first public event will be at the Mexican Fiesta at Younge and Dundas Square across from the Eaton Centre in Downtown Toronto. Be sure to come out and meet our newest member of the Miss Latina™ Canada family.

Japan wins Miss Universe®

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FELICITACIONES JAPAN!

Finally the Miss Universe® Organization has got it! While I will not discuss who were my favourites at this year's Miss Universe Pageant - I can say that the industry has been speculating about whether or not the Miss Universe® Organization had legs to stand on. With 77 delegates this year (down from 85 last year, which was down from the year before that), there seemed to be a concern that the Miss Universe® pageant was catered to Latin America.

I chose to write this blog, clearly because this was an issue that would seem to be related to the culture in which this very pageant - Miss Latina Canada® - is meant for. Like everything in life I believe that hard work pays off, and the right person for the job will always be chosen. The perils of any competition is the gossip that surrounds speculating whether the event is political style pageantry (meaning choosing a winner for economical or advantageous business reasons), or fixing pageants (predetermining the winner and having it be selected by the organization).

I cannot say whether or not Miss Universe® is fixed or not, or whether its political or not. I have no idea - so I cannot comment on what I don't know. I do not work there, or know the staff, or have access to their agendas. What I want to comment on is that the winning of Japan tonight was the best thing to have happened to MU in a long time. I agree that Latin women are some of the most beautiful women on earth - but when you are dealing with an international pageant that opens it doors to all cultures we have to be cognizant that beauty is not universal after all. What we value to be beautiful differs from country to country. Celebrating diversity is key in today's world. Everyone is internet savvy making global networks a click away, businesses are increasingly dealing frequently internationally, and more and more bi-racial and multicultural families dot the earth.

Rio - Miss Universe® 2007 - is a fresh note, and a fresh feel to MU. I think it will allow the people of Asia to be recognized for the beauty within their culture that may sometimes be misunderstood by North or South American ideals. I say this because - here at the Miss Latina™ Canada Organization understand that within the Latin culture itself there is so much diversity - from dialects, to music, to the tones of our skin and hair. It is important for us to be able to celebrate all diversity and culture because by showing acceptance and understanding of foreign cultures, allows those of other cultures to be accepting and understanding of us.

Congratulations Rio - we wish you all the best on whatever journey MU takes you on.

Welcome to Our Blog!

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Welcome to the official
Miss Latina™ Canada Blog!
What a busy week it has been for us here at ES Team™ Productions! We have just returned from our wonderful trip to Hollywood with Mariana and we had such an amazing time! I can't even wait to tell you all about it - even more so I am excited to have the photos posted on our website. We have close to 500 pictures ready so it may actually take some time for us to get them all up there.

As the national director it is sometimes difficult to explain what you would experience as a winner of the title. Why? Because every winner is different, every person is different, and the way that they carry their reign also differs. How their year runs, is really dictated by the way the winners personality is. Winning this title is a great occasion in anyones life - and for me as the person who has the pleasure of spending a full year with them, I get to see the incredible transformation that takes place from the moment they win to the moment that they move on.

Our winners build incredible resumes, obtain amazing experiences, meet an entirely different realm of connections that may not have occurred otherwise. Their experiences are also my experiences. Believe me when I tell you this! The trip to Hollywood was also my first time there along with Mariana's! This blog will allow all of you to read about Mariana's experiences, from either myself or her directly. Here at the Miss Latina™ Canada Organization we pride ourselves on having open lines of communications - that is how we have managed to become as successful as we are!

For those of you who are unfamiliar with blogging, this is somewhat of a diary where we can let you know about things from our perspective and you are free to comment and ask questions! Well we look forward to speaking with all of you very shortly?

Stefany Singh
National Director
The Miss Latina™ Canada Organization

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