MISS UNIVERSE CANADA CONTESTANT -Jennifer King

Name: Jennifer King

Age: 23 | Height: 5’7″ | Fort McMurray, AB

Jennifer, 23, was born and raised in Fort McMurray, Alberta and hopes to become the first woman from Alberta to become Miss Universe Canada. Jennifer completed her Bachelor of Science degree through the University of Alberta in 2009 and currently works as a ‘Labour and Delivery’ Nurse.

Growing up, Jennifer enjoyed playing soccer and was selected to play for Team Alberta in Greenland for the 2002 Arctic Winter Games where her team won the gold medal.

She enjoys being active and worked as a lifeguard and swimming instructor since the age of sixteen (16). In her spare time, she enjoys volunteering and leading an active lifestyle.

She loves children and enjoys being a positive role model to youth. Jen’s craziest life experience just occurred in South Africa where she experienced sky diving!

Jennifer plans to further her education with a Masters degree in nursing. As Miss Universe, Jennifer would use the title to empower young women around the world to live a healthy lifestyle and promote education, democracy and health care for all.

Sponsored by: Family and Friends

Languages spoken Fluently (please include your native language if English is not your native language)

English


Special thanks and credits to www.beautiesofcanada.com

MISS UNIVERSE CANADA CONTESTANT - Jamie-Lynell Ellis

Name: Jamie-Lynell Ellis

Age: 27 | Height: 6’0″ | Scarborough, ON

Jamie-Lynell was born and raised in the beautiful Caribbean island of St. Lucia. In 2007 she decided to make Toronto, Canada her home and pivot for personal and professional growth.

Currently an employee of Discount Car and Truck Rentals, Jamie enjoys interacting with others and meeting the challenges of a fast paced environment. In addition to meeting people, socializing, learning of different cultures and customs, Jamie welcomes any opportunity to lend a helping hand and take part in charitable events.

Her ultimate goal in life is to be in a position where she is able to give back to the community and those less fortunate. Jamie plans to further her education in the field of Public Relations which will serve as an asset in facilitating her dream. Her special love for children and admiration of their innocence is evident, and Jamie plans to adopt a child sometime in the future.

Jamie is a lover of life and embraces its joys and challenges equally: always looking at the glass half full as opposed to its emptiness.

Sponsored by: Family and Friends

Languages spoken Fluently (please include your native language if English is not your native language)

English


Special thanks and credits to www.beautiesofcanada.com

MISS UNIVERSE CANADA CONTESTANT - Ivanna Tarnowecky

Name: Ivanna Tarnowecky

Age: 21 | Height: 5’5″ | Kingston, ON

Ivanna Tarnowecky was born and raised in Kingston, Ontario. At a very young age, she fell in love with the performing arts and has been acting, singing, and dancing ever since. Her role model is her grandmother, who was a merited actress of Ukraine. She is her inspiration.

Ivanna recently completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Book & Media Studies with a Minor in both French and Cinema Studies from the University of Toronto. She looks forward to furthering her education in Communication and Advertising.

Ivanna has a passion for helping people and enjoys working with the elderly and children. She is an outgoing and enthusiastic person who loves to travel, meet new people, and experience new cultures. She believes that cultural diversity is one of Canada’s most admirable qualities.

Sponsored by: St. Vladimir Institute, Family and Friends

Languages spoken Fluently (please include your native language if English is not your native language)

I speak Ukrainian, English, and French fluently and learned them in that order. My native language is Ukrainian.


Special thanks and credits to www.beautiesofcanada.com

MISS UNIVERSE CANADA CONTESTANT - Ines Munyemana

Name: Ines Munyemana

Age: 21| Height: 5’9″ | Montreal, QC

Inès Simbi Munyemana was born In Rwanda in 1989 and left the country during 1994 war. After losing her father, she came to live in Canada with her mother and older brother. Left out really sensible from this experience, she began thinking that life wasn’t fair and passed some really hard time to end up with this revelation: Everything is possible.

Learning that new magical senses of life, through her passion of reading and mentors such as Anthony Robbins, Dr. Wayne Dyer and Deepak Chopra. She felt the strong desire to learn more on these subjects.

Studied in Neuro-linguistic programming, wrote her first book and helped her mother by working for her when she opened her own residence for people with an intellectual and physical disability.

Inès Munyemana dream is to see everyone happy in life, achieving their biggest ambitions in order to open their hearts and then help others achieving theirs too. Leading to the conclusion she could become everything desired, she began to see all that life has to offer and now really wants to give back.

Her objectives are to become a super model, motivational speaker and successful writer in order to help anyone else in anyway. Especially those who only want to have one normal meal a day.

Proud to be Canadian, she strongly believes that life is all about giving. That is why she doesn’t just want to be a ‘’model’’ but a model of love for the entire universe. Starting here, in Canada.

Sponsored by: Spa Dentaire Laurier, Grand Quebec, Family and Friends

Languages spoken Fluently (please include your native language if English is not your native language)
French, English and Rwandese


Special thanks and credits to www.beautiesofcanada.com

MISS UNIVERSE CANADA CONTESTANT - Ewa Swiatko

Name: Ewa Swiatko

Age: 25 | Height: 5’7″ | Montreal, QC

Energetic, approachable and friendly are only a few words to describe the kind of person Ewa is. She is always looking to help others and cares about their wellbeing, sometimes even more than her own.

Her love for travel enabled her move to Eastern Europe as a teenager where she was then given the opportunity to experience a different culture and life.

She received her degree in Geography, then moved back to Canada and graduated in Hospitality and Tourism Marketing. She wishes to continue her studies at Concordia University pursuing Communication Studies to one day host her own travel television show.

She has an incredible amount of passion for extreme sports and loves to live life “on the edge”. One of her favourite’s is to skydive and is now planning on becoming a certified solo jumper this year to show others that we can achieve anything we want to.

Other hobbies of hers include, dancing, singing, reading and most importantly spending as much time as possible with her family.

Ewa feels she is truly blessed to be in the MUC pageant. She hopes it will give her the opportunity to be more involved in humanitarian organizations, through which she can then be of help to less fortunate people. Ewa believes that we all deserve a chance in pursuing our dreams.

Sponsored by:

Languages spoken Fluently (please include your native language if English is not your native language)

I speak English, French and Polish and currently learning Spanish


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